Expert Health Articles

  • The Role and Importance of a Care Navigator
    The role of a care navigator is to assist you, the patient, in the management of your health. Care navigators are registered nurses located in area primary care offices that work closely with your primary care physician or provider to ensure you have the resources available to take control of your health. Care navigators focus on chronic disease management and coordinating transitions of care.
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  • The Benefits of Playground Play for Children
    The playground offers a unique environment for building skills. There is a lot of development and therapeutic growth that can happen in an environment like a playground. Other than the obvious areas of development, such as strength and gross motor skills, children also learn body awareness, sensory regulation, executive functioning skills and self-esteem.
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  • Sun Protection Tips for Children
    With summer quickly approaching, it’s important to remember the value of using sunscreen, especially on our children. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70. Having five or more sunburns doubles your risk for melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer.
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  • Types of Headache Pain and Treatment Options
    Although cephalgia (headache) is considered one of the most prevalent health complaints, the substantial societal and individual burden associated with headaches is often overlooked. Knowing the different types of headaches and their treatment modalities can help manage and potentially prevent headaches.
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  • Fit Pregnancy Tips
    Physical activity is important in all stages of life, pregnancy included! Many women desire to adopt a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy or maintain their current fitness level. In most cases, this is achievable and desirable for the overall health of mom and baby.
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  • Avoiding Burnout
    Burnout is “A state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.” We see this in family life, work life and even as a whole community. How do we know if we’re suffering from burnout? Here are just a few signs: fatigue, this does not mean just sleepy, but also unmotivated or lack of energy; feeling apathetic or dissatisfied with work; headaches; cynical outlook; changes in sleep pattern.
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  • Acute Strep Pharyngitis (Strep Throat)
    Acute strep pharyngitis, commonly known as strep throat, is a bacterial infection that affects the throat and tonsils. It is caused by the group A Streptococcus bacterium that can be easily spread through contact with an infected person's saliva or nasal secretions.
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  • All You Need to Know About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
    Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurs when stomach acid flows back into the esophagus. When this type of backflow happens repeatedly over time, it can lead to esophageal irritation causing GERD. Frequent acid reflux or reflux of nonacidic content from the stomach into the esophagus is what causes GERD.
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  • Little League Elbow
    It’s spring in northwest Ohio, and that means track, softball and baseball seasons are underway. Unfortunately, that also means injuries. A common injury, which occurs in young athletes, at this time of year is “little league elbow.” This occurs most commonly in the ages of nine to 14 because the bones of the elbow at this age are not fully developed. These young pitchers often have joint laxity, open growth plates and immature bones.
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  • How Philanthropy Impacts a Health System & Community
    The act of giving is a choice. Donors have countless options of where and how they want to give. There is no shortage of nonprofit institutions doing good work for our community in key sectors including healthcare, education, human services, arts, culture, religion, animals and the environment.
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  • Beyond Tobacco and Alcohol: The Emerging Trend of HPV-Related Head and Neck Cancers in Men
    As a board-certified radiation oncologist, I've noticed a concerning trend in my patients – an increase in head and neck cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) in middle-aged men. While traditionally head and neck cancers were linked to heavy tobacco and alcohol use, we are now seeing a shift in the causes of these cancers, with HPV becoming a leading cause.
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  • Flu Shot Facts
    By receiving the flu vaccine, it protects not only you but all the people around you, including the more vulnerable to illness such as infants, young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised community.
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  • Back Injury Prevention
    You’ve heard of a “pain in the neck,” but did you know that back pain is more common, affecting eight out of every 10 adults during their lifetime? With a statistic like that, learning to prevent back injuries is important to your health and well-being.
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  • Gastrointestinal Ailments, Treatments and Colorectal Cancer Screening
    Common ailments that gastroenterologists treat are reflux, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, change in bowel habits, irritable bowel syndrome, as well as inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, we work with providers with interest and expertise in liver disease as well as disorders of the gallbladder, biliary tree and pancreas.
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  • Common Hockey Injuries and Treatment
    Since hockey is a high-speed, collision sport, there can be opportunities for injury. For players, parents, and coaches alike, it is important to be aware of the most common injuries that can happen on the ice.
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  • Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes
    Regular physical activity helps to prevent and/or improve a variety of chronic illnesses including heart disease, osteoporosis, various cancers, depression, anxiety, as well as type 2 diabetes. With a focus on diabetes, activity increases the effect of insulin within the body. Medications used to treat the disease are also more effective with regular activity.
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  • The Three Types of Musculoskeletal Pain
    What is chronic pain? This is an unfavorable, unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is persistent lasting weeks to years. The three types of musculoskeletal pain include nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic.
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  • A Temper Tantrum Versus Something More Serious
    Temper tantrums are usually triggered when a child is frustrated, tired or hungry. As children learn more appropriate ways to communicate their wants and needs, and when clear limits and behavioral expectations are consistently set, these outbursts tend to become less frequent. However, some children continue to struggle with aggressive or impulsive behavior. Sometimes these actions may pose a threat to their safety or the safety of others. For some people, the behaviors can continue through childhood and even into adulthood.
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  • Effective Communication in Healthcare Settings
    Believe it or not, despite the healthcare industry’s state-of-the-art everything (technology, equipment, buildings, campuses), the number one way we still treat our patients and families is through communication. When communication is effective, recovery times are shorter and clinical outcomes are better in large part because mutual purpose and accountability lead to increased compliance.
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  • Telehealth at the End of the Public Health Emergency (PHE)
    As we begin 2023, it is hard to believe that nearly three years have passed since the federal government initially declared a public health emergency (PHE). With the declaration of the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other commercial payers adjusted coverage policies, and the doors for telehealth were opened for a whole new world of healthcare to emerge.
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  • Treating Aches and Pains Throughout the Winter Months
    While the winter months may bring about increasing aches and pains, patients should be aware that there are multiple treatments that can provide relief when home remedies no longer help. The tools utilized for pain relief, such as radiofrequency ablations, are plentiful, and these tools are safe, effective and covered by most insurance plans. Don’t let the Ohio winters get the best of you!
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  • Is Pulmonary Rehabilitation Right for You?
    Is difficulty breathing making it harder to do the things you want to do? Has it become harder to get the mail, do simple cleaning, or get groceries? If you have COPD, interstitial lung disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, recovering from lung surgery or other breathing-related problems, pulmonary rehabilitation is a program that can improve your quality of life. For many patients diagnosed with chronic lung conditions, attending pulmonary rehabilitation can be a lifesaver.
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  • Tips for a Healthier Heart
    A heart-healthy diet includes low cholesterol, low saturated fat, low sodium and low salt. This may seem overwhelming, but one can start by reading labels on food products and looking at the cholesterol, fat, sodium and sugar contents to get an idea of what types of foods have those higher contents. Once familiarized with those higher-content foods, it will be easier to adjust what is put in the grocery cart at the store.
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  • Keeping Allergy and Asthma Symptoms Under Control in the New Year
    New Year’s resolutions can feel overwhelming, and guilt-inducing if you can’t keep them. This year, why not assign yourself a few tasks to keep your allergy and asthma symptoms under control in 2023?
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  • Preventing the Spread of Illness During the Holiday and Winter Season
    Winter season can be a season of joy with the gathering of families and friends for the holidays, but it can also become the season of spreading respiratory infections. While most of the time, respiratory infections are mild nuisances for healthy people, influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) can lead to consequences that are more serious for those with chronic illnesses.
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  • Ostomy/Stoma Education and Support
    An ostomy is a surgically created opening in the abdomen for the discharge of body waste. The United Ostomy Association of America (UOAA) notes the term “stoma” is used interchangeably, which refers to the actual end of the ureter, small or large bowel that can be seen protruding through the abdominal wall.
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  • The Difference Between Palliative Care and Hospice Care
    A critical and important part of health care I learned about during our journey with Alzheimer’s disease involved two different models of care: palliative and hospice care. While many believe palliative care and hospice to be the same, they are actually quite different.
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  • The Role of Specialized Teams and Professionals When Treating Victims of Violent Crimes
    Violence is a healthcare issue that destroys the quality of life in communities and all around the world. The consequence of sexual violence creates many complex health issues that require a team of dedicated professionals. In most communities around the country, there are special teams that provide this supportive care to victims of sexual assault.
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  • Breeze Through the Holidays: Skip the Sneezing & Wheezing
    Holiday decorations are starting to appear, reminding us that the season of giving will soon be upon us. While some people fling open their arms and welcome the merriment, those with allergies and asthma sometimes hide under the covers and ride out the tide until it’s over. Whatever your response, if you suffer from allergies and asthma, you don’t want to be sneezing and wheezing through the holidays.
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  • RSV Guidance: Please Don't Kiss the Baby
    Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is generally a virus present in the winter, usually at its worst in January and February each year. This year, RSV and influenza were conspicuously absent in the winter months. There are likely multiple reasons for this, but the bottom line is that RSV is here now. RSV is a respiratory virus that causes up to 240,000 deaths in children under the age of five worldwide each year, with babies under six months being most affected.
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