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  • Top Docs Feature: Q&A with Delanie and Gordon Watson

    Top Docs Feature: Q&A with Delanie and Gordon Watson

    Patients talk with CFHN about their healthcare provider, Dr. Japinder Singh “MY HUSBAND was very, very sick when I met him,” says Delaine Watson. Gordon had all manner of problems with his spleen and gallbladder, hernias — even throat cancer. A Vietnam veteran, he’d also been exposed to Agent Orange.

  • POP QUIZ … Sun exposure: What you don’t know CAN hurt you

    POP QUIZ … Sun exposure: What you don’t know CAN hurt you

    A little skin protection knowledge now could save your life later LIVING IN THE SUNSHINE STATE, we’ve all heard about the dangers of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. However, it doesn’t seem as if we’ve learned enough, because the effects of sun exposure — like skin cancer — are posing as much danger to residents…

  • Take it from a pharmacist who knows!

    Take it from a pharmacist who knows!

    Seven things you should always ask your local pharmacy 1. Are there any lower-cost alternatives to this prescription? Your pharmacist and doctor can always help you come up with the most affordable option for the medications you need.

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  • A Closer Look at Cryptogenic Stroke

    A Closer Look at Cryptogenic Stroke

    A cryptogenic stroke (CS) is defined as cerebral ischemia of obscure or unknown origin. The cause of CS remains undetermined because the event is transitory or reversible, investigations did not look for all possible causes, or because some causes truly remain unknown. One third of the ischemic strokes are cryptogenic. Cryptogenic stroke is a diagnosis…

  • HOW DID I GET THIS STYE?

    HOW DID I GET THIS STYE?

    Medically a stye is called a hordeolum.  If we look at the eyelid’s anatomy, particularly the lid margin, you will find the lashes, and beside the lashes is the opening of our Meibomian glands.  The Meibomian glands are the hard embedded plates that you can feel in both the upper and lower lids.  The Meibomian…

  • Types of Strokes

    Types of Strokes

    A stroke is when blood flow to a part of your brain is stopped either by a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel. The medical term for this is Cerebrovascular accident. As the definition states, it can be caused by one of two problems. Either by blockage of flow to an artery in the brain…

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