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Doc Talk | Ankle replacement surgery
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- Doc Talk | Ankle replacement surgery
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- 2:30
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- 9 years ago
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- With long hours serving food at Dickinson College, Larry Kennedy couldn’t catch a break from the pain.
“It just practically hurt when I walked on it. It was just a crunching in there when I walked on it,” said Larry Kennedy, of Carlisle.
Kennedy had arthritis in his right ankle. Cortisone shots didn’t help, so Kennedy took the plunge and had a total ankle reconstruction done.
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- Doc Talk | Post knee and hip replacement pain
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- 2:03
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- 9 years ago
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- Knee and hip replacements are common enough surgeries, but it's also fairly common to have continued pain after a knee replacement.
Doctors say if you still have pain or trouble walking a year after a knee replacement, it's time to call your surgeon again or get a second opinion. The key is finding someone who knows how to look for the right problem.
Your knees are one of the most common places to get aches and pains
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- Doc Talk | Procedure to prevent period pain
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- 2:21
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- 9 years ago
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- Periods can be painful, exhausting, and messy. All women have to deal with them, and some have particularly heavy cycles. But one procedure can make menstrual cycles much more manageable.
After Gretchen Ramsey had her second child, her period seemed to take control of her life.
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- Doc Talk | Preventing falls all year round
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- 2:00
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- 9 years ago
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- Hospitals tend to see an increase in the number of people falling during the winter months due to snow and ice remaining on the ground throughout much of the season. Doctors also see an uptick in falls during the summer when people try to be more active. That’s why falls are consistently the most common reason for visits to the emergency room.
To prevent a fall, doctors say there’s more people can do than just being aware of their surroundings.
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- Doc Talk | Congenital heart defect screenings
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- As Heart Health Month wraps up, it’s important to remember that not only middle-aged and elderly people need to pay attention to their hearts. They also need to pay attention to babies’ hearts.
For a little baby, not everything can be detected when they’re still in utero, but within 48 hours of their birth, a very simple test is done to ensure their heart is functioning properly.
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- Doc Talk | Doctors perform stent procedure
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Doctors save lives everyday but it’s not everyday that we, as journalists, have the opportunity to witness it firsthand.
Every week we report on the amazing things doctors are doing to help us live longer healthier lives.
But sometimes it’s not until you see it up close that you really understand what they do.
We’ve done several stories on stent procedures to keep arteries open and hearts beating strong.
But this week we got to watch the procedure.
All it took was roughly thirty minutes to save this man’s life.
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- Doc Talk | Doctors use new procedure for aortic stenosis
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- 2:27
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- 9 years ago
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- For years there was virtually no way to treat elderly people suffering with severe aortic stenosis.
Their hearts weren’t working but because of their age, they were high-risk and had few options.
But all that’s changed thanks to a less invasive procedure.
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- Doc Talk | Less invasive heart catheterizations
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- 2:31
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- 9 years ago
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- Februrary is Heart Health Month, and many heart problems will, at some point, need a heart catheterization. Heart catheterizations used to go through the leg or groin area through the femoral artery, but now, just by using a different part of the body, it can be much less invasive and just as effective.
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- Doc Talk | Hospice vs. palliative care
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Unless you’ve made a will, we often don’t think of end of life care until we find ourselves in a scary situation.
But that is the life of a palliative care physician.
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- Doc Talk | January is cervical cancer awareness month
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- 2:25
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- 9 years ago
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- January is cervical cancer awareness month -- and doctors want women to use this as a reminder to get checked out.
There have been a lot of changes in recent years with the rules and regulations for pap smears, pelvic exams, and the HPV vaccine.
All this is vital information for you to prevent getting cervical cancer.
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- Doc Talk | Carpal tunnel syndrome
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Think about how often we all use our hands.
Whether it's to write, to type, to hold objects or to lift things.
So it's no surprise that over time, that could lead to problems in the hand or wrist, including carpal tunnel.
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- Doc Talk | Fitness tips for New Year's workout regimen
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- 2:08
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- 9 years ago
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- It’s one of the most common New Year’s resolutions every year: lose weight and get in shape. But it can seem daunting and we often lose sight of that resolution within a few weeks or months. Before you overwhelm yourself and quit, doctors say there is a safe way to build the habit so it sticks.
If you ask Dr. Michael Werner about starting a new fitness plan, the first thing he’ll tell you is the three C’s: core, cardio and calories.
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- Doc Talk | Staying safe during New Year's Eve celebrations
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- 1:45
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- 9 years ago
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- New Year’s Eve is right around the corner.
And while for many, the new year represents a fresh start and clean slate, the night before tends to mean lot of drinking and sometimes bad decisions.
CBS21’S Lara Greenberg spoke with doctors about their best advice for a safe new year.
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- Doc Talk | Holiday Heart Syndrome
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- We all know that the holidays can be fun, but they can also be stressful. For now many people, that stress, how much and what we eat during the holidays can lead to a heart syndrome.
CBS21's Lara Greenberg describes the medical condition in this week's Doc Talk.
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- Doc Talk | Preventing accidents and injuries during the holidays
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The holiday season usually means spending time with family,
but between changes in the weather and decorating for the holidays it can also mean injuries.
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- Doc Talk | Hyperbaric chambers being used for healing
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It’s a device that can not only save a patient trips to the ER and up to $7,000 for treatment, but it can also save a limb.
Hyperbaric chambers can seem a little intimidating, but doctors say they are great tools for healing everything from bone infections to diabetic ulcers.
“You can see here this opens up. The whole thing slides off onto that cart,” says Dr. Allan Grossman, Medical Director at Geisinger Holy Spirit
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- Doc Talk | Achilles Injuries in Men
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It’s often in professional sports that we hear of problems with the achilles tendon.
But Achilles problems can happen to anyone, and they’re more common in men than women.
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- Doc Talk | The signs and symptoms of prostate cancer
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Doctors say prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, but they also say it’s the most treatable, as long as it’s caught early.
They most men don’t even know what their prostate is, so identifying the symptoms can be tricky, but it doesn’t have to be.
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- Doc Talk | "Movember" for men's health awareness
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- We often hear November called "Movember" in honor of men's health awareness month.
The scary thing about heart disease is that often times a person doesn't know he or she has it until a cardiac event happens.
But there are things you can do to prevent it. All you have to know is your ABC's.
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- Doc Talk | Geisinger Holy Spirits learning more about genetic coding
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It's one thing to treat a disease.
It's another to prevent it.
And that's exactly what Geisinger Holy Spirit is trying to do with its "My Code" system.
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- Doc Talk| How doctors are beating breast cancer from the inside out
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- When you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, radiation is used to eliminate the cancer cells from your body. But radiation can work from the outside in and the inside out. When doctors use radiation from the inside out, they’re most likely relying on a device called the Savi, which doctors say is a great option.
After 14 years of working in hospice, Barbara McCutcheun knew what a breast cancer diagnosis could mean.
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- Doc Talk | The importance of self-breast exams
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- For most women there's nothing scarier than a lump on your breast.
But feeling for a lump is easier said than done.
When it comes to self-breast exams doctors say what's most important is knowing your body to begin with so you can tell when something feels abnormal.
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- Doc talk | Even after beating breast cancer patients still have a long road to recovery
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Beating breast cancer is hard enough, but for survivors of the disease it's not the end of the battle. For many survivors they are left with extreme pain and tightness due to leftover scar-tissue.In this weeks Doc Talk we take a look at what patients are doing to free themselves of the pain, and get back to living their lives.
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- Doc Talk| A savvy new instrument is saving the lives of breast cancer patients
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A savvy new instrument is saving the lives of breast cancer patients
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- Doc Talk | Breaking down two common heart problems
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It's the leading cause of death in the United States.
Heart disease.
A third of Americans will suffer from it in some capacity in their lifetime.
Clogging the arteries connected to your heart is like clogging a pipe. It can be chronic and ongoing or it could require emergency surgery.
Just like a dentist wants you to avoid plaque buildup in your teeth and gums, cardiologists want you to avoid plaque buildup in your arteries.
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- Doc Talk|Immunizations
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Just like shoes and a backpack it's a back to school must have.
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- Doc Talk | How to treat and recognize the stomach bug
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- School is back in session and that means germs are spreading between kids. It's a time of the year when many parents are thinking about viral infections.
One of the most common infections is the stomach bug.
It's often referred to as the stomach flu but the truth is, it's not really the flu. It's a virus and once you get it, you mostly have to ride it out.
But there are a number of ways you can identify it.
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- Doc Talk| New skin cancer operation has a nearly 99% success rate
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- If you live until you're 65 you have a nearly 50-50 chance of getting skin cancer . While preventive methods are always best a new surgery has and almost 99% chance of eliminating skin cancer.
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- Doc Talk: Why your leg pain may not be arthritis, but lesser known disease
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Tens of millions of Americans suffer from arthritis. So, it's common to think that if you have pain, you may have arthritis.
But it could be something else entirely.
Often, arthritis is an inaccurate diagnosis for Peripheral Artery Disease, or PAD. It's a disease that needs to be treated immediately.
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- Doc Talk | Geriatric Fractures and how to avoid them
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- As the general population in the United States continues to age there are a number of medical issues doctors are seeing more and more of. One of them is fractures.
In 2030, it is expected that roughly 20 percent of the U.S. population will be people age 65 and older.
Right now, doctors are already handling 330,000 hip fractures a year. There are many reasons the elderly break bones easily but there are many things they can do to prevent those breaks.
People often consider the elderly to be more frail and delicate than the rest of the population. But the truth is, these days the elderly are more active than ever.
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- Doc Talk | Tips for dining out on a diet
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- There used to be a time when eating out was a special thing, something families only did once a week.
Now out of convenience, it seems like people are constantly eating out, ordering in and spending money on food instead of making it themselves.
But if you're on a diet, that makes it pretty hard to stay on track.
As more and more places show us the calorie count for food, you can't help but notice that even the healthy-seeming places aren't necessarily so healthy. Which makes eating out hard.
But it is doable with a few tricks.
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- Doc Talk | Best produce to pick and eat before summer ends
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Summer is a time for a lot of great things we don’t get the rest of the year, including beaches, pools and ice cream on a hot day. But it’s also great for fresh produce, including corn on the cob, red bell peppers, cantaloupe and peaches. Holy Spirit Clinical Dietitian Beth Baker told CBS 21 what’s the best produce to buy and eat before summer ends.
“I think berries. It’s a great time to get fresh berries. Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, all kinds of melon, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, peaches and nectarines,” said Holy Spirit Clinical Dietitian Beth Baker.
Baker says summer is the time to load up on produce. She says it’s jam-packed with nutrients, even the kind of produce that comes canned or frozen.
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- Doc Talk | Pancreatic Cancer, the whipple
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Pancreatic cancer is a serious and aggressive form of cancer, and the surgery for it is complicated. It's called the "whipple." Though intense, it's more readily available at Holy Spirit Hospital than it has been in the past.
The whipple is usually done after a CAT scan and ultrasound have been done to find the tumor. It's a procedure that requires several doctors, but since Holy Spirit and Geisinger merged, doing a whipple just got a lot easier.
Statistically, the whipple is a force to be reckoned with.
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- Doc Talk: Electronic Health Record
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- When we think of doctors, we often think of illness and medial procedures, not data. But data is a big part of their job. The days of shuffling through charges hand-writing notes are over. Like much of the rest of the world, hospitals are now keeping everything electronic.
"If you have a computer, if the electricity is turned on literally, you have access to the chart, and it’s not just you singular. It’s any number of people, multiple places, any time," said Holy Spirit Chef Medical Informatics Officer Dr. Richard Schreiber.
It's call the electronic health record. If you're wondering what it means in terms of patient privacy, doctors say you shouldn't worry. Informatics officer Dr. Richard Schreiber wouldn't even allow CBS 21 to shoot footage of the program because of patient privacy.
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- Doc Talk: Natural Family Planning Methods
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- In this week's Doc Talk, Lara Greenberg breaks down some natural ways to conceive and avoid pregnancy.
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- Doc Talk: Carotid Artery Disease
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- We often hear about carotid arteries but what are they?
Well, they're the arteries that carry blood to the brain.
And when plaque starts to build up inside them, that means big problems for your brain but there are ways to prevent carotid artery disease.
These little gateways to the brain, carotid arteries, may be the very same gateways that cause a massive stroke.
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- Doc Talk: Be careful of how you treat your feet
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- People don’t often think about how much pressure they put on their feet until they start hurting or get injured. But doctors say overuse injuries in feet are extremely common, and it’s something to which people should pay more attention.
The incorrect assumption is that because feet are smaller parts of the body, they’re safe from getting injured, but doctors point out they are delicate and complex. With 28 bones and lots of tendons and ligaments, doctors say you have to be careful with how you treat your feet.
Even those who don’t consider themselves to be particularly active are still on their feet a lot.
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- Doc Talk: Rotator Cuff tears
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- As we age, most of us get less active, causing muscles, ligaments and tendons to tighten.
Doctors say about 50 percent of people are walking around today with some kind of tear in the rotator cuff.
“As we get older, we'll watch TV and football, sports for weeks and then we're raking the yard or moving stuff into the attic,” Dr. Damian Rispoli, an orthopedic surgeon at Holy Spirit, said.
And just like that, tearing in your rotator cuff and lots of pain.
In cases of minimal pain, Dr. Rispoli says physical therapy will often do the trick.
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- Doc Talk: Dealing with female incontinence
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It’s a problem women don’t want to talk about -- female incontinence.
The loss of control over the bladder is more common in women than in men.
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- Focusing on and making a difference for a 'forgotten dis
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- 3:39
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- By: CBS 21 Web Staff HARRISBURG, Pa. -- It's referred to as the "forgotten disease," but the agonizing pain associated with Sickle Cell Disease is anything but forgettable. The South Central PA Sickle Cell Council is trying to make a difference by getting the focus back on the disease and finding a cure. Dauphin County resident and member of the Sickle Cell Council Ronald Johnson describes the disease that he has had since he was 9-years-old and horrifically painful. "It's almost like a traffic jam in the body and it causes severe, horrific pain in the legs, arms, the back and it causes other complications, Johnson said. Thirteen-year-old Jerrick Griffin also has Sickle Cell and describes the pain that has him going to the school nurse often, "Everyone goes to the nurse cause they have a fever. I go to the nurse cause I have stomach pain and back pain," Jerrick said. The genetic disorder causes the red blood cells to form a c-shape or sickle instead of the normal round shape, causing t...
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- Large sinkhole nearly swallows up a business in Palmyra
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
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- Reported by: Michael GorsegnerContributor: Sara Small (Sgsmall@local21news.com)Another gigantic sinkhole has opened up in Lebanon County. Around 11 p.m. Sunday, a crew that was plowing snow noticed the gigantic hole in the parking lot of the Philadelphia Mixing Solution in the 1200 block of East Main Street.The hole looks to be about 15 to 20 feet deep and 30 to 40 feet wide. It opened up so wide that it swallowed a portion of a building. The foundation has let go in places and some of the things that were on the floor even dumped into the hole.The good news is no one was inside the building at the time. No one was hurt. Emergency crews responded to the scene and taped off the hole and tried to limit access to the area.This is an area that is very well known for sinkholes. It lies along Route 422 in Palmyra where the road has opened up several times in the past few years. In fact, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions sits right across the street from a bar called the Sinkhole Saloon.Back in N...
