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Pacemaker for pain
While ancient Greek and Roman healers turned to the torpedo fish for its numbing electric ray properties, it’s not all that long ago that the idea of electrifying a spine was considered something out of Gothic fiction. Today, however, spinal … Continue reading
Oxford Valley Pain & Spine Center thanks patients
Langhorne, PA – (April 12, 2012) – Oxford Valley Pain and Spine Center is excited to announce its 2012 Patient Appreciation Day from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday April 21, in the University Hall room at the … Continue reading
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Walk for a cause, walk for good health
With the weekend’s celebration of Passover and Easter, you may have missed the celebration of National Start Walking Now Day on Saturday, April 6. The American Heart Association (AHA) sponsors the day in an effort to get folks walking and … Continue reading
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Happy National Doctors’ Day
The day, first celebrated in March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia, by the wife of a doctor, Eudora Brown Almond, celebrates the sacrifice, charity, courage, bravery and love demonstrated by doctors toward their patients. Wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, … Continue reading
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Children and older adults at risk for accidental poisoning
While today may close out the 50th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week, preventing accidental poisonings should be a priority all year round. In fact, poisoning took more lives than automobile accidents in 2008. For safety, keep this national toll-free … Continue reading
Making chronic pain treatment a priority
More than 116 million Americans lived with chronic pain last year. That’s according to an Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research, 2011. The report is a … Continue reading
Daylight saving time: help or hindrance?
Spring forward, fall back. That’s the old adage to remember which way to turn your clocks overnight for Daylight Saving Time. Ben Franklin first suggested in 1784 that adopting daylight saving time would help colonists to make better use of … Continue reading
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Snack your way to better health
March is National Nutrition Month – a perfect time to examine nutritional issues facing senior citizens. More common than you might think, they can arise for a variety of reasons. A decreased appetite, depression and/or the high cost of life-saving … Continue reading
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Tips for pain-free gardening
Fields of lavender crocuses are sprouting across lawns early this year due to a spring-like winter. The mild weather may have you shedding down jackets, cleaning out closets and have you itching to clean out your flowerbeds and get your … Continue reading
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Not any old fruit
Happy President’s Day! When George Washington chopped down his father’s beloved cherry tree, he didn’t axe any old fruit tree. Cherries are not only a super fruit for baking and eating, the cherry is considered a Super Fruit due to … Continue reading
