Medication management is an important service to help patients manage their prescribed medications. Patients need education on the right dosages to help them avoid the dangers of incorrect medication administration. To avoid incorrect administration, patients are taught simple strategies. Simple tips like setting an alarm may help with timing on dosages. As a nation, medication management is needed to prevent mistakes that occur daily. Here are a few facts provided by Terrace … [Read more...] about Are You Managing Your Meds?
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Treating Migraines with Botox
A migraine is an inherited neurological disorder that is described as the over excitability of specific areas of the brain. Untreated migraine attacks can last several hours, or a few days. Although, medically speaking, we do not understand how a brain with migraine is dissimilar to a normal brain, we do know that people who suffer with migraines are more likely to hold the transient factors that may raise the chances of having a migraine attack. These triggers may include environmental stimuli … [Read more...] about Treating Migraines with Botox
Treating Pain with an Epidural Steroid Injection
The epidural steroid injection allows anti-inflammatory medicine (steroid) to be injected into the epidural space to treat pain caused by irritation of the spinal nerves. A protective covering called the dural sac surrounds the spinal cord. This sac contains spinal fluid that bathes and nourishes the spinal cord. The space between the outer surface of the dural sac and the bones of the spinal column is the epidural space. Nerves that go from the spinal cord through the spinal column and to … [Read more...] about Treating Pain with an Epidural Steroid Injection
Stem Cell Therapies Becoming a Common Treatment for Medical Diseases, Disorders and Traumas
Presently, the use of stem cells is becoming common practice with orthopedics, as it may help deter a knee replacement or surgical procedure and improve function of joints following injury. Practitioners today are also using stem cells within disciplines like pain management, cardiology, rheumatology and neurology. Why Choose Stem Cell Therapy? As with other cells in our body, stem cells also age as we do. That is why we provide stem cells that are derived from umbilical cord … [Read more...] about Stem Cell Therapies Becoming a Common Treatment for Medical Diseases, Disorders and Traumas
