Dr. Kevin Dolehide, gastroenterologist and Patti Basta, dietician, from MetroSouth Medical Center, recently featured on NBC5, offer tips for limiting the effects of heartburn from holiday parties and festivities. The MetroSouth Heartburn Clinic offers individualized treatment plans and solutions to treat even the most stubborn heartburn symptoms. Call 855-4 REFLUX to learn more and schedule your [...]
Recently Dr. Claudette Macklin, MD, Internal Medicine physician at MetroSouth Medical Center in Morgan Park, discussed the prevalence of osteoporosis in the African American community.
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Miranda Huffman, family medicine physician at MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island and Alsip was interviewed on NBC5 about osteoporosis. Dr. Huffman explained the populations at risk for losing bone mass and helped Zoraida Sambolin understand what her “t-score” means.
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Today more Americans are using heartburn remedies than ever before. In fact, according to industry reports, there were more than 110 million prescriptions for heartburn medications in 2009. Many patients find relief with these over-the-counter remedies for common and intermittent heartburn pain and discomfort. Unfortunately, we are beginning to understand that these medications may also [...]
So it’s the holidays and you find your December calendar booked with social engagements revolving around big dinners and extravagant cocktail parties. For millions of Americans, many of these festive evenings will result in significant pain. Heartburn, the primary symptom of reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be so painful that many Americans [...]
Like osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures, lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a condition frequently seen in aging adults over the age of 50. It also is frequently under- and mis-diagnosed. In fact, because of the close interaction of the structures of the spine, men and women with poor bone quality or osteoporosis are at increased [...]
Osteoporosis and poor bone health have reached epidemic proportions, impacting 50% of all women and 25% of all men over the age of 50. One of the devastating consequences of brittle bones is the development of bone fractures, most frequently seen in the hip, wrist, and spine. Studies have demonstrated that patients suffering from hip [...]
