Dorothy M Schmitt LMHC

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• What Are the Preventive Measures and Treatment Options for Pneumonia?

  Pneumonia refers to an infection of the lungs that result in inflammation of the air sacs, affecting oxygen supply. Pneumonia ranges in severity from mild to serious. The condition is most often found to be serious in infants and elderly people above the age of 65-years-old. People with different...

• Surgical Procedures for Obesity

  Obesity is a long-standing, deteriorating medical condition, which is incurable, but there is a continuous treatment which improves the disorder. Although it is optional, surgery is a common method of treatment amongst obese people. Normally, the criteria consists of two of the following:•...

• What Does the Hypothalamus Do?

  Where is the hypothalamus located?The hypothalamus is a small, almond-sized, cone-shaped structure that projects downwards, ending in the infundibular stalk of the brain. This is a tubular connection to the pituitary gland, with which it has a direct relationship. The two are connected by nervous...

• Breaking: Asthma Drugs may not Actually Cause Birth Defects

  A new study has shown that asthma treatment may not actually increase the risk of birth defects as generally thought. This is reassuring news for many pregnant women who have asthma and need treatment. There was a very mild increase in the risk of rare birth defects in women who took the medication...

• Are There Risks to Cryotherapy?

  Cryotherapy is a fairly new technology, and it has only been in use since 1978. It was at this time in Japan that the idea of lowering body temperature as a treatment procedure was discovered. The year 1978 seems like a long time ago for some people, but, in medical circles, it’s a very short...

• Lupus and its Relations to Ancestry

  We all carry a part of people within us who came to life much before us. We are genetic continuity of our ancestors.  And we get some good and some unwanted genes from our ancestors. These unwanted genes make our body prone to certain diseases, we call them familial or genetic diseases. Family...