Molly Giannotta MS

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• Treatments for Jaundice

  Treatments are only necessary when the patient has extremely high levels of bilirubin in the blood. Most babies suffering from jaundice don’t require treatments because their blood’s bilirubin levels are often low. Under such conditions, the symptoms often improve with a period of two weeks and...

• Heel Spurs: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

  When a person exposes their feet to constant stress, it triggers the buildup of calcium deposits at the bottom of the heel bone. Though this formation does not affect a person’s daily life, the situation changes when the formation undergoes repeated damage which causes a spur-shaped deformity...

• Can Lab Tests Help Reach a Diagnosis for Multiple Sclerosis?

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• The Need for Self-Care with Emotional Exhaustion

  Emotional departure has been demonstrated to play an essential part in the performance of daily activities. So, when nurses are emotionally exhausted, what are they supposed to do?It is not a secret for anyone, related or not, to the healthcare system that nursing is an emotionally charged and...

• Dementia Patient Strives to Remain Positive and Active, Despite Early Diagnosis

  It’s early morning at the local grocery store.  To the few people who are getting their shopping done at this time of day, Laurie Scherrer looks like any other regular person who is busy crossing items off her shopping list.  The truth is that Laurie is getting her groceries done before the...