Michelle Turcotte-smail LICSW

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• Health Benefits of Bariatric Surgery

  In simple layman terms, bariatric surgery is weight loss surgery. Its main purpose is the reduction of the fat around the stomach in safe amounts. The weight loss is achieved by use of what is known as a gastric band, or removing a portion of the stomach. The removal of the stomach portion is also...

• Understanding the Relationship Between Constipation and Parkinson’s

  As technology progresses, understanding about the intensive dialogue between the gut and the brain is also getting better. It is now understood that if things go wrong with this exchange, it is terrible for both of them. Changes in the activity of the gut may worsen the functioning of the brain,...

• FDA Approves Horizon's Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug

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• Does Summer Heat and Humidity Affect Fibromyalgia?

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• What Is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)?

  Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is type of the disease and it drops the blood supply to the brain temporarily. This is due to various reasons. It can make the brain deprive from the oxygen. The person gets stroke which is stroke like situations. Though it does not last long.The transient ischemic...