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9 Tips to Make Breastfeeding Easier
For a new mother, breastfeeding can be extremely challenging, and the frustration can take away from the joy of having a new child. If you’re trying to get used to it, and you’re exhausted, you may get discouraged or even …
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Tags: breastfeeding, childbirth, Medical Center of Arlington, women's services
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Asthma Management in Children
More children are developing asthma due in part to a rise in the number of childhood allergies and increasing environmental toxins. In babies under the age of one, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for up to 70 percent of …
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Tags: allergy, asthma, children, cough, Medical Center Arlington, wheezing
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Mammogram Screening Special
At Medical Center Arlington, we believe mammograms are one of the best ways to protect your health. To encourage more women to get the yearly screening, we’re offering a special during the entire month of April. Next month you can …
5 Steps to Prevent Heart Disease
Heart disease is the number of cause of death in both men and women in the United States. Unfortunately, most Americans do not think about ways to avoid this disease until they experience its symptoms. Below are the top five …
What Is Your BMI?
Body mass index or BMI, as it is commonly known, is a measure of body fat, based on an individual’s height and weight. Medical professionals use BMI to screen patients for weight categories that may lead to health problems. This …
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Tags: BMI, body fat, exercise, Medical Center of Arlington
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Pneumonia Basics
Cough … fever … chills … shortness of breath. These could all be symptoms of pneumonia, an infection that attacks the lungs and can make you very ill. While the symptoms sound similar to the flu, pneumonia can be caused …
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Tags: cough, infection, Josh Hamilton, lung, Medical Center Arlington, Pneumonia, Texas Rangers baseball
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Common Skin Cancer: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell
Early detection is the best defense against skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and is responsible for 90% of all skin cancers. Basal cell carcinomas are slow-growing and rarely spread, or metastasize, to …
Free Pregnancy Testing Center
If you think you may be pregnant, find out for sure. Medical Center Arlington is making it easier to plan for the future with our new free pregnancy testing center. Come in and take a free pregnancy test. You’ll get …
Do You Need a Sleep Study?
Everyone has the occasional bad night’s sleep—the kind where you toss and turn or wake up feeling as though you had no rest at all. But for many Americans, sleep can be elusive on chronic basis. Health experts recommend getting …
Stroke Knowledge Is Crucial
Sudden numbness in your leg … blurred vision … dizziness and a pounding headache. This is no time to take a wait-and-see approach to your health. These symptoms are indications that you may be having a stroke. When it comes …
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Tags: ambulance, brain, Dallas, EMS, Medical Center Arlington, Stroke
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