Archive for July, 2020

Life After Football: The Effects of Repeated Concussions

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Kevin Drake, a former NFL player, has experienced more than 10 documented concussions. At Neuroscience 2016, Drake discusses his experience in football and the changes that can improve player and youth safety.

For more information, visit BrainFacts.org.
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Preparing for your thyroid biopsy – UF Health Endocrinology in Jacksonville

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This video will have current and accurate information about thyroid biopsy. If your doctor had recently told you that you have a thyroid nodule, you are most likely trying to search as much information as possible before your biopsy. This video is a step by step guide through the fine needle aspiration of the thyroid. It will help patients and families to understand the procedure.

UF Health Endocrinology in Jacksonville empowers patients to make the lifestyle changes that prevent obesity, diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and stroke. Physicians within the division have developed programs that make weight loss and diabetes prevention achievable. They also stress the importance of treating high cholesterol and elevated blood pressure to lessen the risk for heart disease and stroke. Additionally, these specialists diagnose and treat a wide variety of conditions affecting the thyroid (including thyroid cancer and thyroid biopsy), adrenal gland, pituitary gland, bones (including osteoporosis, calcium abnormalities and vitamin D deficiency), hormone replacement therapy, low testosterone and metabolic diseases.

Diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are based on the most recent data from scientific studies. All faculty have completed subspecialty training in endocrinology and are American Board of Internal Medicine certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

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This video will help patients and families understand how we painlessly evaluate (and biopsy) a thyroid nodule.

Learn more at: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics-programs/thyroid-program/

The Three Rs of Concussion: Recognition, Rest, and Recovery

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The Three Rs of Concussion: Recognition, Rest, and Recovery

A concussion is brain trauma brought on by a biomechanical force. It consists of a group of neurological symptoms that impair the patient for a variable amount of time. There are approximately 3.8 million sports-related concussions each year in the United States.