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Endometrio­sis impacts about 10 per­cent of women glob­al­ly. March is Endometrio­sis Aware­ness Month and a time to bring atten­tion to this often painful condition.

Novem­ber is Nation­al Dia­betes Month. Did you know there are actu­al­ly dif­fer­ent kinds of dia­betes, and each type is treat­ed differently?

Tor­ti­col­lis is when a child will have a pref­er­ence to tip their head one way and rotate it the oth­er way. It is a con­di­tion that is caused by a tight­en­ing of the neck mus­cle and is usu­al­ly relat­ed to the child’s posi­tion in utero.

What is a fat­ty liv­er dis­ease? First off, let’s talk about the liv­er. Your liv­er is the largest organ inside your body. It acts as a fil­ter for med­ica­tions and alco­hol, it stores ener­gy and vit­a­mins and also aids in diges­tion. Our liv­er does so much for us, but there is an epi­dem­ic that is not talked about.

For most, gluten con­tain­ing foods like rye, wheat, and bar­ley can be a deli­cious and nutri­tious addi­tion to one’s diet. These whole grains can pro­vide B vit­a­mins, iron, zinc, and fiber. For a small seg­ment of the pop­u­la­tion though, gluten can be dan­ger­ous. Accord­ing to the Celi­ac Dis­ease Foun­da­tion, rough­ly 1.4% of the glob­al pop­u­la­tion has Celi­ac disease.

Drs. Joseph and There­sa New­ton, board-cer­ti­fied neu­ro­mus­cu­loskele­tal med­i­cine physi­cians, spe­cial­ize in treat­ing mus­cu­loskele­tal prob­lems includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to:

Lym­phede­ma is a condition/​disease defined as the abnor­mal accu­mu­la­tion of flu­id in the tis­sue caus­ing chron­ic inflam­ma­tion, hard­en­ing of the skin, and an increase in adi­pose tissue.

Sep­tem­ber is Thy­roid Can­cer Aware­ness Month. Thy­roid can­cer is rel­a­tive­ly uncom­mon com­pared to oth­er can­cers, but like many oth­er types of can­cer, if caught ear­ly, thy­roid can­cer can be treated.

When a loved one is diag­nosed with demen­tia stem­ming from Alzheimer’s, under­stand­ing your options for care is impor­tant. Our Neu­rol­o­gy team at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) can help you find your path for the best treatment.

Novem­ber is Nation­al Alzheimer’s Month. QMG Neu­rol­o­gist Dr. Daniel Kim­ple answered a few ques­tions about the impor­tance of the diag­no­sis and treat­ment of this disease.

Feb­ru­ary is rec­og­nized as Amer­i­can Heart Month. Dur­ing this month, it’s impor­tant to be informed about the signs, symp­toms, risk fac­tors, and the pre­ven­tion of heart dis­ease. Quin­cy Med­ical Group Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Hope Owens answered some fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions about your heart.