The bumper sticker on the car in front of me read, “Don’t take your organs to heaven – heaven knows we need them here.” It got me thinking about my college roommate, who was a kidney transplant recipient.
Dr. Matthew A. Clark is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics practicing at the Ute Mountain Health Center in Towaoc.
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You’ve probably heard of bloody Sunday, wacky Wednesday and “thank goodness, it’s Friday.” Well, today is Melanoma Monday.
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Pain, like beauty, is sometimes only skin deep.
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When I was in residency training, I was surprised one day to learn that one of my teachers, a young, healthy pediatrician, had been hospitalized after his vacation to California. It turned out he had developed a blood clot in his leg during a flight, and a portion of the clot traveled through his veins to the lungs, producing serious breathing...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an updated report about the prevalence of autistic-spectrum disorders. The report, from the federally funded Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, reflects data collected from U.S. children who were 8 years old in 2008.
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My career in snowboarding was very brief. Giving it a try more than a few years ago, I found it trying.
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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer refers to cancer of the large intestine and rectum.
According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, each year in the United States 140,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer and 50,000 die from the disease.
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I recently had the opportunity to refresh my skills in basic life support – known as CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Health-care providers recertify in this program of emergency care every two years.
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Anencephaly, a severe congenital (birth) defect, occurs in about 1 in 3,000 pregnancies. Above the eyebrows and ears, there is no hair, scalp or brain. Only the brainstem, which controls heart rate and breathing, remains.
