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New York City is known widely as the city that never sleeps. Sleep, like food, water and air is a need. Without it, you wouldn’t survive. It’s not surprising then that poor sleep patterns have been associated with cognitive and neurological decline. How much sleep is necessary? Adults need approx 7-9 hrs of sleep. Many…
Many COVID 19 survivors report difficulty with increased fatigue and shortness of breath with daily activities like climbing the stairs, walking up a hill, running errands or carrying groceries. These survivors may or may not have been hospitalized. They may or may not have lead a previously healthy active lifestyle. Regardless of your starting point,…
Erectile dysfunction can affect as many as 30 million men. It can occur when the pelvic floor muscles are in spasm, which can occlude the internal pudendal artery which provides blood to the penis. Increased pelvic floor tone can prevent proper contraction and relaxation of these muscles which is needed for penile rigidity. There can…
Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome, abbreviated MRKH Syndrome, is a disease that affects 1 in every 4000-5000 female births,1,2 and causes these babies to be born without certain reproductive organs. This occurs during development because the embryological structures that go on to form these organs are either absent or fail to develop.1 Therefore, the baby is born with…
Why is movement considered a form of medicine? There has been plenty of research regarding exercise and how physical activity can improve and decrease one’s risk of developing various conditions and diseases. Why is this the case? Moving in general helps to increase overall blood flow into our bodies. With an increase in blood flow,…