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Internal Medicine Division
02
Mar

Coronavirus: No Time To Panic

COVID-19 is a new coronavirus, which first appeared in the Wuhan province in China.  It is actually part of the same family of viruses at as those which cause the common cold.  It is similar to the virus which caused SARS in China and MERS in the Middle East, and is thought to have been...
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02
Mar

Premier Medical Group Welcomes Dr. Kathleen Mantaro

Dr. Kathleen Mantaro specializes in Internal Medicine and will be seeing patients at Premier’s Fishkill – Internal Medicine office. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and has been practicing in the Hudson Valley for over 25 years.  She studied medicine at Albany Medical College and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Danbury Hospital in...
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29
Jan

A Parent’s Guide to the Vaping Crisis

By a few measures, the recent vaping crisis is unique among other US epidemics. Not the least of these metrics is how quickly the crisis – characterized by widespread lung injuries that likely stem from the use of e-cigarettes – affected young Americans. This is summarized in a statement by the US Department of Health...
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22
Jan

Why Am I So Tired?!

Fatigue is one of the most common complaints that people bring to their Primary Care provider. If you are fatigued, let your provider know, because not all fatigue is created equal. In winter, many adults and young adults experience fatigue. Long hours of darkness, poor weather, and lack of sunlight, can all affect our diurnal...
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03
Dec

Getting Enough Sleep is Not a Luxury – It’s a Necessity

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has declared that lack of sleep among the US population is an epidemic. In 2016, they reported that more than a third of American adults do not get enough sleep, and things have only grown worse since then. Scientists have proven time and time again that sleep is essential...
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21
Oct

Diabetes… the Good News

Diabetes is a chronic disease that currently affects more than one in ten Americans. There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Type 2 diabetes is the most common, accounting for 80-90 percent of all cases. The disease is caused by a resistance to the effects of insulin as well as a...
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