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Riverside Health System

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Across every life stage we provide coordinated patient care yielding extraordinary results. Your health is our number one priority and we’ve earned a national reputation for innovative care delivery. Our team of 330 medically distinguished physicians across nearly every specialty, is the reason we can provide integrated, top quality care. With seven hospitals, age related services unmatched in Virginia and continuing care, retirement , rehabilitation, health & wellness programs, and state-of-the-art diagnostic and care facilities in communities across Hampton Roads, we are a team of care champions providing the future of integrated, accountable healthcare. Today.

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    What can I do to make a low fat diet part of my lifestyle?

    You can do a number of things to make a low-fat diet part of your lifestyle. Changing what you eat and drink may be hard at first. Think of these changes as "lifestyle" changes, not just "diet" changes. You will need to make these changes part of your daily routine in order to feel better. To make

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    What is a low-fat diet?

    A low-fat diet is a diet that decreases the amount of calories that are eaten from fat. Following this diet may help lower your blood cholesterol level. Although cholesterol is an important part of each cell in your body, high levels of blood cholesterol increase your risk of heart disease. A diet

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    What is dehydration?
    Dehydration is a condition that happens when the amount of water in the body is lower than normal. Normally, the body has the right amount of water inside and outside of the cells. Water and electrolytes (mineral salts) are usually in balance in the body. This balance is important to keep your...  Full Post
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    What is dehydration in children?
    Dehydration in children is the loss of body water. Dehydration occurs when your child loses more body water than he drinks. Body salts that your child needs, such as sodium, may be lost as well. Your child's dehydration may be mild, moderate or severe (very bad).  Full Post
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    What is mind-body therapy?
    Mind-body therapies (MBTs) include meditation, relaxation, hypnosis and imagery. These forms of treatment do not use medicine. MBTs are done with the belief that your feelings, mental health, spiritual beliefs and physical health affect one another. MBTs may be used as part of the treatment...  Full Post
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    What is guided imagery?
    Imagery, or guided imagery, makes use of your imagination to help you relax. With imagery, you think about being in a place that makes you feel peaceful and calm. You try to see, hear, smell and taste things that you picture in your mind. For example, you can imagine lying on a beach, feeling...  Full Post
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    What is hypnosis?
    Hypnosis is a method of changing your state of mind by changing your brain activity. With the help of your healthcare provider, you become less aware of things around you. Your movement decreases and you are led to a trance or sleep-like state. Once you reach this state, your healthcare p...  Full Post
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    What is meditation?
    Meditation is a mind exercise that is done to help relax your body and free your mind of worry. Your thoughts are relaxed, while you stay alert. You may sit in a certain way, and have your eyes open or closed for meditation. Meditation can be done alone or with other people. The following...  Full Post
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    How is hepatitis C (HCV) diagnosed?

    Hepatitis C is diagnosed through blood tests, which can also identify whether you have chronic hepatitis C or some other type of hepatitis. If chronic hepatitis C is suspected, your doctor may suggest getting a liver biopsy. A liver biopsy is a test that indicates the level of liver damage. The

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    How is hepatitis C (HCV) treated?

    Hepatitis C is treated only if it becomes chronic. Chronic hepatitis C is treated with drugs that slow or stop the virus from damaging the liver.

    Drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: Chronic hepatitis C is usually treated with a combination of peginterferon and ribavirin, which attack...  Full Post
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    Is shingles contagious?

    A person with a shingles rash can pass the virus to someone, usually a child, who has never had chickenpox. However, the child will develop chickenpox, not shingles. Merely being in the same room with a shingles patient will not cause the child to catch chickenpox because during a shingles in

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    How is shingles treated?

    Shingles attacks can be made less severe and shorter by using prescription antiviral drugs: acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famcyclovir. Acyclovir is available in a generic form, but the pills must be taken five times a day, whereas valacyclovir and famcyclovir pills are taken three times a day.

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    What are the symptoms of anorexia nervosa?

    Someone with anorexia may look very thin. She or he may use extreme measures to lose weight by:

    Making her or himself throw up Taking pills to urinate or have a bowel movement Taking diet pills Not eating or eating very little Exercising a lot, even in bad weather or when hurt or tired Weighing...  Full Post
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    What are the common signs or symptoms of multiple system atrophy (MSA)?

    The initial symptoms of multiple system atrophy (MSA) are often difficult to distinguish from the initial symptoms of Parkinson's disease and include:

    • Fainting or lightheadedness due to orthostatic hypotension, a condition in which blood pressure drops rapidly when rising from a seated or lying
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    What causes dry eyes?

    Dry eye is more common in women, especially after menopause. Surprisingly, some people with dry eye may have tears that run down their cheeks. This is because the eye may be producing less of the lipid and mucin layers of the tear film, which help keep tears in the eye. When this happens, tears

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