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Lisa Marianni

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Lisa Marianni, Senior Director, Sharecare Professional Services, is a Registered Nurse with MBA. Lisa has a passion for sharing healthcare information, improving consumers' well being and enhancing customers' businesses. She loves helping hospitals provide cutting edge health information to help make lives better.

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    Lisa Marianni found the following answer helpful:
    Do I need to take insulin if I have type 2 diabetes?
    Most people with type 2 diabetes do not need insulin. You will need insulin only if the cells that make it stop working, or if you need so much insulin (because fat tissue, inflammation or medications make you resistant to its effects) that there is no way for your body to keep up with its own insulin...Full Post
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    Does high blood pressure cause strokes?
    Yes, high blood pressure is one of the strongest predictors of stroke, both ischemic (blood clot-type) and hemorrhagic (bleeding-type). The arteries in the body can be damaged by constant exposure to high blood pressure, which could either lead to 1) thickening of the walls of the artery (through atheroscl...Full Post
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    Does the PSA test save lives?
    There are no symptoms of prostate cancer when it is confined to the prostate and curable. At later stages of the disease, it becomes symptomatic and, unfortunately much more difficult to treat. When it has spread from the prostate to other organs and is difficult to treat. PSA testing can catch disease early, and...Full Post
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    Why are some children born with congenital heart defects?
    Many parents feel responsible after finding out their child has a heart defect. In this video, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Emile Bacha explains why moms and dads aren't to blame for congenital heart defects. Full Post
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    How is plantar fasciitis treated?
    Plantar fasciitis is usually treated with heel pad/gel inserts into shoes, ice applied to the area (never apply ice directly to skin), heel cord stretches including calf and Achilles tendon, and avoidance of aggravating activities. Stopping aggravating activities; such as jogging, hiking or other...Full Post
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    What are the common signs of autism?
    In toddlers, more obvious markers of ASD may not be present and it is often the absence of normal behavior that provides cues about aberrant development. There are three core symptom domains (social relatedness, communication difficulties, and repetitive behaviors/restricted interests). However, the...Full Post