Susan Jean Ostrander LMSW

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• How Is Gout Diagnosed?

  Early diagnosis and treatment of gout are essential to avoid complications. If suitable medication and lifestyle changes are not adopted in time, the symptoms may become chronic and severe. Diagnosis of gout is difficult because similar symptoms appear in other forms of arthritis. A careful medical...

• What Is Varicose Vein Stripping?

  A vein is a blood vessel that carries blood through your body. Varicose veins are one among a spectrum of chronic vein problems. It is common and can be found in up to 20% of the adult population. The severity of the condition varies and while varicose veins are responsible for significant...

• How Can Arthritis Affect Your Quality of Life?

  Arthritis is a very common medical condition often associated with aching bones and commonly found among older adults. In layman’s terms, arthritis is referred to in a very generic context. However, medically, arthritis is a much deeper condition. Technically speaking, arthritis is not a disease...

• Sniff Tests May Provide Early Testing for Alzheimer’s

  Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease which can start a decade before symptoms allow for an easy diagnosis. While genetic factors and other risks can be examined to determine whether or not an individual is at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s, so far there is no good way to...

• Medical History May Be Able to Predict Parkinson's Disease

  A study led by Susan Searles Nielsen, PhD, MS, assistant professor of neurology at the Washington University located in St. Louis, Missouri, looked into a new method that utilizes past medical records in order to predict whether or not a patient will develop Parkinson’s disease.  This approach...

• Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer

  What is ovarian cancer?Cancer begins when the cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Any cells in the body can start to become cancerous and can spread to other parts of the body. The beginning of ovarian cancer happens in the ovaries. Ovaries are basically the reproductive glands found in...