Brandon Davila, Author at Healthpointe

About Brandon Davila

Hello! This is Brandon Davila, the Content Manager of Healthpointe. I’m a lifelong learner and chronic book-reader with a strong passion for the healthcare industry and search engine optimization. For more of Brandon, check out his articles on the Healthpointe blog. View all posts by Brandon Davila →

2 Apr , 2014

Healthpointe Medical Southern California

Dr. Leung, Hernia Specialist Joins Healthpointe in Colton and Perris

Brandon Davila

Orthopedics, Press Release

Healthpointe is proud to announce the addition of hernia specialist Dr. Raymond Leung to their Colton and Perris locations. A hernia is a protrusion of an organ or tissue though an abnormal opening in the body. The most common type of hernia is...

3 Mar , 2014

Victory Over Vaginal Cancer

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

Cancer - or the Big C - is a dreaded diagnosis among women because of the implications it brings from chemotherapy to death. One such cancer is vaginal cancer, a rare cancer occurring in the vagina (i.e., the muscular tube connecting the outer gen...

28 Feb , 2014

Good Sleep for Diabetics = Great Results

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

The amount of sleep necessary to maintain good health varies between individuals - one may function well on naps during the day while another will only do so with 10 hours of sleep. In general, healthy adults require 6-8 hours of restful sleep for...

21 Feb , 2014

Dealing with Nausea and Vomiting During Chemotherapy

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

Two of the most dreaded side effects of anti-cancer chemotherapy are nausea and vomiting, which can last for hours and days after each session. Fortunately, doctors have discovered effective treatment and prevention methods so much so that many pa...

19 Feb , 2014

Eye Health in Diabetes

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

Maintaining Eye Health with Diabetes - Healthpointe Corona Diabetes has its share of challenges among them the risk of blindness in one or both eyes. Said risk is probably one of the most dreaded complications of the medical condition mainly beca...

15 Feb , 2014

Heart Disease In America

Brandon Davila

Cardiology

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men. Each year, approximately 715,000 Americans have a heart attack, and about 600,000 people die from heart disease in the United States each year. Heart disease refers to several type...

13 Feb , 2014

Getting Down With Low Blood Sugar

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

While diabetes is closely associated with high blood glucose levels, the medical condition is also characterized by episodes of low blood sugar known as hypoglycemia. Both situations, however, can be fatal so appropriate and immediate measures mus...

12 Feb , 2014

The Emotional Side of Breast Cancer

Brandon Davila

Psychology

For most, if not all women, a diagnosis of breast cancer elicits a wide range of emotions - fear, shock and anxiety, even fury, are among the most common. Such is the fear of breast cancer that women fear it more than heart disease despite the fac...

9 Feb , 2014

How Your Diet Can Impact Your Osteoarthritis

Brandon Davila

Weight Management

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis that affects about 27 million people in the United States. Accordingly, arthritis is a chronic condition in which the material that cushions the joints breaks down causing the bones to rub against...

8 Feb , 2014

What is the Norovirus?

Brandon Davila

Uncategorized

The norovirus, or sometimes commonly known as “food poisoning” or “stomach flu”, is a very contagious virus. Some of the common ways in which you can get the norovirus include coming into contact with an infected person, ingesting contaminated food...

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