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Lower Body Orthopedic Injuries: Prevention and Treatment

The human body makes thousands of movements a day.  Think about the first few minutes after you wake up each day: you engage your legs and back to get out of bed, you bend your knees to put on pants and bend your back as you tie your shoes.  We probably never think about these

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Stay Safe and Healthy for the Holidays

Happy holidays! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, a time to enjoy lights and decorations, good food and celebration.  Most importantly, it means time with family and friends as we slow down and have a chance to reflect on life’s blessings.  Many people make big plans for the holiday season, the roughly six-week

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Giving the Gift of Life: Organ Donation

If you had a chance to someday save another human being’s life, would you? You may have the power to do just that, simply by signing up to be an organ donor.  Organ donation is a medical process that gives individuals suffering from organ failure a second chance at life. By donating organs after death

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The World of Health Product Advertising

You can’t escape advertising for products and services related to your health, especially prescription drugs and supplements.  When you watch TV, listen to the radio, surf the internet or scroll your social media channels, you will inevitably see or hear a health-related ad.  You have probably also received more intrusive ads, like unsolicited emails, text

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to highlight the importance of regular breast cancer screenings and the steps women can take to reduce their risk for this disease. Breast cancer is, unfortunately, quite common.  One out of eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and nearly 4 million American women are currently

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Women’s Health

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s a good time to look at other important women’s health issues.  Women have many unique health care considerations, and the physicians of Privia Medical Group North Texas (PMGNTX) are here to address all aspects of women’s health care, regardless of age. “As women, we often fulfill the

Doctors Who Teach: PMGNTX Trains the Next Generation of Physicians

Did you know that our doctors are also teachers?  Many doctors who are part of Privia Medical Group North Texas (PMGNTX) lend their time, knowledge and experience to aspiring physicians.  PMGNTX doctors are on faculty at our region’s medical schools.  They also supervise residents at area teaching hospitals and provide fellowships in their own practice,

It’s Time to Get Your Flu Shot!

As fall approaches, the kids are back in school, football is back on TV and the temperatures will (hopefully) come down soon.  Unfortunately, fall also means flu season is upon us once again.   Flu is a serious illness that will make you sick for at least a week – fever, aches, chills, congestion, sore throat

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Online Health Information: What’s Reliable & What’s Not

When you have a question about your health or need some medical information, where do you first turn? For most of us, the answer is likely the same as where we go when we need information about anything – the internet. With smartphones in our pockets or purses every waking moment, getting instant information –