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Food allergies affect as many as 15 million Americans, including almost 6 million children. Food allergies can be life threatening – and are on the rise. Allergic food hypersensitivity is the adverse immunological reaction triggered when the body mistakenly identifies a food component as a hazardous substance and therefore attacks it. The food constituents that […]

Posted on May 12 2017

Eating “gluten-free” when there’s no medical need to do so won’t boost your heart health — and might even harm it, a new study warns. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. People with celiac disease — less than 1 percent of the U.S. population — have an immune system reaction when […]

Posted on May 3 2017

Children get as many as 25 shots and boosters in the first 15 months of life alone. There’s a lot of information out there about what vaccinations your child legally needs to attend school (it varies by state) versus what some researchers are saying about certain vaccines that may not be necessary, or that may […]

Posted on April 28 2017

Obesity is the leading cause of years of life lost due to preventable health problems in America. While obesity ranks #1, other top factors that can shave unnecessary years off our lives are diabetes, tobacco, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The BAD NEWS is that more Americans than ever are suffering from life threatening […]

Posted on April 21 2017

Type 2 diabetes, once considered a disease for adults, is increasingly common in tweens and teens. As childhood obesity has continued its upward trend for the past 30 years, a report in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that this excess weight in young people has corresponded with another troubling health issue: an increase […]

Posted on April 14 2017

Medical Offices of Manhattan is proud to offer LabFinder.com’s revolutionary medical test scheduling and patient record management technology. Check out this short video that explains their mission to save lives. Now you can effortlessly schedule and book your blood tests & radiology exams with a provider in your insurance network… All from the convenience of […]

Posted on March 24 2017