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St. John's Riverside Hospital Can Help Transform Your Life With Bariatric Surgery St. John's Riverside Hospital Can Help Transform Your Life With Bariatric Surgery
St. John's Riverside Hospital Can Help Transform Your Life With Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery enables overweight and obese people the chance to achieve significant and long-term weight loss leading to a happier and healthier you. Of the many benefits from bariatric surgery, some of the most notable include: JOINT PAIN RELIEF | Excessive weight puts a lot of stress on your joints and causes damage over time which leads to pain. Significant weight loss can alleviate pain, allow people to stop using pain medications and become more mobile. BLOOD PRESSURE | Reduced weight can improve your risk of heart disease and stroke. Blood pressure and cholesterol levels are u…
St. John's Riverside Hospital Doc Helps Patient Find Freedom From Pain St. John's Riverside Hospital Doc Helps Patient Find Freedom From Pain
St. John's Riverside Hospital Doc Helps Patient Find Freedom From Pain Soyica G., who works at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, started feeling a pain that radiated through her legs. The pain made her so weak she eventually could not hold herself up and became partially paralyzed in both legs. The first hospital emergency room she visited sent her home without any tests and recommended bed rest. After weeks lost from work and getting worse, she contacted her brother who in turn called an ambulance that took her to St. John’s Riverside Hospital. She began to believe she would never be able to walk again. Determined to find the cause, Dr. Choudhri, a world-renow…