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Womens Health

Women’s Health

The leading cause of death for women of all ages is heart disease, closely followed by cancer. At Albany Internal Medicine, we take a special interest in conditions, issues and concerns regarding women’s health.

By taking a proactive approach to health, women can enjoy longer and happier lives. AIM is committed to helping women get fit, combat unhealthy habits, undergo regular screenings and exams and get appropriate vaccinations.

Plus, we’ll review your family medical history, work habits, home environment and lifestyle to help craft a wellness regime to suit your specific health needs.

There’s more to women’s health than mammograms and pap smears.

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Wellness

Wellness

AIM is your partner in helping you achieve and maintain optimum health. We can guide you in undertaking activities and making good decisions to benefit your overall physical condition.

With our assistance, you can take responsibility for eating well, managing stress and staying fit. We’ll monitor your blood pressure, cholesterol levels and other indicators that can alert us to potential health problems so that steps can be taken early to reduce or avoid disease.

We also encourage you to talk freely with us about your health concerns. Sometimes, minor ailments turn out to be the initial symptoms of significant illness.

From headaches to back pains, sexual impairment to depression, AIM can help you address and combat conditions that hinder you from enjoying life to its fullest.

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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

For older patients, osteoporosis is a real threat. This silent disease, in which bones become thin, weak and more easily breakable, can result in stooped posture, the loss of independence, and dangerous, painful fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.

Hip fractures, the most serious consequence of osteoporosis, is linked to as many as 50,000 deaths each year. Complications from surgery or from being confined to bed cause most of these mortalities.

While 80 percent of the 28 million Americans who develop osteoporosis are women, 1 in 8 men over age 50 will also have a broken bone as a result of the disease.

At AIM, we identify patients at risk of osteoporosis, and help you take steps to prevent or treat it. Risk factors include having a petite frame, having an inactive lifestyle, excessive use of alcohol, a low-calcium diet, estrogen deficiency and advanced age.

Using a quick and painless method to measure your bone mass, we can determine whether to begin a prevention or treatment program.

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Hypertension

Hypertension

Many people who have hypertension – or high blood pressure – don’t know it. It usually has no symptoms. Between 20 and 50 percent of natural deaths can be linked to this silent killer.

When you have hypertension, your blood vessels become constricted, causing your heart to pump harder to push blood through your body. That, in turn, makes your blood press with greater force against vessel walls. Over time, fatty deposits may build up, hardening your arteries. Your heart must labor even harder to pump blood through hardened arteries.

Obesity, smoking, diabetes, taking birth control pills and a high-fat, high-salt diet are among the factors that can lead to high blood pressure.

Some risk factors – like being male or having a family history of early heart attack or stroke – are inherited. AIM has the expertise and equipment to identify your risk of high blood pressure and to help you cope if you have it.

Sometimes, the disease can be managed by lifestyle changes. In other cases, medication may be prescribed. You can count on AIM to help you keep your blood pressure under control.

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Geriatrics

Geriatrics

More and more Americans are living longer than ever before. But longevity alone isn’t sufficient – what’s important to older adults is being healthy and independent enough to enjoy their golden years. That’s a sentiment AIM shares.

We have assembled equipment, expertise, and programs to help older patients cope with special health care needs related to aging.

All of AIM’s ten physicians are board-certified in internal medicine, and one is also board-certified in geriatrics, the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability later in life.

That means AIM offers healthcare services geared toward the unique and, oftentimes, multiple health concerns of patients 65 and older.

We’re also happy to offer support and resources for the caregivers of our older adult patients.

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Diabetes

Diabetes

Roughly 17 million Americans have diabetes, a disorder that affects the way your body transforms the food you eat into growth and energy. Untreated, Type II diabetes can cause kidney failure, limb amputation, and blindness.

Further, those who have Type II diabetes are more likely to develop heart disease. Unfortunately, those who have the disease don’t always recognize its symptoms.

But AIM knows what to look for – and, with early detection, we may be able to help you make lifestyle changes to prevent full-blown diabetes from taking hold. Diet, exercise and behavior modification can help combat the disease.

If you do develop diabetes, we offer comprehensive diabetes education and treatment. AIM can help manage your condition so that you can live a full and happy life.

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Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease

Every day, more than 2,600 people die from cardiovascular disease. In fact, cardiovascular disease – principally heart disease and stroke – is the leading cause of death in the United States for men and women in all racial and ethnic groups.

Cardiovascular disease has no respect for age, either. It’s the leading cause of death for all Americans age 35 and older. Yet the staggering cardiovascular death rate is only part of the toll this disease takes. Heart disease and stroke account for nearly 6 million hospital admissions annually and cause disability for roughly 10 million Americans.

Consequently, AIM takes a serious, aggressive approach to cardiovascular disease. Using the most up-to-date equipment, we monitor our patients closely for signs the condition is developing.

We work with patients to overcome health-related behaviors that can increase their risk. Should cardiovascular disease strike, we’ll work closely with your heart specialists to help you recover.

With prompt treatment, good follow-up care and regular check-ups, AIM can help patients fight back against this deadly disease.

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Arthritis

Arthritis

Approximately one in every six Americans suffers from arthritis, a term that means joint inflammation. The two most common forms are osteoarthritis, which afflicts more than 20 million Americans, and rheumatoid arthritis, which affects 2.1 million.

Regardless of the form, arthritis typically results in swollen, stiff, painful joints.

Although the risk of developing arthritis increases with age, AIM can offer strategies and treatments to help patients cope. Obesity – particularly among women – has been linked to osteoarthritis.

So AIM’s professionals can steer you toward diet and exercise to help control weight and minimize the stress on weight-bearing joints, like your knees. A variety of prescription medicines are also available.

If you’re plagued by pain and inflammation of the joints, AIM can help bring relief to get you moving again.

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