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Interview With Dr. Kobeissy on Colon Cancer

Arab American Health Initiative
Interview

Dr. Abdallah Kobeissy is currently a gastroenterologist at the University of Toledo Medical Center, in Toledo, Ohio. He received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 2007. Dr. Kobeissy completed his Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in internal medicine in 2013, and went on to complete his Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Toledo Medical Center and finished in 2017.  

The Calm Before the Storm: ADHD

Arab American Health Initiative
Mental Health, Health Blogs

Imagine your child talking non-stop, even during the night time hours. Imagine them moving excessively and touching everything around them. You start to question what they ate and if he had a little too much sugar. When you ask them to clean up their toys, they wander off and don’t finish the job. You start to wonder if there is a bigger issue other than “normal child behavior”.
ADHD, also known as, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a brain disorder that makes it difficult for one to pay attention and interferes with their performance.

10 Things You Need to Know About the Ketogenic Diet

Arab American Health Initiative
Health

Every year there’s a new diet that everyone’s talking about, and every year it is hailed as the cure for obesity and greatest method for weight loss. For many people, It’s easy to get lost in the frenzy of confusing terminology and aggressive marketing, as books are sold by the thousands along with CDs and other merchandise advertising the diet. These diets always have little to no long term research supporting them and after a few months of being in the spotlight, side effects and complaints begin to reign in from upset consumers.

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