Dr. Brian Edward Higgins DO

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• Complications of Osteoporosis

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• What Is a Physiatrist?

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• Is Bursitis a Chronic Ailment?

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• Muscular Dystrophy: Telling a Child the Truth About His/Her Condition

  Muscular dystrophy is a category of muscle diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.  Muscular dystrophy (MD) is either inherited or can be due to a genetic mutation. Kids with MD usually follow a normal pattern of growth development in the first few years of their lives,...