Lea M Boriskin LCSW

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• Reasons Why You Need a Blepharoplasty

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• Gastroenteritis: What Is Oral Rehydration Therapy?

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• Tips to Consider to Protect Your Healthy, Glowing Skin

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• What to Expect After a Biopsy

  Biopsies may vary differently depending on the type and location of the tissues and how hard are they to obtain. The medical term used to describe such method is “invasiveness.” A less invasive procedure will, for example, take place in a doctor’s office the same day an abnormal tissue is...

• Do I Have Gas or Appendicitis?

  The human body has mesmerized doctors for centuries because of its complex and often mysterious workings. For example, every vein connected to an artery is part of a massive blood supply cycle where millions of different cells function using nutrients from food particles absorbed by the digestive...