Dr. Jane Rice Langan PHARM.D

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• The Importance of Compassion and Nonverbal Communication with Alzheimer's Patients

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• Is Dengue Fever Contagious?

  Dengue fever is not contagious, and it cannot be spread from human to human or from animal to human by direct contact. It is not an airborne disease that infects you by inhaling polluted air. It is not a water-borne disease that can infect you by drinking contaminated water....

• What Are the Benefits of Yoga?

  Yoga, a discipline for physical, mental, and spiritual health, has been in vogue for centuries. Yoga spread to different parts of the world in the 20th century and is now considered to be a trendy way to work on physical and mental fitness. Yoga offers a number of benefits for each person such as...

• Surgery for Epilepsy

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