Preventing and Treating Burns … and Knowing When to Call the Experts
Here’s the good news: Over the past few decades, the number and severity of burn injuries we see in the emergency department has declined. Read More
Getting Enough Sleep?
Good sleep is crucial to our health and well-being. Our bodies and minds “heal” while sleeping. Immune function, growth, and protein synthesis are all directly related to restful sleep. Read More
Young Athletes and Concussions — What You Need to Know
As parents, we understand that sports help children stay active, build coordination and learn important life skills like teamwork and discipline. However, playing sports can be risky. With sports participation by children on the rise, so are sports-related injuries.Read More
Be Safe With Spring Cleaning
Spring is here, and as the days get longer, gardening, home maintenance and spring cleaning are on many weekend agendas.Read More
Rheumatoid Arthritis—Not Your Grandmother’s Rheumatism
Rheumatism. At some point, each of us has heard the term used by our parents, grandparents or even Granny Clampett from television’s The Beverly Hillbillies.Read More
Treating Pregnancy Emergencies
Most pregnancies proceed normally and end happily with the birth of a healthy baby.Read More
Nutrition and Body Weight
Keeping your weight down is not just for looks. Read More
Seizures 101
Witnessing a seizure is disconcerting—an experience one is not likely to forget. Read More
Pain From Kidney Stones?
Many of us have kidney stones that we will never know are there.Read More
