From his column To Your Health As a child growing up many years ago, I remember the constant emphasis on vaccinations. How I dreaded those advertisements and school efforts that reminded my mother to ...

From his column To Your Health A while back, we looked at getting started with an exercise program. Have you been following your program or are you still planning to get started? I hope you’ve been exercising, ...

From his column To Your Health In this marvelous age of medical technology, we may face many complex decisions as we approach the end of our days. Life can be prolonged with the use of heart pacers, ventilators, ...

From his column To Your Health I hope you all enjoyed a great holiday season and are living in eager anticipation of what the New Year holds for you. Instead of reflecting on New Year’s resolutions and ...

From his column To Your Health Once again we head into the holiday season with great gratitude for all God has done for us this year. However, we also face it with some dread as we think of the time demands ...

From his column To Your Health The amazing advancement of technology across the years has led to the ability to scan bodies in many ways for many different purposes. There are a variety of scans physicians ...

From his column To Your Health There is an area of medicine that is responsible for a large number of hospitalizations and ill effects. As the age of electronic medical records (EMRs) in hospitals, offices ...

From his column To Your Health This month we continue our discussion of recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Last time we visited, we reviewed several of the recommendations ...

From his column To Your Health I trust the Christmas season treated you well and that you’re facing the New Year in anticipation of the good things God has in store. We’re going to start 2009 with a ...

From his column To Your Health Can you believe it? The holiday season is upon us again. Where has this year gone? Once more we face the prospect of gaining weight—eating more than we should starting ...

From his column To Your HealthHow many of you suffer from hypertension? How many don’t know whether you have hypertension or not? What is hypertension? Simply stated, hypertension is high blood pressure, ...

From his column To Your Health If I were to ask patients about their most common minor complaint as they grow older, it would no doubt be that their joints hurt, or they might just refer to their “arthritis.” ...

From his column To Your HealthIf you have been reading these articles over the past year, you can predict what I am going to talk about first as we begin this discussion of the treatment of diabetes. Proper ...

From his column To Your Health This disease affects many and results in a variety of complications. Tremendous strides have been made to understand it, and with this increased knowledge has come the ...

From his column To Your HealthWell, another year has passed. What did you set out to accomplish in 2007? What goals did you meet? If you have high blood pressure, is your blood pressure in better control? ...

From his column To Your Health Obviously, Thanksgiving and Christmas will soon be upon us and, if you are like me, it is a time of battling weight gain. In fact, studies have shown people gain an average ...

From his column To Your Health As you look around and observe how you feel and function compared to others your age, what do you think? Do you consider yourself younger or older than them? As you think ...

From his column To Your Health Fatigue is a very subjective sensation with no way to really measure it or to compare it from person to person. If you were asked to define fatigue you would probably ...

From his column To Your Health In talking about our resolutions at the beginning of the year, I encouraged each of you to get started doing a regular walk each day. Perhaps you have or perhaps you have ...

From his column To Your HealthWeight Watchers, South Beach, Low Carb, High Protein, Organic, and on and on—what does the mention of these diets bring to mind? Failure? Success? Partial success? Embarrassment? ...

From his column To Your Health. Make it a priority this year to understand your own medical situation to the fullest extent possible. Life flies by at an amazing pace. Some of last year’s resolutions ...