Swimmer’s ear, or acute otitis externa, is caused by bacteria entering the ear canal via contaminated water. It is easily treated with antimicrobial ear drops but the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) estimates that it’s …

Probiotics are microorganisms that reside in our guts and aid in digestion.  There has been debate over how best to define probiotics. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations defines probiotics …

I just finished reading a commentary in one of my journals about emergency contraception and how it is being used as the primary source of birth control by some women. It got me thinking about …

We recently returned from a walking trip in Spain along the Camino de Santiago. Although the trek is about 800 kilometers, we walked only the last 220 kilometers and met some wonderful people along the …

Choose one of the answers from below:
If you didn’t have health insurance, would you feel:

a. happy
b. anxious
c. not worried about paying for medical bills

Factors that affect how one might respond  to the above include economic status, age, …

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm found that people who undergo bypass surgery have double the chance of developing alcohol abuse requiring inpatient treatmentover those who opt for other gastric weight loss surgery such …

TMJ is a disorder of the jaw and surrounding muscles which affects the joint that enables us to open, close and move the jaw from side-to-side. Symptoms can occur on one side or both and …

I have a fear of falling – tumbling out of control actually. It gets triggered when I’m out hiking and find myself either getting above tree-line or on a steep path with a sharp drop-off. …

If an elevated blood pressure (BP) reading has been obtained during your medical visit, a confirmation of elevation is usually made with one or more follow-up visits during which your blood pressure is taken twice, …

Several times a year I get a patient who comes in for scabies. Generally, they have been in contact with someone and are concerned that they have contracted this little mite that burrows under the …