Hypertension
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition that is also found in children and adolescents.
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition that is also found in children and adolescents.
Imagine a time when a novel virus infects over 50 million people in one year, has a susceptibility rate of 85 % of those exposed to respiratory droplets of infected persons, leading to a 30 % death rate…
I challenge all my patients’, young and old, to ask themselves this simple question often, perhaps everyday when you wake up. Stating the question another way, are there things in your life or your family’s life that you can change today that will improve your/their quality of life, increase your/their satisfaction, happiness, or sense of self-worth?
To provide you and your family with expert fitness and nutrition advice in a manner that is useful to you and that you can try at home, we are providing the answer to some frequently asked questions we get from our adolescent patients mostly and their parents.
The long COVID pandemic has made many of us even more sedentary than we had been! We have many patients coming to the Pediatric Cardiology, General Pediatric and Family Medicine clinics complaining of new symptoms of fatigue, chest pain, and shortness of breath…
Measles can be prevented by vaccination with the MMR vaccine. The vaccine is effective at preventing three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMR vaccine is very safe and effective. Two doses of the MMR vaccine…
We’ve all heard the dreaded names heart attack and heart failure. So what sets these two frightening conditions apart?