Fatigue May Mean You Need More Than a Good Night's Sleep
Hospitalization for the Elderly Is a Risky Business
ER's May Not Be Best Option For Care
New Guidelines for Blood Transfusions State: "Less is Best"
Don't Lose That Weight --- Take it off and Send it to Atlanta
If You Want to Stay Healthy Listen to the Sick
Five Basic Essentials Can Get You Through Life
Hospital-Acquired Infections Can Be Prevented
If You Can Only Read Braille, You Probably Shouldn't Be Driving Car Pool
New Years Resolutions for Doctors and Patients
Pets Promote Health, Healing, Happiness
Physicians Must Help Patients Stop Smoking
What Seems to be the Trouble?
A Brief Healthcare Course for Every College Student
Is there Intelligent Life in the World of Medicine?
Bad Health Can Make for Worse Driving Conditions
Rural Healthcare Shortages Require New Solutions
Thought for Today: Is it Time for You to Have a Routine Checkup?
Who Are The Medical Heroes Of The Millennium?
Patients Bill of Rights Must Include Responsibilities
Physicians Advice to Patients: Dont Push Your Luck
High Level Success and Longevity Can Lengthen Your Life, New Study Illustrates
An American Prescription: The Time Has Come For A Change
Hair Loss is Frequently Due to Reversible Factors
Is the Bedside Manner Important in Modern Medicine?
Silencing Nagging Cough Can Be Difficult
Medical Malpractice Crisis is a Tiger on the Loose
Surgery for Obesity is Getting Bigger All The Time
GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU TAKES THE FIFTH
Reading JAMA On Obesity is an Adventure
Fr. William Ralston Offered a Final Lesson to Physicians
THE VISIT TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE - WHATS WRONG?
Being a Physician for Famous People is Not Fun
Dollars and Common Sense of Healthcare Decisions
Health Advice I Forgot to Offer During the Holidays
Madam, There is Nothing Wrong With You, or Is There?
Medical Practice Finances Creating The Perfect Storm
Who is supposed to make medical decisions the doctor or the patient?
Urban Hospital Policies are Killing Rural Care
The New Rule in Medical Care: Practice Makes Perfect
Sexual Dysfunction in Men Over Fifty Is Very Common and Treatable.
A Call to the Doctor Can Cause Static
Just How Good are the Savannah Hospitals?
Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome are Tired All The Time
Happy Thanksgiving from the Medical Community
Is Marriage Good for your Health ?
Summer Is Here And So Is Food Poisoning
Body Art (Piercing and Tattooing) has Consequences Worth Discussing at Home
True Stories of Life and Health
Time With the Doctor Races By Too Quickly
Health Information for College Students ( Parents: Pack this in their suitcase)
A Day In The Life Of A Doctor's Mind
Because of 2004,The Culture of Medical Culture is Destined to Change
Like It or Not, Doctor: "You Have Mail"
Health Tips for Travelers:Mind the packing, the locals, and water.
Control of Pain at End of Life Is an Important Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issue.
What to do when bite is worse than the bark.
Unnecessary Medical Care in Hospitals needs attention
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colon Cancer May Be a Good Choice
Constipation in Senior Citizens Tests Medical Limits of Knowledge.
Alzheimer's Disease has risks and challenges for family members.
Leading Actual Causes of Death in U.S. Are Due to Modifiable Risk Factors
What Doctors and Patients Should Know About Tube Feedings.
Is this Flu Season for the Birds?
Medical Practices Can Become Serious No Smoking Zones
X-Ray Contrast Dye May Injure The Kidneys
Anemia in Senior Citizens is Common and Requires Attention.
Vexing Condition of "Burning Mouth Syndrome" Harasses This Patient.
Complaints of Easy Bruising Has This Patient Blue.
New Medications for Constipation Have Merit But May Be Unnecessary
Health Screening Exams For Young Men Worthwhile
Why Are Some Diseases Popular
Medical Decision-Making for the Very Elderly is Challenging
Nicotine Addiction
Broadcast Media Medical Advice is Only TV
Probiotics is Safe and Helpful But Read The Package Insert
How to Get a Second Opinion
Safe Blood Pressure Readings
A Profile of the Uninsured American
Graduation Class 2008. Will the Graduates Please Stand.
The Appendix:evolutionary Curiosity or Intestinal Defense Organ?
Doctors Should Treat Hypertension in the Very Old
Reconnebdations for Retirees
Recommendations for Retirees
You Eat too fast, you blow up. That is pretty much it.
LIFE IS A SERIES OF STOP AND GO QUESTIONS
The Economy and your healthcare Decisions
PROBIOTICS: NEW SCIENCE AND BETTER HEALTH
MEDICATION USAGE IS OFF THE CHARTS
Look on the Bright Side---It May Help You Live Longer
Sorry, Honey I Have a Headache
Noise-induced Hearing Loss is a Preventable Health Hazard
Tremors are Worrisome, Common
Strokes: Medical Advances Promote Benefits for Patients
Fainting Spells Usually, But Not Always, Are Harmless
Memory Lapses are Usually Not a Sign of Serious Disease
ADHD Becoming Better Defined
An Old Drug Brings New Hope For Autistic Children
Artificial Feeding Systems Not Recommended in Advanced Alzheimers Disease
T'is the Season for Tension Headaches
Many People Lose Sleep Over Restless Leg Syndrome.
New Drug for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Is Making Me Queasy
New Medications Offer Hope for Alzheimers Disease
"Parkinson'sDay" Is a Good Time To Discuss His Diseases
"Parkinson's Day" Is a Good Time to Discuss His Disease
Losing Sleep Over Restless Leg Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is Stopping the Music
Think an Antibiotic is Needed? Think Again.
A Physician's Lament: Oh, Rats! I Have to Give You Coumadin
Grapefruit Juice and Common Medications Don't Mix
Do Older Men Need Testosterone Treatment?
Don't Assume Your Prescription is Correct - Check it Carefully
The New Anti-Arthritis Drug Celebrex is Effective but Requires Caution
Check Out Herbal Medications With Your Doctor
New Oral Contraceptives Offer Benefits
It's Time For Increased Use Of "Statins"
Medical Care May Include Prayer Therapy
Drug Treatment of Obesity Resembles Treatment of Other Chronic Diseases
Physicians Back in School: An Introduction to Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Whats A Girl To Do?
Needed Low Cholesterol Diets Are Unnatural for Hounds and Humans
Greater Caution Advised With Currently Prescribed Arthritis Treatment
Music Therapy Is Not All Noise
Aspirin Daily For Your Heart is Not Necessarily A Good Practice
Seniors Face Risks of Prescription Medications Given in the Office
Information Highway Exit: Follow the Signs of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Dont Beg For or Fetch An Antibiotic
Multiple Meds in Senior Citizens: Prescription for Trouble
Oxycontin Abuse Threatens Standards of Care for Pain Management
TV Ads for Prescription Drugs Are Games of Trivial Pursuits
Good News for Patients with Ulcers and Heartburn OTC Prilosec
Beware of the "Discontinuation Syndrome" When Stopping Medications.
Vioxx Debacle Must Prompt Behavior Modification at Big Pharma and FDA
Life after Vioxx and Vitamins for Life
Medications for Acid Indigestion Are Causing Headaches
Aspirin Recommendations for Heart/Brain Attacks Are Getting Clearer
Choosing an anti-arthritis drug important for the game of golf.
Aspirin Protection: When and How Much?
Accepting Generic Drugs Is Reasonable but Not Mandatory
Generic Drugs
Acid Suppression Medications For Short And Long Term Risks
Pour that Sauce On: Tomatoes Offer Protection Against Cancer
What Do You Say to a Friend Who Has Cancer?
Dont Let Fear Prevent You From Colorectal Cancer Screen
What are Your Chances of Developing Prostate Cancer?
Skin Cancer Epidemic Requires Safety in the Sun
Having to Battle Cancer of the Pancreas is Like Going to War
Women Don't Forget October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Checkout Cancer Risk With Hormone Replacement Therapy In Menopause
Warning: Smokeless Tobacco Is Not A Safe Alternative to Cigarettes
Breast Cancer Screening Results Are Making A Hero of My Friend Larry
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Are Cancer Screening Tests Useful or Just Illusions?
The Human Genome Project Offers Cancer Progress And A Haircut
Now Hear This: March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Race and Economic Factors Critical in Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is for Heroes
Reader ask Dr. C for Direction for Cancer of the Pancreas Care.
Family History is Important in Determinig Cancer Risk.
Cancer Screening Has Merit for the Over-Seventy Age Group.
Cancer Care Improving for Disease That Has Spread to the Brain.
Cancer of the Esophagus is Increasing with Heartburn
Question and a Plea from a Hospitalized Patient Told of His Advanced Cancer.
Cancer Screening is a Matter of Risk Assessment and Reduction.
Cancer of the Uterus, Dangerous but Curable
Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer Virus is a good idea.
Lung Cancer Screening Pits Common Sense Against Scientific Rigor
Prostate Cancer
Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer Virus is a Good Idea
Cancer of the Esophagus Increasing with Heartburn
Cancer Screenings Recommendations are a Family Affair
For Cancer Patients What is the Cost of Living?
Progress in Diabetes Diagnosis and Treatment Making Life Healthier
Thyroid Gland Failure Hides Behind Common Symptoms
Lessons Learned from an Ulcer Patient
Heartburn May Have Serious Consequences
Food and Other Stuff Stuck in the Esophagus
Heartburn and Holidays Fit Like Turkey and Stuffing
Current Care of Reflux Disease
Surprise, Surprise! Vitamin Supplements Actually Do Protect Your Health
Overweight Children: A Growing Problem - Part One
Overweight Children: A Growing Problem - Part Two
Eating Disorders in Adolescents Require a Reality Check
Low-carbohydrate Diets Are Not What The Doctor Ordered
Weight Loss Program Recommendations For 2004
Efforts to Lose Weight are Driving this Patient to Confusion
Efforts to Lose Weight are Driving this Patient to Confustion
One Dinner and Four Diets
Harvard Study Concludes Coffee Good to the Last Drop
Salmonella Finds New Ways to Cause Havoc
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Surgeon General Seeks to Prevent Suicides
Cope with Holiday Stress by Embracing the Spirit of Christmas
The Depressing Difference Between Men and Women
Is The Kid Clinically Depressed Or Just An Ordinary Teenager?
Stress and other things that go bump in the night for IBS Patients
Our Mental Health Care Programs are in Shambles
Treatment of Teen Depression- Close but Not Close Enough
At Christmas Time Doctors Make Wishes Too
Suicide Prevention Requires More Than A Pill
Cold Weather Leaves This Patient Blue
Cold Weather Leaves this Patient Blue
Mental Stress: Hard on the Heart
Laural and Hardy Get Liver and Kidney Transplants!
Hepatitis C and Tattoos I Have Seen
Looking at the Bright Side of Hepatitis C
If you are overweight, your liver may "complain" even if you do not!
Hepaitis C Patients Get "Mixed Signals" from Doctors.
Cirrhosis Care Improving Patient Survival
Treatments For Chronic Hepatitis B Make Progress.
Physicians Optimistic Regarding Treatments for Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Advertising to Adolescents is No Joke
Beethoven's Alcohol and His Never-Compsed Twelfth Symphony
Binge Drinking on College Campuses Must Be Reduced.
Celiac Disease Reason for Concern, Worry
Chronic Acid Reflux and Heartburn May Have Serious Consequences
IBD: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You
Why Your Bowels Dont Move As They Should
Diagnosing Childhood Stomach Aches Requires Special Talent
Progress in Crohns Disease Gives Physicians and Patients Hope
Disease of the Pancreas Can Be A Nightmare
Colon Cancer Screening: Have You Had Yours?
Treatment of Gallbladder Disease takes Education and Experience.
Crohn's Disease Registry Offers Real Progress
Constipation in Senior Citizens Tests Medical Limits of Knoeledge.
Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea More Common, More Dangerous.
Celiac Disease Is The Great Masquerader In Digestive Disorders.
How Doctors Treat Crohns Disease and Measure Success are Changing.
New Medication for Constipation Have Merit but may be Unnecessary
Doctor, Whats Your Hurry and Your Blood Pressure?
Does Red Wine Really Protect You From Heart Disease?
Hey Pal; Can You Spare a Buck for a Cup of Coffee?
Chatham County Heart Disease and Strokes Can Be Prevented With One Finger
Coronary By-Pass Surgery Advances Available in Savannah
Atrial Fibrillation Challenges Physicians and Threatens Patients
Chest Pain May Not Be A Heart Attack But Is Always Something
During Long Holiday Travel Take Precautions to Prevent Blood Clots
Peripheral Artery Disease: an Important Sign of Atherosclerosis Risk
First Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women.
The Risk Factors for Heart Disease Remain Unchallenged
Surgery or Stents for the Heart- That is the Question.
Controversial "Metabolic Syndrome" Defines Additional Risk Factor for Heart Disease.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Nine Hundred Plus Tim Russert
End-of-Life Journey is Tough Healthcare Issue
Motion Sickness: The Uninvited Companion
Birthday Wishes: May You Live One Hundred and Twenty years
Adoption Programs Work to Bring Love, Happiness
Motherhood in Georgia: Great Baby Care, But Not Well Planned
AMA Directing Physicians to Assist Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Female Athlete Health Issues Require Special Attention
Osteoarthritis is a Real Pain in the Joints
Hip Fracture Risk Tomorrow Tied to Vitamin D Level Today
On Father's Day, I reflect on the Y Chromosome
