Last week I wrote that proton pump inhibitors and H2 blockers are two mainstays of medical treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Since GERD affects...

Some people like slamming things together, whether it’s a young child sitting on a floor crashing two matchbox cars into each other or an...

It seems like almost everyone is diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease, or at least it did in the last few weeks in my practice....

When their son Dylan was under a year old, Debbie and Ron Cuevas noticed he couldn’t support his head and had trouble rolling over....

In last week’s article, I talked about treatment of the acute (sudden or rapid onset) migraine. Treatment, however, is only one part of the...

Migraines are a debilitating disorder. Symptoms typically include nausea, photophobia and phonophobia — sensitivity to light and sound, respectively. The corresponding headache usually is...

It seems like I have more and more patients who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. IBS can be a very frustrating disease for both...

It is now mid-January, and most of us have made a New Year’s resolution. You’ve taken the first step, but how do you increase...

I recently helped manage a patient who had been diagnosed with a TIA: transient ischemic attack. The patient’s only symptom was double vision. A...