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Can Epilepsy be Prevented? 5 Myths Debunked

Just because you don’t have epilepsy doesn’t mean you’ll never have epilepsy. Though new cases are most common in infancy, ...

Advances in Endoscopic Endonasal Neurosurgery (EENS)

Endoscopic endonasal neurosurgery (EENS or EEA) makes it possible to more easily treat various conditions within the nasal cavity and skull base with much, much smaller or even no incisions.

How to Set Goals that Stick – SMART Goals

To wrap up our New Year’s resolution series, be sure the goals you set are practical and realistic.  One of ...

Is My Stent Open?

Here's a scenario that we cardiologists occasionally see. A patient comes into the hospital with chest pain. He goes to the ...

A Short History of Cardiac Catheterization

When I recommend that a patient needs coronary angiography (synonyms: heart catheterization, coronary angiogram, cardiac catheterization, or simply “cath”) I ...

Hoarding Disorder vs. Messiness

What is Hoarding Disorder? Hoarding disorders used to be considered a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but in 2013 it was classified ...

The Silent Killer

Last week I asked a patient what her blood pressure (BP) runs on a regular basis.  I had noticed a ...

Are There Ways I Can Boost My Immune System to Fight Illness?

The human body is by far the most advanced and sophisticated machine imaginable.  The level of complexity, number of systems, ...

How to Help Your Kids and Teens Be Okay with “Not Knowing”: Riding The Waves of the Pandemic

Many parents struggle with anxiety about their children’s wellbeing. I hear from parents a lot that as soon as their ...

Healthy Skepticism

I was one of those kids who believed everything.  Pretty much every rumor, myth, and urban legend that came along ...

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