What is Lupus? What do Luisa May Alcott, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Ferdinand Marcos, Tim Raines, and Lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds have in common?  All are reported to have suffered with Systemic Lupus...

Being a doctor and working with people for over 20 years, trying to help them get healthy, has given me a different perspective on obesity.  I think I have heard...

Sam was in my office today with a completely emotionless face.  He said he had a pain on his finger and pointed to a bump on the distal joint of...

In The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, the salt sea mocks the thirst of the ship's crew: Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. Water is Essential for Living...

  Salvador is a truck driver in his mid-thirties who rides his bike to my office.  He came to see me for a skin condition, but noted that he was...

Last week, Mitchell and Tracy came in for their test results.  They are both in their early 50s and wanted to take a look at their hormone levels. She was...

Pat had no health problems until she started having trouble reading at night.  She went to her eye doctor who told her she had “retinopathy,” a condition associated with diabetes. ...

When the Americas were being explored in the early 1500s, many explorers noted that the “Indians” had “perfect rows of teeth, like the keys on a piano.”  This was unusual for...

Yeast are a type of fungus that exist everywhere.  Candida is one form of yeast that can infect humans.  It is estimated that between 75% and 90% of people get...

by Dr. Scott Saunders, M.D. Having attended hundreds of deliveries, I have seen many highs and lows of childbirth.  One girl, who was only 14 years old, seemed to be...

Aleef is a 50-year-old man who was having difficulty urinating.  He went to his doctor and was given a PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) test, which was a little high.  The doctor...

Over a hundred years ago Mark Twain quipped, “It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.”  The concept of quitting a habit is as old as people,...