Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Many conditions bring parents to our office concerned for the health of their children. A full twenty percent of our practice consists of pediatrics. We see a plethora of ailments from sports injuries to scoliosis, but the most difficult to treat are chronic arthropathies including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. This condition can be difficult to manage […]
John Paul II and Terri Schiavo
This past couple of weeks has been difficult for some of us. Global sadness flows toward The Vatican at the loss of Pope John Paul II and mixed emotions flow toward Florida as Terri Schiavo’s leaving this world is mourned and celebrated all at once. These two seemingly unrelated events are really very connected in […]
January 10, 2008
Many of you readers will remember reading my columns entitled “Getting Adjusted” in the Milledgeville paper a year or so ago. I wrote for that paper for 4 years and have recently decided to begin again in the Wilkinson County News. I usually write twice per month on some topic relating to health and wellness. […]
Infantile Colic
Picture this…parents plan for years how to have the perfect birthing experience. Diets are just right, the whole Lamaze schedule is posted on the refrigerator door, the nurse midwife is brought into the picture, the perfect birthing suite is arranged, the nursery is painted with soothing colors and the perfect feng shui is used in […]
Hypothyroidism
I often get the topics for this column from people I see in my office for various conditions, and people with the same conditions show up in droves when the timing is right for the topic to be discussed. Invariably someone will come up to me at the grocery store or Wal-Mart and say thanks […]
Hyperthyroidism
My last column discussed the thyroid gland and what happens when it is under-active, a disorder called hypothyroidism. This week’s offering will explore the opposite ailment, hyperthyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gland is over-active and produces too much of the thyroid hormones. The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland which is located at […]