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Is a chocolate allergy possible?
Is it certainly possible, but being allergic to chocolate is very rare, according to Dr. Jonathan Buttram, board-certified allergist and immunologist with UT Health East Texas. It is more common to have an allergy to one of the...
I am frequently asked whether nasal symptoms are consistent with an infection or allergies. Frequently, patients with colds or ongoing sinus infections are referred to my office for “allergies.” Both often result in stuffy and runny noses, as well as sneezing and...
January has been designated at Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by the United States Congress. According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, more than 11,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, but the disease is totally preventable with...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and as an internist and a wound care specialist, much of my day-to-day routine is treating people with diabetes. Many people are aware of what diabetes is and are affected by it, but most do not know about the major...
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD, is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructive airflow. COPD is a disease that involves constriction of the airways and...
Is the flu vaccine safe for pregnant women? Absolutely.
Influenza (flu) is one of the common viral illnesses, but it can lead to potentially serious illness during pregnancy.
Due to changes in the immune, respiratory and circulatory systems during pregnancy,...
The term pulmonary fibrosis generally relates to diffuse scarring in the lungs, as opposed to local scarring that can occur following a pulmonary infection or trauma. There are many different causes of diffuse pulmonary fibrosis, among which idiopathic pulmonary...
Sometimes making checkup appointments and getting blood drawn doesn’t feel all that important. Health screenings get pushed to the next year or worse, are forgotten entirely. However, getting screenings is one the most essential things both men and women can do...
Healthy aging is not the simple absence of disease in the age group above 65. It is a set of habits and behaviors to be implemented at the age of 40 and beyond if we want to keep an active, independent lifestyle in the geriatric population. Adequate physical...
Childhood obesity continues to rise around the world, and the World Health Organization has called it one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. We know it’s on the rise and we know it’s a health risk, but what can we do as parents and...