Going Back to School? Check Off Your Child’s Doctor’s Visit

As the start of the school year approaches, schedule a back-to-school visit with your family doctor or pediatrician. This is an important bullet on your back-to-school to-do list, especially because many schools require physicals and other tests. Schedule Early...

Hepatitis: Types and Symptoms

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, generally spread through an infection and contact with food or bodily fluids, depending on the type. Left untreated, it can scar the liver badly, which is called cirrhosis. In the United States, cases of hepatitis come in...

Sleep Apnea and Its Effects

Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder, recognizable by a person’s breathing stopping or becoming shallow while they sleep. It’s an often-undiagnosed, serious disorder that at best can cause snoring, and at worst can lead to dangerous health problems. The two...

Identifying and Stopping Nighttime Snoring

Though snoring is often the subject of jokes at family gatherings or on vacations, it can actually be quite serious. Throat vibrations caused by congestion, extra throat tissue, or over-relaxed muscles lead to snoring. And in turn, this can lead to a poor...

What Causes Dark Circles Under My Eyes?

Often, fatigue gets the blame for dark circles. But that’s not actually the case. The real exhaustion-related culprit is actually lack of sleep, rather than a need to. And, surprisingly, the opposite is true: oversleeping can cause dark circles as well. Dark...