Hard To Think Alzheimer’s Disease is a form of dementia where the brain has a diminished ability to function, and it can affect everything from memory to the ability to think and process information.  It is a progressive, degenerative disease that tends to get worse over time... [More]

May Cause Blindness Without Symptoms Glaucoma is actually a group of conditions that all cause damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that carries information from the eye to the brain.  If left untreated, that nerve damage can lead to blindness.  Glaucoma can develop in your eyes wi... [More]

Kids Get Arthritis Too  When you think about arthritis, you probably think of elderly people, or at least adults, but you probably don't realize that juvenile arthritis (childhood arthritis) is the most common chronic disease in children under the age of 16.  A recent survey fo... [More]

Don’t Take Your Kidneys For Granted! Your kidneys are crucial to your survival - they help to regulate the water in your body, they get rid of waste products, they keep the minerals and electrolytes in balance, and they produce important hormones as well.  So of course,... [More]

  Secondary Prevention   It’s ideal to try to prevent heart disease before it happens.  But what if you already have heart disease?  The focus turns to secondary prevention, which means preventing worsening heart disease or another cardiac event like ... [More]