Tonsillectomy is a procedure that can be a source of both anxiety and relief for families with children suffering from recurrent tonsillitis, tonsillar hypertrophy, obstructive sleep disordered breathing and other tonsil-related medical conditions. The term “tonsil” is typically used to refer to the palatine tonsils, collections of extranodal lymphoid tissue that exist on each side…

What are ankle sprains? Ankle sprains are the most common injury in sports and usually are caused by rolling or twisting the ankle. Ankle sprains most commonly affect the ligaments on the lateral or outside part of the ankle and there are different degrees of an ankle sprain. In a mild ankle sprain, there is…

After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

Friends and family members often ask me, “When are you guys going to cure cancer?” The truthful answer to this question is that we are curing cancer every day! However, it is often not as frequent, or as easy to achieve as we would all like it to be. However, with a little effort, I…