According to the American Heart Association, half of American adults have hypertension. Uncontrolled hypertension is a leading cause of illness for Americans, but fortunately with proper diagnosis and treatment you can take control to prevent…
Stress is your body’s method of coping with adverse or high-pressure circumstances. While stress is important because it helps you react quickly to dangerous situations, if we are chronically stressed, it can have effects on…
Tips from Westmed’s Behavioral Health Experts Good mental health is as important as bodily health, but we often ignore signs that we may need some support. You are not alone if you have to deal…
The World Health Organization has officially recognized “workplace burnout” in its International Classification of Diseases Handbook. Burnout is described as a syndrome resulting from “chronic workplace stress which has not been successfully managed”. Westmed’s Behavioral…
Often, when men experience bothersome symptoms related to their urinary tract, they are concerned that the issue is a serious prostate condition. The reality is many of these symptoms can be related to benign prostatic…
Each year, 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with PD. It is estimated that by 2020, nearly 1 million people in the US will be living with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s Diseases (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, which…
Westmed Medical Group honored a fellow colleague on National Brain Injury Awareness Day, March 13, 2019. On August 25, 2017, Laura Naranjo, a Patient Experience Associate at Westmed, had a sudden onset of what…
One of the best things you can do for heart health is to be physically active. Physical activity helps reduce many risk factors for heart disease by lowering blood pressure, controlling weight, strengthening muscles, decreasing…
Contributed by Dr. Amanda Ganem, cardiologist, Westmed Medical Group Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in both men and women in the United States. For both men and women, understanding risk is…
According to the American Diabetes Association, 30.3 million Americans (9.4%) were diagnosed with diabetes by the year 2015. To put that in perspective, this amount is nearly representative of the entire Canadian population. Diabetes has…
From Dr. Alan Schliftman, Westmed Dermatologist Psoriasis is a skin ailment that affects two to four percent of the population and may occur at any age. It’s an immune disease in which the skin grows…
Doctor-prescribed opioids are appropriate in some cases for pain management, but they just mask the pain. The CDC recommends safer alternatives like physical therapy. No one wants to live in pain, but no one should…
From Dr. Lori Tindel-Kahn, Westmed Ophthalmologist: The sudden onset of seeing “spots or cobwebs” in the eyes or “lightning flashes” out of the corner of the eye--lasting a split second--is one of the most common concerns…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not a disease, but a disorder that can interfere with the normal functions of the GI tract, stomach or colon. Westmed wants to bring continued awareness for this functional disorder…
February is American Heart Month, and we draw attention to heart disease, America’s No. 1 killer. In a nutshell, here’s what’s new: High blood pressure is redefined for first time in 14 years: 130 is…
