Your Health

Kusum Pradhan, MD, FAAP, Board Certified Pediatrician-Deaconess Clinic

The end of school often brings the end of structured academic activities – at least during summer break.  Learn how to keep your child's mind and body active through these next months, so they're ready to return to a productive school year.
 

Anne McLaughlin, MD Deaconess Clinic Allergist 

Are you sneezing, sniffling and itching? You’re in good company right now, in large part due to the high tree pollen counts. This year’s spring allergy season started late due to the prolonged winter season.  All the trees were delayed in pollinating, so everything bloomed at once, leading to misery for those with spring allergies.

Naghma Mufti, MD, Deaconess Clinic Neurologist

Seizures are common, and commonly misunderstood. Many people will have a seizure in their lifetime, and 1 in 26 people will be diagnosed with a seizure disorder (epilepsy).  Learn the facts.
 

Rhiannon Anderson, PA, Orthopaedic Associates

Experiencing joint pain? Surgery is not your only option. There are many conservative (non-surgical) options that can provide significant relief from joint pain.

Rebecca Hopper, MD, Pediatrics/Internal Medicine, Deaconess Clinic Henderson

About 20 million United States citizens get a sexually transmitted infection each year, with 15 to 24-year-olds accounting for half of all new STIs. Protecting yourself against sexually transmitted infections is important and should be achieved not through fear, but rather education.