A dear friend of mine was hospitalized recently. She received excellent care while she was there. But when she went home, she and her husband felt very overwhelmed with managing…
Dr. Heidi J. SyropoulosOctober 31, 2022
Feeling anxious about the upcoming midterm elections? You're not alone. Prior to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, more than two-thirds of Americans surveyed reported that the election was a significant…
IBX Insights TeamOctober 27, 2022
Vaping is a term used to describe the act of inhaling the vapors from an electronic or e-cigarette. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid into a vapor that…
Dr. Victor Caraballo, MDOctober 21, 2022
It’s hard to think of a time when we didn’t depend on technology for everything. We use it to communicate, pay bills, socialize, and even view our health information. Now…
Laura RiebenOctober 13, 2022
October is Health Literacy Month, and October 13 is International Plain Language Day. So this is a perfect time to talk about a really important topic. What is Health Literacy?…
Matthew JakubowskiOctober 11, 2022
Before the pandemic, the breast cancer screening rate had been steadily rising. In 2020 when the pandemic was at its peak, however, the rate dropped sharply. It’s estimated that that…
Todd Campbell, MDOctober 10, 2022
When patients complain of a balance disorder like vertigo or dizziness, the first step doctors take is to determine which of the four categories their balance disorder falls into. Vertigo…
Dr. Dolores RomanSeptember 29, 2022
Shortly after my son Landon was born in 2019, he was diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD). My husband and I knew that a SCD diagnosis was a possibility since…
Dr. Rena McDermott-MundleySeptember 27, 2022
High blood pressure during pregnancy, also known as maternal hypertension, affects close to 15 percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. Maternal hypertension can be serious and can endanger the…
Dr. Dolores RomanSeptember 12, 2022
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