How does a physician know that his or her patients are in compliance and responding to the treatment plan as well as they should be? Were a patient to pass a kidney stone and then get no additional treatment nor adjust diet and fluid intake, he or she would have a 50 percent chance of […]
Eradication of this common bacterium, discovered in 1982, is the key to curing a wide range of chronic gastric conditions and some cancers. The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a pair of Australian physicians for what the prize committee described as a “remarkable and unexpected discovery.” Working together, Drs. Robin […]
Premier Medical Group highlights their renowned staff of physicians to bring insight into the lives of the accomplished colleagues who serve their community. Meet Dr. Walter Parker! If you weren’t a doctor, what would you be? My first choice would be a pro athlete, but that isn’t going […]
Premier Medical Group highlights their renowned staff of physicians to bring insight into the lives of the accomplished colleagues who serve their community. Meet Dr. Evan Goldfischer! Who or what inspired you to become a doctor? My pediatrician was a wonderful, caring person and was an early mentor […]
The last fifteen years have seen remarkable advances in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. new medications continue to be developed along with high-tech procedures to relieve urinary problems this condition causes. By the age of sixty, about 50 percent of American men will have developed benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This enlargement of the prostate […]
In March, 2011, the FDA provided good news for millions of Americans. After reviewing data from years of trials, the agency approved marketing of the InterStim® Therapy System, a surgically implanted device used to help a patient reduce the number of bowel accidents. It’s not something that people like to talk about, even though an […]