Category Archives: Teens

WEST NILE VIRUS IN SAN ANTONIO

Posted on August 10, 2012 by lratner

Evan Rat­ner MD A case of West Nile Virus has been con­firmed in the San Anto­nio region.  It sounds scary, but let’s get some of the facts about it straight.  Infec­tion occurs from the bite of an infected mos­quito.  It can­not … Con­tinue read­ing →

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AGE SPOTS!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by lratner

  Also known as sunspots or lentig­ines (freck­els), are flat, brown dis­col­orations of the skin that usu­ally appear on the neck, face, and on the back of hands of peo­ple older than 40 years of age.  Age spots are caused … Con­tinue read­ing →

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IT’S UV SAFETY MONTH!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by lratner

Skin can­cer is the most com­mon type of can­cer in the United States. Ultra­vi­o­let (UV) rays from the sun are the main cause of skin can­cer. UV dam­age can also cause wrin­kles and blotchy skin. These are just some of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Red Ribbon Week 2011

Posted on October 20, 2011 by lratner

Do you know about Red Rib­bon Week? It is the old­est and largest drug pre­ven­tion cam­paign in the U.S. It takes place dur­ing the last full week in Octo­ber and it brings mil­lions of peo­ple together to raise aware­ness regard­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More Than 692,000 Young People Are Treated For Injuries Sustained From Violence Every Year.

Posted on September 2, 2011 by lratner

This arti­cle is brought to you by the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion STRYVE Stryv­ing To Reduce Youth Vio­lence Every­where Youth vio­lence is a pub­lic health cri­sis in the United States. Based on the most recent sta­tis­tics, approx­i­mately 20 … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Meningitis

Posted on August 19, 2011 by lratner

By Amy Gutier­rez MD As sum­mer winds to an end and the kids return to school most peo­ple are think­ing about school sup­plies and shop­ping for the newest fash­ion trend.  I am think­ing about what lovely dis­eases will they be pass­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Concussion Baseline Testing

Posted on August 16, 2011 by lratner

Recent advances in the recog­ni­tion and man­age­ment of head injuries and con­cus­sions in stu­dent ath­letes are dra­matic.  There is plenty of media cov­er­age com­mu­ni­cat­ing the impor­tance that the sci­en­tific evi­dence sup­ports in regards to the neces­sity for bet­ter screen­ing and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Driver Errors Explain Most Teen Crashes, Experts Say

Posted on June 5, 2011 by admin

Inex­pe­ri­ence, not reck­less dri­ving, causes most col­li­sions, study finds (Health­Day) — Dri­ver error accounts for the major­ity of U.S. motor vehi­cle crashes involv­ing teenagers, a new study finds. A study of about 800 seri­ous crashes involv­ing teen dri­vers found that inex­pe­ri­ence and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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