Tag Archives: Prevention

Dr. Gutierrez weighs in on National Youth Violence Prevention Week

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Nina

Today, our own Dr. Gutier­rez takes a look at National Youth Vio­lence Pre­ven­tion Week.   As spring break ends and most stu­dents reluc­tantly return to class, the very seri­ous sub­ject of youth vio­lence will be one of the top­ics at the fore­front. … 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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Watch Out for Type Two Diabetes

Posted on March 29, 2012 by lratner

This week we cel­e­brated Amer­i­can Dia­betes Asso­ci­a­tion Alert Day, a one-day call to action – held the fourth Tues­day of every March – ask­ing peo­ple to take the Dia­betes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Brain Injury Awareness Month

Posted on March 15, 2012 by lratner

March is the offi­cial Brain Injury Aware­ness Month. More often than not a brain injury is a life-changing event. Some­times, a “sim­ple” blow to the head can be the begin­ning of a mis­di­ag­nosed and mis­un­der­stood neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­ease. In order to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fighting Childhood obesity begins at home

Posted on February 24, 2012 by lratner

Accord­ing to the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion, child­hood obe­sity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. We all, as a soci­ety, need to under­stand that the inci­dence of child­hood obe­sity and its con­se­quences are dev­as­tat­ing. Although … Con­tinue read­ing →

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