October 2017 - Elite Care Family Medicine

If you have high blood pressure or a family history of high blood pressure, you may have concerns about taking the medication usually given to help regulate blood pressure. However, lifestyle also plays an important role in bringing your numbers down. If you can control your blood pressure with lifestyle changes, you could reduce your need for medications. Lose Weight. High blood pressure and the risk of high blood pressure increase as weight increases. Weight loss is...

Halloween is definitely an exciting time of year. All the ghouls and ghosts who come out to play leave your hair standing on end in a fun way. Reality, however, is scarier than ghost stories.On Halloween, pedestrian/automobile accidents involving children increase four times the average according to the CDC. Daylight savings time causes it to be darker sooner. Lower visibility, ill fitting costumes and masks, plus children’s impulsiveness and short stature make for a...

For some, catching the flu means missing a week of work, watching a ton of Netflix, and drinking a lot of soup. For other people, catching the flu means a hospital stay and the possibility of not going home. Influenza is a serious disease. It can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. It’s a respiratory infection that can cause serious complications. Some of these include viral or bacterial pneumonia, dehydration, asthma flare-ups, heart problems, ear...