These columns appeared in Ladue News, from July - January 2009
Chest Pains and the Emergency Room by Randall Howell, DO
My 57-year-old husband had a pain in his chest last week. It went away after 10 minutes, so he didn’t go to the emergency room. Should all chest pain be evaluated in the ER?
Colon Cancer Under 40 by James Fleshman, Jr., MD My 40 year-old daughter has just been diagnosed with a colon cancer in her right colon. What should we do now?
My doctor has sent me for a stress EKG every year for the past 5 years. This year, he wants me to get a stress echocardiogram. What is the difference? I am 60 years old, female and recently seem short of breath after exercise.Exercise for Children with Asthma by Leonard Bacharier, MDWhat is exercise-induced asthma? Should I keep my asthmatic 11-year-old son out of active sports?Facial Aging by Gregory Branham, MDI’m looking tired all the time. My eyes look swollen no matter how much sleep I get. I know I’m getting older but what exactly is happening to my face and what can I do about it? My 15-year-old daughter seems tired all the time and she has gained a lot of weight in the last few years. Could she have a thyroid condition?
I’m a 48-year old woman and simply can’t always make it to the bathroom when I feel the urge. Some times I have leakage. What, besides surgery, can I do?
My older brother had a radical prostatectomy 14 years ago. I’m 67 and just found out that I have a small cancer on one side of the prostate. Are there new options?
My husband has just been diagnosed with stage II liver cancer, although the doctors say the several tumors are still small. What are our options?