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Straight, No Chaser: When Your Headache is Life-Threatening

All headaches are not created equal. Earlier we discussed migraines, but there’s a lot more to headaches than those. In fact, when you come to an emergency room with a history o
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 3, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Migraine Headaches Questions and Answers

There are 30 million migraine sufferers in the U.S. alone.  Women are three times as likely to have them, but both sexes have to address the issues raised by them.  Here are som
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 2, 2018

Heat Illnesses Awareness (Heat Exhaustion, Heat Cramps, Heat Stroke)

Introduction Heat Awareness Day occurs the last Friday in May instead of the first weekend in July because prevention is better than cure. Once the rains calm down across America,
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD May 26, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Bell’s Palsy

We’ve spent some time focusing on stroke recognition, but today we focus on a condition that often gets confused with a stroke. Bell’s palsy is a paralysis of the facial ne
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD May 7, 2018

Straight, No Chaser Vlog: Stroke – How to Save a Life

The Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series presents “health care basics” to keep you safe, healthy and out of the emergency room. Today’s topic is stroke (cerebr
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD May 6, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: About Stuttering

How do you respond when you hear someone stutter? Are you a stutterer, and if so, how do you handle it? Let’s answer 7 frequency asked questions to facilitate some understand
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD May 4, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Prevention and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

If you have carpel tunnel syndrome (CTS) or are at significant risk for developing it, you really should learn strategies to either prevent, limit progression or treat the conditio
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD April 27, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Do you spend much time typing at work? Are you a construction worker who operates a jack hammer? Do you have arthritis that affects your wrist? Do you have occasional or constant n
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD April 26, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Dementia – When Brain Health Goes Bad

In case you didn’t pick up on it, the posts regarding brain health served two purposes. The first is to ensure you give yourself the best opportunity to live a healthy, happy men
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 15, 2018

Brain Health – Brain Exercises to Keep You Vibrant

Introduction This post is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on brain health and discusses brain exercises that will keep it vibrant. I always found it odd that we assume our bra
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 14, 2018

Brain Health – Foods and Brain Healthy Habits

Introduction This post is part of a series on brain health and discusses foods and brain healthy habits. I only get asked about this everyday, so let’s review keeping your br
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 13, 2018

Brain Health – How Your Brain Works

Introduction This post is a part of a Straight, No Chaser series on brain health and discusses how your brain works.   Everyone at Straight, No Chaser and www.sterlingmedic
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 12, 2018

Insomnia – You Are Not Getting Sleepy

Introduction This post on insomnia is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders.  So the pendulum swings from hypersomnia to insomnia. Talking about insomnia makes
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 8, 2018

Why Are You So Sleepy (Hypersomnia)?

Introduction This post on hypersomnia is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders. Are You Always Tired and Sleepy? Are you one of those individuals who is always ti
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 7, 2018

Understanding Sleep Apnea

Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post on Sleep Apnea is part of a series on sleep and sleep disorders. What is Sleep Apnea? We’ve discussed many components of sleep and slee
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 6, 2018

Narcolepsy – The Sleep Attack

Introduction This post on narcolepsy is part of a Straight, No Chaser series on sleep disorders. When you hear about narcolepsy, it’s usually in the context of some joke, but i
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 5, 2018

Late Night Shift Work and Shift Work Sleep Disorder

Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post on late night shift work and shift work sleep disorder is part of our sleep and sleep disorder series. I used to love to work third shift
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 4, 2018

National Sleep Awareness Week: What’s Normal Sleep?

Introduction It’s National Sleep Awareness Week, and Straight, No Chaser wants you to wake up, pay attention and learn why sleep is such an important part of your life! Why
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD March 3, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: When Back Pain Could Be Life Threatening

Back pain hurts, but there are various causes of that pain that will kill or cripple you.  Here’s some information on some diseases that present with back pain representing life
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 28, 2018

Straight, No Chaser: Sciatica

My pain has a name, and it’s sciatica. There’s always a sense of relief in patients when a name is given to a medical sign or symptom. This Straight, No Chaser places sciati
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 25, 2018
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