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Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips – Learn the ABCDEs of Hiccups

Three question sets on hiccups of all things Why do I get hiccups? You get hiccups because everyone gets them.  You get them because basically you’ve agitated your main breathin
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 10, 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 December 12, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Tetanus (Lockjaw)

If there could possibly be anything cool about tetanus, it’s that the overwhelming majority of us have never seen it and never will. At first thought, that could seem odd becaus
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 27, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Domestic Violence – How to Get Out of an Abusive Situation

Remember: You are not to blame, and you need not face domestic violence alone. With the recent attention in the news on domestic violence and debates about responses and responsibi
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 5, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Traumatic Brain Injuries (Concussion), Part II

Your son is a star in Friday Night Lights (actually football, not the TV show) and has been concussed.  Amazingly, the most common question I get asked is not “Will he be ok
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 30, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Traumatic Brain Injuries (Concussions), Part I

It’s probably not a coincidence that National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month occurs at the same time as the onset of the NFL season in the U.S. However, it’s a
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 29, 2017

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 September 17, 2017

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 September 15, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Fibromyalgia

Previously, Straight, No Chaser has discussed the frustration of uncertainty some patients have with having symptoms and not being given a diagnosis (much less a cure). Imagine i
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 14, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Chronic Pain

The notion of a pain awareness month is an odd thing; probably even more so to those suffering from chronic pain. Typically the idea with these periods of recognizing diseases and
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 13, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: When Fainting is Deadly

1. So can faints be deadly? Potentially. There are three separate sets of considerations. The brain can’t survive very long without adequate oxygen. Whatever caused that fai
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 31, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: You’re Way Too Comfortable With Fainting

Don’t faints seem mysterious?  It’s as if your computer crashed and had to reboot.  Although we never seemingly figure out why computers are so crazy, fainting (syncope) is r
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 30, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Emergency Room Adventures – The Risk of Rabies

Depending on the circumstances of your life, sometimes risks are theoretical, and other times risks become occurrences… You can’t make this stuff up. It’s another bu
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 26, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Lou Gehrig’s Disease (aka Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

There’s no longer an ice bucket challenge, but the disease known as Lou Gehrig’s disease still is around. However, I have to ask… Do you have any idea what the d
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 20, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Questions About Memory Loss and Forgetfulness

Are you the type that has a bad memory? Is your memory good when you “want it to be?” Do you just have problems paying attention? Are you concerned about elderly family
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 19, 2017

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 July 17, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Self-Assessment for Signs of Early Dementia or Alzheimer’s

Each of us has elderly family members for whom we may be concerned about their memory or other possible signs of dementia. You don’t have to stand by powerless and let them dwin
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 16, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Amnesia and Severe Memory Loss

In a previous post, we discussed forgetfulness and mild memory loss. We’ve also discussed Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. If you noticed and remember (no pun intended), we
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 15, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Brain Health – Mental Gymnastics to Keep You Vibrant

I always found it odd that we assume our brain will simply perform in every way we need it to once developed. It seems reasonable to me that if we choose to diet and exercise in an
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 14, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Brain Health – Foods and Brain Healthy Habits

I only get asked about this everyday, so let’s review keeping your brain healthy. Unfortunately too often some of you only ask at the point when early dementia or Alzheimer
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 13, 2017
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