Mackie Shilstone Many of you, having learned the hazards of being unhealthy and overweight, want to eat healthier and lose those excess pounds. You’re determined to pick out only the best foods and drinks to help you achieve those goals. However, when you go shopping for those products, you’re confused when you try to read Read more

SAMUEL E. GREENBERG, M.D. Summary: A pregnancy outside of the Uterine cavity is called an Ectopic pregnancy. It usually occurs in the Fallopian tube because the fertilized egg is trapped there by partial obstructions or sluggish motility, caused by previous injury to the tube or hormonal imbalance. The patient may have abdominal or pelvic pain, Read more

SAMUEL E. GREENBERG, M.D. OSTEOPOROSIS Osteoporosis: A disease characterized by low bone mass and micro architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a con- sequent increase in fracture incidence. Bone srength reflects the integration of bone density and bone quality. SUMMARY: Osteoporosis is very common, especially in postmenopausal females and in Read more

Francis C. Evans, M.D., FACS Despite the great advances in medicine, breast cancer remains for the most part an unpreventable disease, and is the most common cancer in women. The majority of women with breast cancer indeed are cured of their disease; nonetheless, breast cancer is only secondary to lung cancer among the causes of Read more

Contributing Author, Cardiothoracic Surgeon Cancer is a pervasive part of our society. It affects all ages and each generation has its unique experiences with this menace to our well being. Gastroesophageal cancer is a silent stalker here in the South. More specifically, it is a cancer that develops at the junction between the esophagus, the Read more

SAMUEL E. GREENBERG, M.D. MYALGIA MYOSITIS RHABDOMYOLYSIS SUMMARY: RHABDOMYOLYSIS is a syndrome resulting from destruction of striate(skeletal) muscle cells with leakage of muscle intracellular toxins into the bloodstream, characterized by few symptoms, the most common being myalgia (muscle aches and cramps) and dark urine, and few sentinel laboratory findings, the most specific being a positive Read more

Leon J. Frazin MD Transesophageal echocardiography, which physicians call TEE, is a Special form of echocardiography. Echocardiography is the second most commonly ordered test in Cardiology. It utilizes high frequency sound waves which are not audible to the human ear. These sound waves are emitted from a special device called a transducer which is held Read more

Samuel E. Greenberg, M.D. CARDIOMYOPATHY is as the name implies, i.e., pathology of the myocardium, (heart muscle), of the cardia (heart). Initially, it was applied to unknown causes of deteriorating heart muscle function, principally in young, otherwise healthy persons, although, it may also include the old as well. As our knowledge of causes and pathology Read more

Samuel E. Greenberg, M.D. Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a condition, not a disease. It is a constellation of signs and symptoms, caused by a multitude of diseases, not all of which, primarily involve the heart muscle. This explains why most states, Louisiana in particular, preclude the use of heart failure, as well as respiratory Read more

Francis C. Evans, M.D., FACS The change from traditional open, large incision surgery to minimally invasive techniques is likely to be recorded as the most significant advance in the surgical art of the last part of the 20th century. Key to this trend is laparoscopy. Looking into the abdomen (the true meaning of the term Read more