By Barbara Entsuah, M.D. 1. What does Blood pressure measure? How do I interpret the systolic and diastolic numbers? What is normal or high? As the heart pumps blood it does so through vessels known as arteries. Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure blood exerts on the walls of the arteries. Blood pressure measurement is [...]

By Barbara Entsuah, MD Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of death due to cancer in the US. In 2005 according to the American cancer society, 145,000 people were affected. Family history may play a significant risk factor, with about 30% of diagnosed cases showing familiar groupings, meaning that those people may have a [...]

By Barbara Entsuah, MD Primary care physicians (PCP’s) take care of your primary health and medical conditions. They can either be a family practice physician, internal medicine physician, and Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner or a Physician’s Assistant. They assure continuity of care for your health and medical conditions by knowing your medical history. Your PCP [...]

A Q&A session with Kirti Kalidas, MD, ND What are some of the ailments that conventional medicine ignores that you deal with daily? For the adult population, I see chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, chronic Lyme, inflammatory gastrointestinal syndromes, like ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, chrones disease. For children, I see a lot of children with [...]