An age old question primary care doctors regularly face: Do you think it’s the cold or the flu? The common cold and influenza, more commonly known as the flu, are both viral infections. There are hundreds of viruses that cause the common cold while there are much fewer strains of influenza. While both have origins […]
February is Heart Month and February 22, is designated National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. I want to take this opportunity to talk about heart valve disease. What is heart valve disease? For us to talk about heart valve disease, we have to understand how the heart and its valves work. The heart is a […]