Category: Ask a Physician

by Agata Toborek, MD, Lexington Clinic Pediatrics Holiday shopping is in full swing around the country. Already this season American consumers have spent more than $15 billion and much of that was spent on toys! For a child it doesn’t...

by Bruce Bradley, MD, Lexington Clinic Cardiology What is Hypertension?Blood pressure normally rises and falls throughout the day, but it can damage your heart and cause health problems if it stays high for a long time. Hypertension (also called high...

by David K. Alexander, MD, Kentucky Ear, Nose and Throat The glands that produce saliva, the salivary glands, play a critical role in good oral health. The main salivary glands include your parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands. You also have...

by Keith Alexander, MD, Kentucky Ear, Nose and Throat Do you have trouble getting a good breath through your nose? Do you feel chronically stopped up and congested? Do you get frequent sinus infections? Untreated nasal congestion can lead to...

by Keith Alexander, MD, Kentucky Ear, Nose and Throat Have you ever had pressure in your ears but did not know why? Do your ears hurt when you are eating or swallowing? Do your ears hurt or pop when you...

by Ray Van Metre, MD, Kentucky Ear, Nose and Throat The quality of a child’s sleep is crucial to maintaining good physical and mental health. One of the most common reasons sleep can suffer is obstructed breathing from large tonsils...

by David K. Alexander, MD, Kentucky Ear, Nose & Throat Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is an incredibly common problem, with some estimating if affects up to 15% of adults in the United States. While most causes of tinnitus...

by K.V. Hughes, III, MD, FACS, Kentucky Ear, Nose & Throat Dizziness… it is a hard feeling to describe; but when it strikes you, it can be disabling. As there can be many causes for dizziness, we need to try...

by Carrie Dunaway Graves, DNP, APRN, NP-C, CVNP-BCLexington Clinic Cardiology Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) seen in the United States and causes more than 450,000 hospitalizations and 158,000 deaths each year according...

by Bethany Borders, RD, LDE, CDCES, Lexington Clinic Dietitian Services Every year getting healthy is one of the top New Year’s Resolutions and at the top of that list is typically a new diet. A new diet can be a great...