Dr. Benjamin Fernando, MD Physician
How Everyday Health Needs Change As We Get Older
Nobody wakes up one morning and finds that they have become old. The changes arrive quietly, usually as small inconveniences…
Choosing End-of-Life Care Hospice For A Loved One: Key Considerations
Most families arrive at this decision sideways. There is a discharge planner with a folder, or a doctor who pauses…
Health Concerns Men Often Delay Discussing With Their Doctors
A man notices that he is waking up several times a night to urinate. Another realizes he gets unusually breathless…
How A Life Care Plan Maps The Future Cost Of A Serious Injury
An injury has a way of sending its bill in installments. The emergency room, the surgery, the first months of…
Asbestos-Related Illness: The Warning Signs That Deserve a Second Look
Most diseases announce themselves reasonably close to their cause. You catch something, and within days you feel it. Asbestos-related illness…
Side Effects of Weed: What Cannabis Really Does to the Body and Mind
Cannabis has moved a long way in a short time. What was once whispered about is now sold in storefronts,…
Understanding Comprehensive Approaches to Obesity Management
For most of the last fifty years, obesity treatment ran on a single instruction: eat less, move more. It was…
Chronic Headaches May Be Slowly Damaging Your Brain’s Cognitive Reserve
Chronic headaches were always thought of as something that comes and goes without leaving anything behind. But some recent studies…