Physician Chronicles

Dr. Alan Peterson

Dr. Roland Larrabee

Interested in learning more about common medical conditions and concerns? Drs. Alan Peterson and Roland Larrabee of the Walter L. Aument Family Health Center, a Lancaster General healthcare facility located in Southern Lancaster County, address many of these issues in the Physician Chronicles.

Written in an easy-to-understand, concise format, these articles cover topics from bad breath to plantar’s fasciatis and everything in between. These articles offer information about some of the most common medical concerns. However, they are not intended as a substitution for medical advice. If you have a medical concern, please contact your family physician for the appropriate course of treatment.

Topics covered in Physician Chronicles:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) - (2003)
• Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) - (2006)
• All-Terrain Vehicle Safety: Youth and ATVs
• Amenorrhea
• Anaphylaxis
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Anxiety
• Appetite Slump in Toddlers
• Asbestosis
• Assisted Living: Why Choose It?
• Athlete's Foot
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
• Bathroom Safety
• Bathroom Safety for the Elderly
• Bell's Palsy (2008)
• Bell's Palsy (2004)
• Bell's Palsy (2003) 
• Bites, Cat and Dog Bites
• Blood Pressure, Monitoring at Home (2007)
• Blood Pressure, Home Monitors (2002)
• Blood Clots, Prevention While Traveling
• Breakfast Cereal: Picking the Right One
• Breast Cancer, Meat's Role in Increased Risk
• Bronchiolitis
• Cane, How to Choose and Use a Cane
• Carbon Monoxide, a Hidden Hazard
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Cardiovascular Disease: What You Should Know
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Car Safety for Your Child or Grandchild
• Celiac Disease: What You Should Know
• Chronic Obstructive Disease (COPD)
• Cirrhosis
• Common Cold: What You Should Know
• Constipation
• Cough Medicine
• Crisis Management
• Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds (2007)
• Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds (2004)
• Dementia, Behavior Problems in a Family Member
• Dementia and Driving
• Depression: What You Should Know
• Depression
• Depression in Children and Teens
• Diabetes and Heart Disease
• Diabetes and Insulin
• Diabetes and the Hemoglobin A1C Test
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Diarrhea, Viral Infectious
• Earwax: What You Should Know
• Eating Disorders
• Edema
• Falling: How to Prevent Falling
• Fall Prevention Guidelines
• Fat Facts
• Fiber: A Primer
• Flu (Influenza), Symptoms and Treatment (2003)
• Food Allergies: Myths & Facts
• Food Labels, Reading
• Food Poisoning (2005)
• Food Poisoning (2003)
• Gout
• Halloween Safety Tips
• Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis) - (2005)
• Healthy Grilling
• Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
• Heart Disease, Prevention
• Heart Palpitations
• Heat Illness
• Heat Injury Prevention (2006)
• Heat Injury Prevention (2005)
• Hepatitis B Virus
• Herbs
• Hiatal Hernia
• High Blood Pressure
• Homocysteine and Vascular Disease
• Humor, Medical Humor
• Hypertriglyceridemia
• Impetigo
• Influenza, or the Flu (2005 Update)
• Influenza, or the Flu (2003 Update)
• Influenza, or the Flu (2002 Update)
• Insect Repellants (2007) 
• Insect Repellants (2005)
• Insomnia: What You Should Know
• Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
• Intermittent Claudication
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Itchy Skin, What Causes Itchy Skin?
• Kidney Disease, Chronic
• Lactose Intolerance
• Leg Cramps, Nocturnal
• Lung Cancer and Radon
• Lyme Disease: How Can I Prevent It? 
• Medicare Part D (2006)
• Medications, Proper Use in Older Adults
• Medicine Interactions with Grapefruit
• Melanoma: A Type of Skin Cancer
• Memory Loss
• Menopause and Its Symptoms
• Meth Abuse: What You Should Know
• Microscopic Hematuria
• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Nutrition for Children
• Nutrition Issues, Part 1
• Nutrition Issues, Part 2
• Obesity, Role of Exercise in Treating Obesity
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Osteoporosis
• Osteoporosis, Screening in Postmenopausal Women
• Parenting Tips
• Peptic Ulcers
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Picky Eaters 
• Plastics: Healthier Uses of Plastics for Food
• Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac (2007)
• Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak (2006)
• Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak (2003)
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Problems
• Radon, Check Your Home for Radon
• Reflux, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Restless Legs Syndrome (2005)
• Restless Legs Syndrome (2002) 
• Rickets
• Rosacea
• Running: Preventing Overuse Injuries
• Scabies
• Schitzophrenia: Helping a Family Member
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Seizures: What You Should Know
• Sex, Health Problems and Your Sex Life
• Shingles
• Sleep Changes in Older Adults (2005)
• Sleep Changes in Older Adults (2008)
• Smoking, Medications to Help You Quit
• Smoking, Passive Smoke and Its Dangers to Children
• Smoking, Steps to Take to Quit
• Smoking, Tips to Help You Quit
• Sore Throat, Viral
• Spastic Colon, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Spina Bifida
• Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
• Strokes (2003)
• Sunblock and Insect Repellant on Infants and Children (2007)
• Sunblock and Insect Repellant on Infants and Children (2006)
• Sunblock and Insect Repellant on Infants and Children (2005)
• Taste Disorders
• Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Pain
• Tension Headaches
• Thyroad Nodules
• Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm
• Travel: Health Tips for Air Travel
• Tremor, Essential Tremor
• Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips
• Ulcers and Helicobater Pylori Infection
• Urinary Incontinence, Overactive Bladder
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Vaccines
• Venous Insufficiency, Chronic
• Vertigo
• Vitamin B-12
• Warts
• West Nile Virus (2007)
• West Nile Virus (2006)
• West Nile Virus (2005)
• West Nile Virus (2003)
• Whooping Cough (Pertussis) (2006)
• Whooping Cough (Pertussis) (2005) 
• Winter Safety
• Work-Related Eye Injuries and Illnesses
• Worry