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
• Actinic Keratoses
• Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) - (2003)
• Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) - (2006)
• All-Terrain Vehicle Safety: Youth and ATVs
• Amenorrhea
• Anaphylaxis
• Anorexia and Bulemia
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Anxiety
• Aortic Stenosis
• Appetite Slump in Toddlers
• Asbestosis
• Assisted Living: Why Choose It?
• Athlete's Foot
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
• Baby Formula
• Bathroom Safety
• Bathroom Safety for the Elderly
• Bedsores, Preventing
• Bell's Palsy (2008)
• Bell's Palsy (2004)
• Bell's Palsy (2003) 
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
• 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 (2008)
• Bronchiolitis (2005)
• Bronchiolitis (2003)
• Bronchitis
• Cancer: Screening for Cancer 
• Canes: How to Choose and Use a Cane
• Carbon Monoxide, a Hidden Hazard
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Nov. 2008)
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Jan. 2008)
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cardiovascular Disease: What You Should Know
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2008)
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2003)
• Car Safety for Your Child or Grandchild
• Celiac Disease: What You Should Know
• Chicken Pox (Varicella)
• Children and Healthy Weight
• Choking Game: Unintentional Strangulation Deaths
• Chronic Obstructive Disease (COPD)
• Chronic Pain
• Cirrhosis
• Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Failure
• Colds and the Flu: Tips for Feeling Better
• Colon Cancer Screening (2009)
• Colon Cancer Screening: What You Should Know
• Common Cold: What You Should Know
• Constipation
• Cough Medicine
• Crisis Management
• Cuts, Scrapes and Stitches: Caring for Wounds (2008)
• 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
• Dental Hygiene: How to Care for Your Child's Teeth
• Depression: What You Should Know
• Depression
• Depression in Children and Teens
• Depression: Treating Depression
• Diabetic Foot Infection
• Diabetes and the Hemoglobin A1C Test
• Diabetes and Heart Disease
• Diabetes and Insulin
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Diabetes: Lifestyle Changes to Manage Type II Diabetes
• Diarrhea, Viral Infectious
• Earwax: What You Should Know
• Eating Disorders
• Edema
• Falling: How to Prevent Falling
• Fall Prevention Guidelines
• Fat Facts
• Fiber: A Primer
• First Aid for Seizures
• Flu (Influenza), Symptoms and Treatment (2003)
• Food Allergies: Myths & Facts
• Food Labels, Reading
• Food Poisoning (2005)
• Food Poisoning (2003)
• Gastroparesis
• Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Osteoarthritis
• Gout
• Halloween Safety Tips
• Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis) - (2008)
• Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis) - (2005)
• Healthy Grilling
• Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
• Heart Disease, Prevention
• Heart-Healthy Diet
• Heart Palpitations
• Heat Illness
• Heat Injury Prevention (2006)
• Heat Injury Prevention (2005)
• Help with Chronic Insomnia
• Hepatitis B Virus
• Herbs
• Hiatal Hernia
• High Blood Pressure
• Homocysteine and Vascular Disease
• Humor, Medical Humor
• Hospice: What You Should Know
• Hypertension
• Hypertriglyceridemia
• Impetigo
• Influenza (Flu) Prevention (2008 Update)
• 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
• Learning Disabilities Resource List
• Leg Cramps, Nocturnal
• Lung Cancer and Radon
• Lyme Disease, Part 1: A Tick-Bourne Illness (2008)
• Lyme Disease, Part 2: How Can I Prevent Lyme Disease? (2008) 
• Lyme Disease Prevention (2008)
• Lyme Disease: How Can I Prevent It? (2007) 
• Medicare Part D (2006)
• Medications, Proper Use in Older Adults
• Medicine Interactions with Grapefruit
• Melanoma: A Type of Skin Cancer
• Memory Loss
• Menopause: What You Should Know
• Menopause and Its Symptoms
• Meth Abuse: What You Should Know
• Microscopic Hematuria
• Moving
• Multiple Myeloma: What You Should Know
• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 
• Norovirus Prevention and Control
• Nosebleeds
• Nutrition for Children
• Nutrition Issues, Part 1
• Nutrition Issues, Part 2
• Nutrition Physical Activity and Cancer
• Obesity, Role of Exercise in Treating Obesity
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Osteoporosis (2009)
• Osteoporosis (2005)
• Osteoporosis, Screening in Postmenopausal Women
• Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear) 
• Over-the-Counter Cough Medicines
• Pain Relievers
• Parenting Tips
• Parkinson's Disease
• Peptic Ulcers
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Physical Activity: What You Should Know
• Picky Eaters 
• Plastics: Healthier Uses of Plastics for Food
• Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac (2008)
• Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac (2007)
• Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak (2006)
• Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak (2003)
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
• PRICE: Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation for Injuries
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Problems
• Radiation Therapy
• Radon, Check Your Home for Radon
• Reflux, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Restless Legs Syndrome (2008)
• Restless Legs Syndrome (2005)
• Restless Legs Syndrome (2002) 
• Rickets
• Rosacea
• Running: Preventing Overuse Injuries
• Safe Driving for Older Adults
• Scabies
• Schitzophrenia: Helping a Family Member
• School Time New Immunization Rule
• Sciatica
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Seizures: What You Should Know
• Sex, Health Problems and Your Sex Life
• Shingles
• Shingles: Easing the Pain
• Skin and Sun Damage
• Skin Cancer Prevention
• Sleep Changes in Older Adults (2005)
• Sleep Changes in Older Adults (2008)
• Sleep Changes in Older Adults (2009)
• 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
• Sore Throat (2009)
• Spastic Colon, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Spina Bifida
• Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
• Strokes (2003)
• Sunblock and Insect Repellant on Infants and Children (2008)
• 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)
• Sjögren Syndrome 
• Taste Disorders
• Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Pain
• Tension Headaches
• Thyroad Nodules
• Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm
• Tobacco Use and Teenagers
• Toddler Discipline
• Toy Safety: Infants (0 to 18 Months)
• 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
• Vaccines for your Child
• Venous Insufficiency, Chronic
• Vertigo
• Vitamin B-12
• Warts
• Websites: Patient Medical Education
• 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