Dr. Steven Ito, owner, House Call Medical Practice | May 19, 2018 | Health, June - July 2018
Let us start with this little fact: almost half of all adults in the United States are affected by hypertension. Recently published revised guidelines for the detection of high blood pressure mean that 46 percent of all Americans 18 years and older are now considered to have hypertension (otherwise known as high blood pressure).
Dr. Steven Ito, owner, House Call Medical Practice | Feb 1, 2018 | February - March 2018, Health
Shingles is a blistering rash that is caused by a virus called herpes zoster. It effects approximately one million people in America every year. The herpes zoster virus, what we call shingles, is actually the same virus as the chicken pox you may have experienced as a child.