Advanced Medical Clinic Blog

If you have persistent headaches, it can seem like you can’t catch a break. If you’re experiencing headaches 15 days or more a month and you’ve been experiencing them for over three months, you’re suffering from chronic or persistent headaches.

Headaches can be a pain in the rear, as well as in the head. While most people generically call any head pain a headache, there are actually three broad categories under the headache umbrella.

It’s the leading cause of death in the United States. More than 62 million Americans have some form of it. And to top things off, there are many different types of this disease that health care providers must contend with.

Did you know that about one in every four physician’s office visits – some 214 million in the US alone – are made to a family doctor?

Arthritis may be used to describe body pain, but the different types of arthritis can vary significantly based on the way they affect the human body. Some forms of arthritis affect strictly your bones and joints; others, may start to attack your organs and affect your immune system. These are the three most common types of arthritis, how they are diagnosed and what treatment for them may look like.