Congratulations to District Medical Group (DMG) emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist, Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH, FACEP, ABMT who will be honored with the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th Annual Health Care Heroes celebratory event on Sept. 18, 2025.
Unfortunately, the cause of bone tumors in children is unknown. Tumors are growths- lumps of tissue- that are not normal and form when abnormal cells grow without the normal controls to stop them.
When our body’s immune system turns against us, it is because of an autoimmune disorder. In autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakenly begins attacking healthy cells and tissues.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect your child’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in childhood.
Neuromuscular diseases cause problems with the nerves and muscles that affect how a person’s muscles work.
Like most childhood medical conditions, identifying symptoms and early diagnosis are important to supporting your child’s health, growth and quality of life.
Also called pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBI), traumatic brain injury is a broad term describing a range of symptoms that can be mild, moderate or severe. TBIs result from a direct or indirect blow to the head.
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, joint, bone and muscle infections in children are often caused by a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus; these infections are more commonly known as Staph infections.
Pediatric diabetes is a condition in which a child’s blood sugar (also called “glucose”) is too high. We take in sugar through the foods we eat, and insulin, produced in the pancreas, helps get that sugar into our cells to give us energy.
Asthma tends to run in families and has been linked to allergies and obstructive sleep apnea. Approximately one in every 15 children has asthma, which can occur at any age.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, pediatric epilepsy affects about 470,000 children and is the most common childhood brain disorder in the United States. Children with epilepsy have unprovoked seizures caused by a sudden change in electrical activity in the brain.
If your child wets the bed at night, you are not alone. According to the National Kidney Foundation, 5-7 million children in the United States wet the bed at night.
As of March 6, 2025, the United States has had three measles outbreaks and a total of 222 cases across 12 states- a significant increase when compared to 2024.
Dr. Mosley shares her personal journey to becoming a psychiatrist, the challenges she has overcome and the deep impact she makes on her patients’ lives. Her story highlights the importance of representation in medicine and the power of compassionate care.
Get to know Roni Fox, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner caring for patients and their families at DMG Children’s Rehabilitative Services (DMG CRS). Hear about her experience, goals for her patients, and approach to care.
April is Counseling/Stress Awareness Month. Get to know Roni Fox, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner caring for patients and their families at DMG Children’s Rehabilitative Services Hear about her experience, goals for her patients, and approach to care.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, 37 million adults in the United States are living with CKD – and approximately 90% do not even know they have it. When kidneys become damaged and are unable to do their jobs optimally over a period of time, it is called chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Did you know that October 6-12, 2023 is National Physician Assistant Week? To all physician assistants within District Medical Group and across the nation, “Happy Physician Assistant Week! We appreciate you.”
Andree Jones, DO, primary care sports medicine physician, shares risk factors for a heart attack and how to reduce your risk of heart disease.
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