by Alan S. Berger, M.D. | Oct 10, 2020 | Dry Sinuses
In our region of Pennsylvania, winter can either be a magical season of snow, gift-giving, and general good cheer, and it can also lead to an attack on the sinuses in the form of headaches, nosebleeds, and sore, dry noses. The sinuses are hollow spaces within the...
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by Alan S. Berger, M.D. | Sep 9, 2020 | Deviated Septum
While the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery estimates that up to 80% of the population has a deviated nasal septum, many of us live in blissful ignorance of the fact that one of our nostril passages is larger than the other. The nasal septum...
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by Alan S. Berger, M.D. | Aug 20, 2020 | Anosmia
The SARS-CoV-2 virus and resultant disease, COVID-19, are not new news anymore. At the time of writing, August 2020, the world has passed 20 million cases globally and registered hundreds of thousands of deaths. Initially, the focus was on identifying symptoms of...
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by Alan S. Berger, M.D. | Aug 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Our priority is the health and safety of each patient. We want to ensure that we constantly do everything we can to not only provide the same level of care that patients expect of us but to do it in the safest and healthiest setting possible. So, we asked our...
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by Alan S. Berger, M.D. | Aug 3, 2020 | Face Masks
We’ve heard it many times since the COVID-19 outbreak. “I feel great. I don’t need to wear a face mask.” Lost in the daily updates of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) is that asymptomatic people – people who have COVID but don’t show signs of it – can pass it on and...
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