Dr. Mark Barnett Stephens MD
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
171 Dockside Dr Jacksonville NC, 28546About
Dr. Mark Stephens is an adolescent specialist practicing in Jacksonville, NC. Dr. Stephens works with patients who are in the adolescent age, or generally between the ages of 11 and 19 years old. As an adolescent-specialist, Dr. Stephens treats many common health issues that pre-teens and teenagers face, from mental, to behavioral, to physical conditions. Some of these issues may include growth and hormone problems, sports injuries, eating disorders, substance abuse and more. Adolescent specialists perform medical exams, histories and diagnostic tests, and develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical inquiries. Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring aid in the management of patients with hypertension?
- Behavioral risks associated with tattooing.
- Selective aldosterone blockade reduces mortality after MI.
- Clinical inquiries. What is the best treatment for plantar fasciitis?
- Clinical inquiries. Does a high-fiber diet prevent colon cancer in at-risk patients?
- Clinical inquiries. What is the best way to treat patients with white-coat hypertension?
- Preventive health counseling for adolescents.
- Principles to help prevent youth sports-related injuries.
- The grapefruit-drug interaction debate: role of statins.
- AHLTA: teaching medical students without falling behind (or, another take on the five microskills of precepting).
- Body composition and physical fitness in a cohort of US military medical students.
- Lost in translation: the confusing lexicon of the "new" NIH.
- New toxic lead hazards for clinicians.
- The role of industry in brand or generic drug recognition.
- Sports and nutritional supplement use in USMC recruits: a pilot study.
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