Medical

Q. What is Invisalign?
Invisalign is an orthodontic treatment option that allows doctors to straighten teeth using a series of clear, removable, nearly invisible, plastic appliances called Aligners.
Q. How does Invisalign work?
The patient meets with an Invisalign-certified dentist or orthodontist who takes orthodontic records of the patient’s teeth, including impressions, and fills out an Invisalign treatment planning or prescription form and sends all the material to Align Technology. 

Choosing a birth control method is one of the most personal health care decisions a woman makes.  In nearly four decades of childbearing years, a woman’s need for birth control will most likely change many times.  At each life stage, women can make informed decisions by learning about all contraceptive options and selecting one or more that best fits her reproductive health needs, and changing it if and when it’s necessary to use a different option.

Getting your kids to brush their teeth can be a dreaded task for some parents. A lot of kids are uninterested in good oral hygiene and would rather eat candy than brush their teeth. It is important to teach your kids at an early age the importance of brushing their teeth and having a clean, white smile. As a parent, you must find ways to make brushing more fun. There are plenty of ways to do this especially with toothbrushes and toothpastes designed for younger kids. Here are some tips for keeping brushing teeth fun.

Doctors who specialize in this field are called ENT specialists, also known as ear nose and throat doctors. These doctors are responsible for assessment of these three body parts, identification of any disorders, as well as treatment and prevention of ENT diseases.
Ear Nose and Throat Doctor: When to See Them

Prevention!  Dentistry has been a long time advocate of oral health and the prevention of disease.  What other business offers you advice on how to do without them?  That being said, we all know that it is necessary to visit the dentist, so what can you do to keep your costs down?
Home Care: Almost goes without saying, however, there is a difference between “doing what you’ve always done” and being effective with your routine.  A rule of thumb is that anything that you actually do is better than not doing it.  One of the best tools is a sonic toothbrush. 

It’s common to put off what doesn’t need to be done now.  Unfortunately, that approach isn’t ideal for therapy.  In putting off until a crisis hits, our partner may not be open to hearing or considering us, and there may be too much pain to trust again.
Therapy gives us a safe place to explore and discover.  We can learn to understand each other and ourselves better, along with more effective approaches.  If you vent to a friend or relative, can you truly expect that person to forget everything you said, after you reconcile with your partner? 

Acute pain management clinics established in different parts of the globe help to relieve patients of their suffering, thereby speeding up recovery. Unrelieved pain, in addition to making the life of the patients miserable can cause additional health problems and a corresponding increase in health bills. The quick relief from pain or even its reduction means a shorter hospital stay.

Acne is the most common skin disease in the U.S., affecting over 60 million adults and teens each year. When you’re battling acne, you hear many remedies, cures, tips and ‘how to’s’. For instance, how many times have you heard ‘Healthy skin starts from the inside out?’ Probably, many times. But while you may be tired of hearing it, it’s true. Working from the inside out is the best acne treatment you can use. Diet, lifestyle, or treatment methods you can significantly improve the health of your skin and body, which will help in the control of your acne and related problems.  The following information will assist you in making educated decisions. You can read through them all or select from the list below to go right to that information.

A comprehensive oral exam focuses on a person’s overall oral health.  This is a thorough examination of the entire oral cavity which evaluates not only your teeth but also, your periodontal health (gum and bone support), a bite and temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) assessment, an oral cancer screening, and a review of your health and dental history.  All of which is used to diagnose current or potential problems. 

Women pass through many “stages” of life.  Some of these stages are based on a woman’s hormone status-prepubescence, menarche or puberty, adolescence, childbearing, perimenopause and menopause.  Certainly, each of these phases has its own tasks and challenges, but perimenopause can be the most stressful due to its vagueness as a medical occurrence, its sometimes drastic physical and psychological changes to a woman’s well being, and its possible duration of ten years.

Q. What type of sunscreen should I use, and what ingredients should I look for?
A. There are so many types of sunscreen that selecting the right one can be quite confusing.  Active sunscreen ingredients fall into two basic categories, physical and chemical.  
Physical:  Sits on the surface of the skin and reflects rays.  Good for sensitive skin because they aren’t absorbed in the skin like the chemical ingredients.  There are only two physical sunscreen ingredients.

Q. What is Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine?
A. Acupuncture is an effective Chinese medical treatment that originated in China several thousand years ago.  It is now widely used in the world; acupuncture has been approved by the FDA and recognized by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and World Health Organization (WHO) as an effective treatment for a wide range of health problems. 

It used to be that cataract surgeons and refractive surgeons (laser vision correction specialists) had different types of practices.  Cataract surgeons had an older patient population while laser vision correction specialists generally had a younger patient population.  The expectations of the laser vision correction patient have always been high. 

The glycemic index is the precise measurement of the glucose-stimulating effect of food. The lower a food’s glycemic index, the less potent its effects on blood sugar (and therefore insulin).
The glycemic index of glucose is arbitrarily set at 100.  The ratings of other foods are determined as follows.  First, researchers calculate a portion size for the food to supply 50 g of carbohydrates.  Next, they give that amount of the food to at least eight to 10 people and measure the blood sugar response. 

National health studies estimate that up to 57 percent of people in the U.S. don’t see a dentist regularly.  What is the cost of untreated dental disease — and how can it be fixed?  
The Washington Department of Health states that 164 million hours of work are lost each year in the U.S. due to dental disease.  These lost wages and the overall effect on the nation’s economy runs into the billions of dollars. 

Telecommuting working from home.  Every business has some tasks that are challenging and interesting, and some that are boring and tedious. If you work at home alone in your own business, guess who has to do the boring and tedious tasks.
When you work at the company’s office, everyone can see and understand why you where unable to accomplish much. It’s the result of normal organizational disorganization and disruption.

Urination disturbance is manifested by frequency of urination, painful urination and incontinence of urination, resulting mainly from accumulation of heat in the bladder, and sometimes also from emotional factors and deficiency of the kidney.
According to the clinic manifestations, urination disturbance is divided into five kinds, i.e., dysuria caused by calculi, dysuria caused by qi dysfunction, dysuria with milky urine, dysuria caused by overstrain and painful urination with blood.

Nearly three million American women have had breast augmentation with silicone implants filled with silicone gel or saline solution.  As many as one-third of these women may have capsule contracture – a condition where scar tissue forms around the implant and squeezes it into a firm ball.  Often times the breasts can be severely deformed and other times they can look rather natural, but can still leave the person uncomfortable, especially when passing out hugs or during intimate situations.