Medical

Radiesse® is a safe, next generation cosmetic dermal filler that lasts longer than the former leading filler.  It is setting a new standard for the correction of facial lines and wrinkles, restoring a natural, youthful look in an easy, convenient treatment.  Numerous medical studies have shown that Radiesse® is a safe, longer lasting treatment to fill and correct smile lines, Nasolabial Folds and wrinkles around the nose and mouth.

People with diabetes are prone to developing foot problems.  The longer people have diabetes, the greater the chance of having foot complications.

As my good friend Donna Ashmore once told me, “Old age is not a sickness.”  In other words, we should not dismiss symptoms with “I’m just getting old.”

Palomar Lux1540 Fractional Laser is a revolutionary approach to all laser resurfacing procedures.  It treats lines, wrinkles, age spots, melasma and scaring, especially acne and stretch marks.  Lux1540 treatments can be applied to most body areas such as the face, including around the lips and eyes, neck, arms, hands, stomach and buttocks.

“Doctor, I’ve had this pain between my shoulder blades for two months now.  It just gradually came on and I can’t seem to get rid of it.  I put heat on it, tried to stretch it out, but nothing helps.”

Last November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the returned utilization of silicone breast implants for augmentation, affirming their safety and effectiveness, as well as providing new options to women nationwide, options which have been available to women in nearly 60 other countries for the past 25 years.

Pads of cartilage called discs separate the 24 vertebrae of your spine from one another.  These discs have a fairly tough outer layer with a soft interior to cushion against the shocks and strains experienced as you move and put various stresses on your spine.

My kids have this joke: say, “Silk, silk, silk, silk, silk.” (Silk, silk, silk, silk, silk.)  What do cows drink?  (Milk).
Ha, ha, ha.  Cows drink water. 

Welcome back.  Osteoporosis.  In the previous two articles we discussed how, as women, we need to be on full alert for the potential onset of this serious health issue. 

The words are Colon Hydrotherapy.  The first thing that comes to people’s minds when they hear those two words is a Colonoscopy, which involves a small scope entering the rectum and taking pictures of the inside of the colon, a procedure commonly used in detecting colon cancer.

Opioids and opiates can be synthetic or natural drugs that are related to drugs found in opium, such as heroin or Methadone. 

The most recent advances in laser technology have dramatically altered the procedures we can now offer our patients during the summer season.  For years, people with darker skin tones and those who wished to tan, or were already tanned, could not avail themselves of laser hair removal safely.  

While many dental high-tech tools look and sound amazing, when you get right down to it, they don’t have much to offer when it comes to helping the patient. 

If you are frequently using medication to treat recurring symptoms, stop and think a minute.  Maybe you aren’t getting to the cause of the problem, but merely covering up symptoms. 

The truth is Spinal Decompression works.  Some studies have shown an 86 percent effectiveness, whereas the odds of effectiveness of drugs and surgery are no better than flipping a coin. 

Even the most dedicated fitness buff and healthy eater can have a hard time saying no when food cravings hit, so what do you do when willpower alone won’t prevent you from reaching for the cookie jar?

In a recent study published by Harvard Medical School, 80 percent of Americans at some point in their lives experience lower back pain.  It’s the fifth most common reason for visiting a doctor, one of the top reasons people miss work and the most common cause of work-related disability in people under age 45. 

Tiredness is one of the most common presenting symptoms in western patients.  Very often it is the main or only symptom of which a patient complains.