Medical

Traffic jams.  Paying bills.  Deadlines.  These unpleasant and challenging situations create stress in our lives. 

Preventing skin cancer is becoming a bigger issue in today’s world.  Worries about the depleting Ozone layer in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and the resulting increase in Ultraviolet (UV) exposure has made skin protection an even higher priority for people than ever before.  

Breast Augmentation surgery has gone through a somewhat checkered past to emerge as one of the most popular and safe cosmetic surgeries performed today.  

We all hope that it never happens to us, but somehow it has, you or a family member have just received a cancer diagnosis.  You experience fear as you have never before known.  It’s terrifying and your mind races, all your thoughts are confused and you ask the question, “I have cancer, what do I do now?”

“We’re all just coming together after having established practices here in the Santa Clarita Valley for years,” says Dr. Kelly Smudde who has practiced dentistry with her husband Allen since she graduated from dental school ten years ago.

Women are barraged with information regarding menopause and the treatment of symptoms.  Women can become empowered by understanding this information. 

Pain at the ball of the foot can be caused by several different things, including stress fracture joint pain, ligament tears and such examination. 

The Cinema Professional Center is a brand-new, state-of-the-art, two-story medical office building in the heart of Valencia in the Santa Clarita Valley. 

Bad breath, also called halitosis, is a common condition and sometimes a distressing source of embarrassment.  Frequently, people aren’t even aware there’s a problem.  While there are many causes for bad breath, it most commonly results from a lack of good oral hygiene.  Daily brushing and flossing and regular dental checkups and cleanings are the best prevention for bad breath.

The first eye examination for children is recommended by six months of age and again by three years of age, before entering school and yearly thereafter or as recommended by your Optometrist.  Remember, as our bodies change and develop, so do our eyes.  Vision problems affect one in 20 preschoolers and one in four school-age children, according to Prevent Blindness America(R). 

Mother’s day is the perfect time to treat your loved one to a special life altering experience.  Dr. Marc Lussier has the secret weapon of turning the hands of time back by at least 10 years. 

Fighting cancer requires courage, knowledge, and access to the best care and advanced technology.  For a second straight year, cancer deaths in the United States have decreased.  The TomoTherapy Hi-Art® System has joined the war as cancer’s newest enemy.

Customized bleaching trays are a great way to whiten your teeth in the convenience of your home.  A custom tray is made from a mold of your teeth taken by your dental provider. 

The human embryo is formed at conception after the sperm penetrates the ovum or egg.  This process naturally occurs in the fallopian tube, but recently with the advent of advanced reproductive technologies, fertilization may occur in-vitro or outside the human body.

Doctor Raymond Gritton, the Medical Director of the Acute Rehabilitation Unit at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, is enthusiastic about and dedicated to the newly-formed Amputee Support Group. “It will be like a one-stop support group with health care professionals and peer support all in one place,” says Gritton.

The flu season tends to coincide with the holiday season.  When we overindulge in the “holiday spirit,” we tend to follow that up with an enforced rest due to illness.  Try some of the following tips the next time you feel a cold or the flu coming on.  And if you’re already sick, then do them all!