Keeping Your Child’s Teeth Healthy and Strong
Keeping Your Child’s Teeth Healthy and Strong You can do many things to keep your children’s teeth healthy and strong. Make sure they have a healthy diet, brush every day with fluoridated toothpaste, and see a dental professional regularly. However, it is especially hard to keep tooth decay from developing in the teeth of very…
Menopause 2014: An Update from the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting 2014
Although the existence of “Andropause” is very controversial in the medical community, there is no doubt that every woman goes through menopause, whether surgically induced or as a natural consequence of aging. In the United States, the average age of menopause is 51 years of age. So to balance out my last article on Andropause,…
I Have Ticks In My Colon?!
Well, not ticks, but ‘tics’ – or diverticuli. What are tics, anyway? This is a question that I am often asked following a colonoscopy when they are commonly found. Diverticuli are basically a pouch or sac off the colon wall created by herniation of the inner lining of the colon. They pop out through a…
More May Health News…
1. More patients will die from pancreatic cancer than from breast or prostate or lung cancer. My mother in law Dr. Cathy Wilfert was a medical student at Harvard University in the 1960s and she told me the students in her class heard about pancreatic cancer but never personally witnessed a case. Now, it seems…
Water Exercise – For Memorial Day and Year Round
Perhaps you think of pool exercise as being only for skilled swimmers or for those needing rehab for a joint. Well, think again! Swimmer or not, water is a great medium for athletes to cross-train, those with joint or weight-bearing issues to exercise, and for everyone to have a fun time. As someone who spends…
May Health News
1. Type 2 Diabetes: Two Meals or Six Meals? As a type 2 diabetic, haven’t your physicians often advised you to eat multiple small meals instead of 3 big meals to better regulate your sugar level? That has been how I counsel my diabetic patients. Well, you might have heard of a recent study from…
A Few Words on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus – MERSCoV
The latest word from the World Health Organization about MERS – a virus that is new to humans – is that there is no broad risk to the public. People are concerned because it is caused by a coronavirus, the same type of virus that caused the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak in 2003…
The NERVE! Chickenpox Returns as Shingles
I’m prompted to write this having seen a new case of shingles each week for the past month – not too surprising with 1 million cases occurring yearly in the US. Since we have treatment that works better the sooner the patient seeks care, it’s important for people to recognize it. The varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox…
Andropause: Truth, Fiction, or Both? A lecture from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Annual Meeting 2014
Much controversy surrounds the concept of a possible male menopause. Dr. Kristen Gill Hairston, an associate professor in endocrinology from Wake Forest School of Medicine gave an excellent summary of the symptoms of low testosterone, medical evaluation and possible treatments at the ACP (American College of Physicians) annual meeting. She cautions that only patients who…
The Forces of Nature: Life, Gravity, Time and Prolapse
Co-author Joanna Hess, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist at Restore Motion Editor’s Note: In honor of Mothers’ Day, we thought we’d discuss a common problem that can affect all women, although it is more commonly seen in those who have given birth — one of the less rewarding consequences of motherhood. “Something is falling out!” You’re in…