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By Fiola Sowemimo, MD ‘Tis the season to face those New Year resolutions. Yes, most of the time we don’t stick to them. But maybe we need to look at these promises in a different way. Living the highest quality of life possible doesn’t happen by chance, it happens by choice. Even small efforts can ...
By Abhijit Chatterjee, MD The aging process is unavoidable. But the manner in which you choose to age will affect the quality of the rest of your life. As a geriatric physician, I see this every day. For example, two senior patients come in for office visits who are the same age─one looks great and manages ...
By Amit Kharod, MD Even with remarkable advances in breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment, the disease still affects one in eight American women. But due to earlier detection, there are more than two million survivors today and breast cancer diagnoses continue to decrease. It is difficult to ignore reminders of the fight against this ...
By Joshua Raymond, MD, MPH, FAAFP As we age, our healthcare maintenance needs increase. With these added responsibilities such as heart health, blood pressure and cancer prevention, seniors can often overlook a simple but important element to everyday good health ─ proper hydration. Dehydration is a frequent cause of illness and even death in elderly ...
When you are seriously considering having your first baby or expanding your family, there are several key preparations to make well before taking your first pregnancy test. Don’t be surprised if your physician recommends that you start planning for a healthy new baby up to a year before conception. By doing so, you will be ...
Puberty is a good time to introduce breast health awareness Breast development is one of the many changes that occur during puberty, and an ideal time to introduce young women to breast self-examinations. The goal of these self-examinations in adolescents should never be to identify problems. Instead, the focus needs to be on becoming familiar ...
By Bhavesh Balar, MD Over the past few years, the cancer community has been encouraged that our ability to fight cancer seems to improve by the day. In fact, the American Cancer Society reports that from 1991 to 2012 (the most current data available), the combined cancer death rate for men and women decreased a ...
By Robert Pedowitz, DO Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with a staggering one in three deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes–according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a result, the CDC in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set ...
By Mark R. McLaughlin, MD The spine is like the Interstate 95 of our bodies. All of our sensations, motor skills and coordination travel through nerves in the spinal column. When those nerve connections are disrupted by injuries or wear and tear to the spine, it can cascade into a whole series of health problems ...
By Mark R. McLaughlin, MD We all know people who have accomplished amazing things in their 70s, 80s and 90s — from earning advanced college degrees to publishing books or completing remarkable works of art. What do all of these people have in common? Their incredible work is not the result of a sudden burst ...
