Articles in the Health & Wellness Category
Medicine is changing. The role of the physician traditionally had been to treat problems (Reactive Medicine). The patient saw the doctor when she became sick or developed a condition. As the science of medicine evolves, it is the prevention and early treatment of many conditions is the imperative for the physician.
In our practice, we see [...]
Many women experience abnormal uterine bleeding at some point during their reproductive years. The most common time to experience irregular bleeding is for the first few months after the first period and during the years leading up to menopause.
During a normal cycle, the inside layer of the uterus, called the endometrium, thickens in preparation for [...]
Breast cancer affects over 180,000 women each year. There has been much attention focused on a patient’s genetic risk despite the fact that only 5-10 percent of all breast cancer may be attributed to a known breast cancer-related gene. Attention is now being focused on other causes that both turn a normal cell into a [...]
The University of California San Francisco has published a new study on the effects of exercise and the reduction of stress cell aging (http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2010/05/4411/brief-exercise-reduces-impact-stress-cell-aging-ucsf-study-shows). The study shows that exercise can buffer the effects of stress-induced cell aging, according to new research from UCSF that revealed actual benefits of physical activity at the cellular level.
The scientists [...]
Many of us have heard of the multitude of benefits that acupuncture can provide for an aching back, stress relief, and chronic pain. But when it comes to erasing years from your face, acupuncture wouldn’t be the first thing you think of as an alternative to a facelift, fillers, or neurotoxins such as Botox™. For [...]
The baby boomer generation is no longer content to live out their lives in quiet retirement centers discussing their latest medical ailment. The concept of anti-aging is becoming a legitimate and evidence-based field of research and medical practice. The “fountain of youth” however, has still not been discovered. But let’s go back to basic biology [...]
