You don’t realize how much you rely on using both of your hands until you experience a painful wrist or forearm fracture. Often cause by a fall, a fracture to the bones in either the carpal bones in the wrist or to the radius or ulna usually is treated with resetting the bones and placing…
Do you have a kid that joined the football team this year? There are few sports that build the team mentality better than football. It is not just a sport – it is a way for young people to learn how to be a working part of a team, to understand how it feels to…
Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Unfortunately, many people feel this way even though they have sought medical help to no avail. Western medicine and traditional physicians often only treat symptoms, medicating to offer relief to their patients without ever under covering what is causing the symptoms. If you are one…
Hair loss or alopecia in one form or another affects about one-quarter of the people in the U.S. every year. It is not just aging men that experience thinning hair or balding; both men and women of any age or race can begin losing their hair for a variety of reasons. Many types of alopecia…
If you have not encountered a scabies infection, count yourself lucky. These microscopic mites have plagued humans for thousands of years, infecting an estimated 250 million people or more every year. Once infected with these mites, a person will becoming increasingly itchy as the mites burrow and reproduce under the skin. What is worse, these…
Having a cesarean delivery during child birth is a fairly common procedure in the U.S., but it is not without risks to the mother and child. Although many cesarean deliveries are needed to protect either the mother or infant from harm, some cesarean deliveries are performed voluntarily. It is important to understand the risks involved…
It is estimated that almost 13,000 woman will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the U.S. in 2015 and that over 4,000 women will die from this disease. Even though those numbers may seem high, they are only a fraction of what they were in decades past. There are many weapons available to prevent and…
One of the most popular cosmetic surgeries performed is still the nose job or rhinoplasty. There are many reasons a person may consider changing the shape of their nose. Since the nose is the center of the face, altering the size or shape can have a dramatic effect on the person’s appearance. Rhinoplasty is also…
Not all knee problems are actually in the knee. For many runners and endurance athletes, a knee pain that comes on suddenly after an increase in activity level may actually be due to the iliotibial band or IT band on the outside of the thigh. This fibrous band of tissue that runs from the hip…
Everyone has days where they are tired or they feel fatigued. It is normal to feel tired after a poor night’s sleep or fatigued after an unusually long work week. However, when you find yourself feeling tired and fatigued the majority of the time, there is usually something else going on than the need for…
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