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Overwhelmed by Anxiety? Consider Ketamine.

Overwhelmed by Anxiety

By Eric Milbrandt, MD, MPH Occasional anxiety is part of life. Many feel anxious when faced with a new project at work, before taking a test, or when making important decisions. I felt anxiety as the deadline approached to write this article. This type of anxiety can be unpleasant, but it …

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How Physical Therapy Can Help Individuals Age Well

Therapy

We’ve all heard the phrases about aging gracefully, but aging well is a growing concern for many seniors. Faced with bodily disorders as well as cognitive decline, many individuals that are 55+ years of age are taking strides to maintain independence and live their lives as healthy as they possibly …

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Soothing and Protecting Parched, Vulnerable Eyes

Soothing and Protecting Parched

If you’re one of the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from a chronic dry eye condition, you know what it feels like for eyes to be dehydrated, irritated, burning, gritty and strained. Some cases of dry eye are caused by certain diseases like thyroid disease and diabetes, or long-term …

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Want A Sleeker Smoother Sculpted Body for Summer and Beyond?

Sleeker Smoother Sculpted Body

Uzoma Nwaubani, MD, FACOG, FFPMRS If you’re stressing about the amount of weight you’ve gained over the past few months, you’re not alone! Many people have been cooking, baking, drinking, and lounging around a lot more than usual. You can blame it on your Netflix binging, being confined, seeing too …

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Total Nutrition and Therapeutics offers The latest Advancement in Body Sculpting

Total Nutrition and Therapeutics

Have you recently lost weight, but still have areas that you want to tighten or tone? Perhaps you’d like to tone up your abs, thighs or derrière, well, advances in body sculpting procedures are helping countless people do just that. Lean down and buff up, with precision technology that reaches …

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Putting Safety First for Seniors

Putting Safety First for Seniors

When was the last time you thought about home safety? How about the safety of your aging parents in their home; have you checked their home for general safety measures recently? Medical professionals will tell you how important it is for adult children to annually perform a safety check of their …

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Leukemia Awareness Month: What You Should Know

Leukemia

By Dr. Dariano, D.O. Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects 3% of the adult population, and it is the most common cancer in younger children under the age of 15. Leukemia affects the blood or bone marrow. The majority of our blood is formed from stem cells within …

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UPDATE: Prostate Cancer and COVID-19

Prostate Cancer and COVID-19

Prostate Screening Has Been Impacted by COVID-19 According to a July 2020 article* published in the journal Nature, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is advising against routine prostate cancer (PC) screening, including prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing and digital rectal examination (DRE), for all asymptomatic individuals until the pandemic …

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Revitalizing How You See and Look With Eyelid Surgery

Eyelid Surgery

Time can be our friend, offering experience, wisdom and wonderful memories, but it can also cause more than its share of issues, including eyelid problems. Age, gravity and changes in the skin can make eyelids begin to sag, bag and get puffy. These problems are often more than just cosmetic …

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Cancer Research Continues to Provide Hope Even in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis

Cancer Research

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently held its annual scientific meeting in a three-day virtual event. One of the major topics addressed at the meeting was the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on cancer patients. As one might expect, ASCO reported, “In patients with cancer and COVID-19, …

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