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Avoid Common Cycling Injuries

But caution often goes out the window as motorists, distracted by smartphones or not fully alert, collide with cyclists. The result can be fatal even...

April 4, 2014 / 3 min read


Caring for a Bad Back

About 80 percent of people over 30 experience back pain at some point in their life, according to Christine Villoch, M.D., a spine and pain...

April 3, 2014 / 3 min read


Study Shows Surgery Promising for Resolving Diabetes

  Are you overweight? Do you have Type 2 Diabetes? If so, weight-loss surgery can be a major factor in reversing your diabetes and improving...

April 2, 2014 / 2 min read


De-Mystifying Common Health Myths

Common health myths can run in families and across cultures for generations. Most primary doctors and family practice physicians are quite familiar with many of...

April 1, 2014 / 4 min read


Eat Your Vitamins

People growing up in the early 20th century were likely told to eat their vegetables.  As people turned to technology and “quick fixes” became the...

March 31, 2014 / 2 min read


Healthy Farro con Pollo

Recently I decided to make a healthier version of a very popular Latin dish, Farro con Pollo.  Farro is a whole grain that is an...

March 27, 2014 / 3 min read


Heroin Epidemic: Treatments and Options

From rich-and-famous stars to the poor and homeless, heroin overdoses are on the uptick. Earlier this year, for example, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died on...

March 26, 2014 / 3 min read


Vital Facts on Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension is a specific type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries leading from the heart to the lungs. It is different from...

March 24, 2014 / 2 min read


Tips for a Safer Spring Break

It’s hard to believe Spring Break 2014 is upon us.  Didn’t students just return to school from their summer break? Whether you’re in denial or...

March 21, 2014 / 3 min read


Men with 'Low T': Know Your Heart...

The media campaign by drug companies is one factor that is helping drive increased diagnoses of low testosterone. Also fueling this trend is an aging...

March 19, 2014 / 3 min read