Itching or pruritus is a neurological stimulus similar to pain.  Your skin is alerting you to a “threat”.  It can be a direct stimulus (a leaf brushing against your skin), imagined (you see someone scratching), or by an internal stimulus (an allergy to something taken orally).  Like pain, the itching stimulus triggers a nerve that […]

A recent study found that over 3,700 bathroom users, one in 10 did not wash their hands at all, just two in three used soap, and only one in 20 washed for 15 seconds which is still 5 seconds SHORT of what is recommended.  This may explain some of the cause of 50 million food-borne […]

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Eggs are inexpensive, protein packed, and relatively low in cholesterol.  There is 186 mg of cholesterol in the average egg. It is contained in the yolk.  The American Heart Association recommends 300 mg of cholesterol or less each day.  For those with normal cholesterol four eggs or less per week are acceptable.  Anyone with high […]

 With summer here with 90 plus degree temperatures, I thought it would be a good time to review the value of water.  An article in The British Medical Journal states that drinking eight glasses of water each day for health is a myth.  If so, what is the importance and usefulness of drinking water?  First […]

NEW!  Any patient receiving Botox for the first time will receive the $13/unit discount regardless of which day they come in like we offer with our introductory fillers!  Do you know how many units of Botox other doctors inject?  Current recommendations of Botox are 15 units per site (forehead, between eyebrows, and crow’s feet) for […]

The answer is an onboard medical emergency that sometimes requires an unscheduled landing.  A recent New England Journal of Medicine study looked at about 12,000 inflight emergencies over a three year period.  Pregnancy complications, psychiatric episodes, and cardiac arrest were relatively rare.  More common were fainting, difficulty breathing, stomach problems and cardiac symptoms. The research […]

A Mediterranean-style diet has purported to reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from heart disease.  A recent study from the University of Barcelona published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that those at a cardiovascular risk who followed this diet reduced their cardiovascular events by 28%. The major component of […]

At least as important as the taste and indulging our cravings is the fact that dark chocolate can reduce the risk of heart attacks.  The Journal of Nutrition found that small amounts of chocolate daily provide antioxidants to protect the heart and blood vessels from inflammation and subsequent cardiovascular disease.  The efficacious amount is about […]

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