Charlotte Edition

By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D. – The Women’s Study: Arecent study of women (September 2012) by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts has shown that the more frequently women take ibuprofen (i.e. Advil, Motrin, Midol) or acetaminophen (i.e. Tylenol) the higher their risk of hearing loss. The results showed that the link was stronger for women less than 50 …

An orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle problems can make a huge difference. I am Dr. Myles Rubin Samotin, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon fully trained in taking care of all extremities from the shoulders to the fingers, from the hips down to the toes. In addition to a very lengthy training and specialization in orthopedics, I am subspecialty and …

You may live with it, and not even know it! Nurse On Call, joins the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s COPD Learn More Breathe Better® campaign in observance of National COPD Awareness Month, this November, by hosting a series of educational workshops and screening. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a serious lung disease that over time makes it …

Dr. Carl Klutke Urinary incontinence is a common medical condition that affects over 40 million Americans, yet it often goes untreated or unrecognized.  The reason for this trend is multifactorial, spanning from embarrassment to speak about this topic to dealing with more acute or morbid conditions that require focused attention. Nevertheless, it is a treatable condition that frequently affects the …

By Dr. Alexander Gaukhman It doesn’t matter if you are the highest rated celebrity or the poorest man in the country. Oral cancer hits without warning, and if the disease is not caught early, death sentence is almost inevitable. Estimations showed, that almost 8,000 are most likely to die from the disease, because they have been diagnosed in such a …

By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D. Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions in the United States.  It affects more than nine million Americans over the age of 65 and 10 million Americans age 45 to 64.  It is unfortunate that about three out of five older Americans with hearing loss and six out of seven middle-aged Americans …

By James W. Mallonee The Florida Legislature created Florida’s statute Chapter 222 which lists a variety of exemptions from creditor claims. One of those exemptions is to protect individuals IRA’s under a plan that qualified for 401(a), s. 403(a), s. 403(b), s. 408, s. 408A, s. 409, s. 414, s. 457(b), or s. 501(a) status under Federal code.  Generally speaking, …

By Alex Anderson Mayflies I had this crazy thought. See if you can follow me on this. I’m 53 years old. If I live to be 86 years old (a very real possibility given my genes) then I have 33 years left. At first this sounds like a lot of time, and it is, unless the perspective is changed to …

Symptoms of stress can affect your health and you may not even realize why your health is declining. Oftentimes, many people make the mistake of blaming an underlying illness is the cause of decreased energy, a headache that just won’t go away, or endless nights of sleeplessness. The truth is, most of the time, stress is actually the cause of …

Imagine loosing something that you have been dependent on since the day that you were born. Sight is one of the senses that we become the most dependent on, and as we age it’s one of the senses that is compromised the most. Many people with low vision have macular degeneration. The disease is common in people over 70 years …