Charlotte Edition

By Alex Anderson, Senior Associate Pastor at Bayside Community Church While I sat with the family in the surgical waiting area, I saw the elevator doors open. It was the surgeon. As he walked the twenty-five feet or so from the elevator to the waiting room, he was looking at the floor as though he was searching for something, maybe …

By Joseph Magnant, MD, FACS Julian had seen half a dozen physicians of different specialty backgrounds over the course of 10 years searching for the answer to his question of why his right leg was swelling. He never thought he had received a logical explanation and had resigned himself to live with the problem. Fortunately, he had a friend who …

Provided by The American Diabetes Association Diabetes is a serious disease, and you probably know someone who is affected by it. Nearly 30 million* children and adults in the U.S. are living with diabetes. About eight million of those people don’t know they have it, which means they’re not getting the care they need to stay healthy. About 5% of …

By Cara Tompot, Staff Writer Looking back on history, we remember a time when women didn’t ha ave the rights that they do now. Prior to 1919, women didn’t have any way to express their thoughts and desires through public policy. Thanks to first-wave feminists questioning the status quo, 1920 marked the first year that women could vote. This social …

By Carl McAloose We all remember having PE in school. I dare say that when asked what your favorite part of the school day was, many of us said “PE.” And why not? PE was fun. You got to play games, jump, run and best of all, you weren’t sitting at your desk. You got to burn off that extra …

By Yollo Wellness That moment when we wake up and look at ourselves in the mirror and realize “ I’m beyond a dapple of this and that on my face.”  The fact that I’m in my late 40’s is showing on my face. It’s not so much that I’ve got deep wrinkles, I don’t feel like the Grand Canyon quite …

Incontinence and pelvic floor problems are remarkably common but many women are reluctant to receive help because of the embarrassment associated with these conditions. Until recently, when women would seek help for these conditions there were few good options to treat them.  Due to the tremendous advancements made in the last decade in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions …

By Dr John Rand, D.V.M. – Probably the most common complaint from owners this time of year involves trying to solve their pets’ itch-related issues. Owners and pets are often equally miserable from the sometimes incessant scratching, biting, and licking. They are looking for help and looking for answers. They have very often (mis)diagnosed their pet either with some rare …

Hydrotherapy has been used for thousands of years to help people feel better. Putting together three of nature’s most powerful relieving agents: heat, water, and air, it invigorates and gently massages the body while easing away aches and pains. Three basic factors comprise hydrotherapy: Heat, Buoyancy, and Massage: . Heat from the warm water increases blood flow producing a healing …

I have been in practice for seventeen years as a general orthopaedic surgeon with a sub-specialty in foot and ankle. As a general orthopaedic surgeon, I take care of all types of injuries ranging from fractures to degenerative joint disease, acute traumatic injuries sustained in accidents from slips and falls to car crashes, chronic problems in feet, ankles, knees, knee …