Charlotte Edition

By Timothy Blend, MD – November is the month we give some extra awareness to specific diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer’s, COPD, and lung cancer. There are many organizations that are specifically focused on early detection and treatment of these entities, with a wealth of information concerning what traditional medicine has to offer both you and your doctor. Our government and …

Discover Your Potential. Live It! Isamu Masuda, the founder of Nikken, had a vision to impact the world, one person at a time. His philosophy, “business growth and success is dependent on individual growth and success” is reflected in Nikken’s  vision statement, “Humans Being More” – a belief that all individuals have the right and the potential to live their …

We have all seen small local pharmacies in our hometowns but have you ever actually tried one? Why not, what are your concerns? Many people take comfort in the familiar big box pharmacies. We are all creatures of habit, but sometimes stepping out and trying something new can open your eyes to a great local experience in your own neighborhood. …

By Erin E. Harrel, Ph.D. Dean, School of Education at Edison State College and Joyce Rollins, Professor, Education M.A., Mary Robertson, Professor of Mathematics Education, Anne Angstrom, Ph.D., Professor of Middle Grades Language Arts Teachers in the world today not only have the responsibility of teaching our children, but they have to be trained to recognize various health and social …

InterStim Therapy By Joseph Gauta, MD, FACOG – You see them all the time. Television ads about new medication aimed at treating bladder control issue, urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency problems.  Talking pipes, water balloons, even the symbol from a restroom door now give new hope to the estimated 21 million women who suffer with occasional or chronic urinary incontinence …

By Sujatha Ramamurthy MD – Do you remember the days when doctors took time to actually get to know you and build a relationship with you? Remember when doctors not only took care of you in their office, but would also visit with you and oversee your care while in the hospital? You trusted them to explain what was going …

With the holidays approaching, many of you will be traveling to visit friends and family.  Before any trip, most of us create a to-do list.  If you have been procrastinating about putting an estate plan in place, use this holiday trip as your deadline to finally do so.  Most people believe that estate planning is only for the very wealthy, …

By Yollo Wellness – Platelets are nature’s reservoirs of proteins, peptides, and other compounds that facilitate healing. They include clotting factors to stop bleeding, inflammatory chemicals to drive the acute phase of the healing process and growth factors to promote tissue regeneration and the formation of blood vessels that nourish new tissues. Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment simply directs and amplifies …

Local Cataract & LASIK Specialist Dr. Jonathan Frantz now utilizes an innovative technology called the ORA (Optiwave Refractive Analysis) System with VerifEye, which continuously monitors the measurements of a patient’s eye during their cataract surgery. This incredibly accurate, real-time display of the patient’s eye provides Dr. Frantz with an unprecedented level of valuable information about the eye that allows him …

By Myles Rubin Samotin, MD – Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, Fellowship Trained in Foot and Ankle – To understand foot and ankle arthritis and how it affects us, we must first understand the basic anatomy of the foot and ankle.  Amazingly, the foot and ankle are comprised of 28 bones and 30 joints! However, arthritis mostly affects a few specific …