Charlotte Edition

Don’t let your hearing loss prevent you from getting the most out of your time off! By Dr. Noël Crosby, Au.D. – Got a vacation coming up?  If you do, chances are you have a checklist of things that need to be done before you head out of town…i.e. cancel your mail and paper delivery, fill prescriptions and pack medications, …

By Lisa Minic – Do you suffer from chronic acid reflux, also known as GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)? Is it limiting the foods you can eat or when you can eat? Does it keep you from sleeping comfortably, or sleeping at all? Until recently, there were only two treatment options for people suffering from GERD: prescription medication or invasive surgery. …

By Bert Shubert, Certified Personal Trainer – Progressive Health Club holds a Lose to Win Contest every January. This year was our 6th annual contest. We had such good results, that a couple of our trainers are still running the program for new members. This is the same program that we run in January without the prizes. The best prize …

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 …

By Dr. Todd B. Lang – Dry eyes affect over 20 million people in the US. It will usually start later in life, especially in women starting in the late 40s to early 50s. The symptoms start with a simple burning or dryness.  This can progress to an itchy sensation, stinging, gritty or sandy sensation, light sensitivity, blurry vision, night …

By Wayne Goffin, Physical Therapist – “If only I had taken better care of myself when I was younger; if I could just get this weight off I would feel so much better.” As a Physical Therapist if I had a dime for every time I have heard a comment like this from a patient in my office I would …

By Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte – The topic of this month’s article changed radically the weekend before I sat down to write it. I had been planning to write on the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and CAT scans for eye and dental work. However, this weekend I discovered that a friend’s child has had some serious issues; …

By Cherra F. Pumphrey, M.D., HarborSide Internal Medicine – According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million people in the United States (8.3% of  the population) have diabetes mellitus type II. While patients with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of developing cataracts and glaucoma, the most common diabetic eye disease is diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is retinal damage caused …

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was someone who could help you figure out the next steps in your health care journey? Someone who could answer your questions and help educate you on your options? At Blake Medical Center, there is such a person. Her name is Kelli Thompson Cox, and she is the Valve Institute Nurse Navigator. Patient care …

Riverchase Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery – So what is Coolsculpting? Coolsculpting is an FDA-approved noninvasive way to treat fat. There are no incisions, anesthesia, or medications required. How does it work? There is a medical entity called popsicle panniculitis that was first described in the 1970s where little children had popsicles placed in their mouths, but because they were so …