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ARRHYTHMIA RISK FACTORS • Coronary Heart Disease • Personal or Family History of SCA or Heart disorders • Heart Failure • Prior Hear Attack • Drug/Alcohol Abuse SYMPTOMS MIGHT INCLUDE •Chest Pain • Nausea, Vomiting • Shortness of Breath • Light Headed or dizziness • Fainting To help control heart arrhythmias, a pacemaker or defibrillator can be placed in the …

In the spirit of the new year, the Woodruff Institute for Dermatology & Cosmetic practitioners share their best advice for achieving healthy, beautiful skin. The holiday season brings joy by celebrating with family and friends, holiday parties, special events and gift giving, but along side of all of the “Fa La La” often comes a bit of stress, over indulgence …

We all have aches and pains from time to time, but depending on your overall health, age and physical capability, formal medicine is often not enough. Patients are being overmedicated with prescriptions and receiving unnecessary procedures. Many physicians do not completely understand the importance of exercise and the optimal benefits that it has on countless illness, symptoms and disorders. These …

By Phoebe Brown – Staff Writer When people are diagnosed with chronic diseases, the challenge of living life fully, navigating the healthcare industry and finding the right treatment options can pose issues. For people with lung diseases, treatment options which address the disease itself are scarce and don’t usually go beyond traditional medications, supplemental oxygen or a lung transplant. Even …

Publications such as Health & Wellness have a goal: to educate. In this case, the education is focused on making the patient public better consumers of medical products and services. If people are willing to spend hours online researching the best price for the latest and greatest flat- screen TV, it stands to reason that the same amount of time …

The medically supervised and administered drug Ketamine has proven to be very effective on patients with depression. Whether that depression is related to PTSD, OCD, Post-Partum, bi-polar or other major depressive disorders, the administration of Ketamine IV therapy is providing favorable results for people suffering from these progressive afflictions. What is Ketamine? Since the late 1960s Ketamine has been used …

What is vaginal and vulvar atrophy? GSM, or genitourinary syndrome of menopause, is a condition in which the walls of the vagina and vulva become thinner and dryer due to a decrease in estrogen. It affects around 40 percent of women, particularly after menopause, and can cause painful intercourse, vaginal dryness, burning and decreased urinary tract health resulting in pain …

Preventative medicine is very common these days as most of us try to live a fairly healthy lifestyle. We’ve become a bit more mindful of what we fuel our bodies with and what steps to take to prevent being over medicated and developing age related diseases. Through this we’ve learned to maintain our weight, exercise, eat healthful nutrient rich foods and …

By Amy Hilliard As 2016 winds to a close, we’ll be busy with holiday parties, sending Christmas cards and buying presents for loved ones. It’s important, however, to remember the spirit of the holidays. It’s a great time to be of service to those in need and give of our time and talents. Research shows that in addition to volunteers providing …

I love Thanksgiving, even more than Christmas. The reason being, my grandchildren are still young enough that traveling at Christmas is not an option, they have to be home for Santa. I have three adult children and they live in three different states so deciding where to spend the Christmas holiday is difficult. Thanksgiving on the other hand is easy, …