Shopping for Flip Flops, Sandals, and Slides: A Foot Doctor’s Guide
As the weather warms up, many people switch to flip flops, slides, and sandals. While these open-toed shoes keep feet cool, they often lack arch support, leading to foot problems like blisters and heel pain. Fortunately, there are ways to stay comfortable and stylish...
Personal Care Products and Cancer Risk: What to Know
Personal care products can help us look, smell, and feel good, but what’s in them—and how they affect our health—is not so obvious. While regulated, many of these products contain carcinogens and other ingredients harmful to human health. Knowing what to avoid can...
Expert Advice on How to Wake Up in the Morning
There’s plenty of advice and products on the market to help you fall asleep and get the optimal night’s rest. What we don’t think about as often is the best way to wake up. Are there things we can do first thing in the morning to start the day off right? In this...
What Are “Wellness Beverages,” and Can They Really Improve My Health?
The beverage market is flooded with what are known as “wellness” and “functional beverages.” These include energy drinks, sports drinks, electrolyte drinks, fortified waters, prebiotic and probiotic sodas, protein drinks, cognitive support beverages, adaptogen-infused...
Worried About Your Child’s Mental Health? Here’s What You Can Do.
Mental health is a very important part of your child’s overall health and wellness throughout their childhood years and beyond into adulthood. It is the foundation to building their future and plays an integral role in the relationship to their physical health and...
For Prostate Cancer, Early Detection Saves Lives
Prostate cancer is periodically in the news, often when a celebrity or public figure announces they are undergoing treatment. But experts say that for older men, prostate cancer should be something they regularly discuss with their health care providers, and the key...
Six Signs Your Child’s Tonsils or Adenoids May Need to Be Removed
When you are told that your child needs their tonsils or adenoids removed, it can be a scary thing to hear, and you may have many questions and concerns. Tonsil and adenoid surgeries are actually the most common outpatient surgical procedures performed on children in...
Is Your Child Having Nosebleeds? Try These Pediatrician Tips.
Nosebleeds can seemingly come out of nowhere when your child is playing outside or waking up in the morning. While nosebleeds are very common and usually nothing to worry about, they can be frustrating to deal with. In rare cases, they may indicate a larger problem....
What Is Melanoma, and Why Is Early Diagnosis of All Skin Cancers So Important?
Skin cancer occurs when there is damage to cells that make up the outer layer of your skin, which causes these abnormal cells to grow in an uncontrolled way. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer—there are more cases of skin cancer than all other cancers...