Obesity has become an epidemic in our nation. And while diet, exercise and living a healthy lifestyle are the most effective ways to maintain a healthy body weight, many turn to appetite suppressants to jump start their diet or make it easier to avoid excess calories. Appetite suppressants are drugs that alter how your body responds to hormonal and brain signals and are designed to work just as the name implies, by suppressing your appetite. But do appetite suppressants really work and if ... [Read More]
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What Is Vein Ablation?
Vein ablation is a procedure used to treat varicose veins, which are those veins that have become enlarged from pressure placed on them. In particular, endovenous ablation uses ultrasound to find the problematic veins, and then uses radiofrequency or laser energy to close them off. This particular type of vein ablation cauterizes (burns and closes) varicose veins. Varicose veins commonly appear in the legs and feet; spider veins are a smaller variation of varicose veins. How Does Vein ... [Read More]
Venous Insufficiency: What It Is, How It’s Treated
Veins have an important job to do. They are responsible for moving blood, of course, but they move it in a specific direction. Veins carry oxygen-poor blood from the body’s extremities and other tissue back to the heart. From there, the blood heads to the lungs where it becomes oxygenated once again, before rejoining the circulatory system and being carried throughout the body via the arteries. Venous insufficiency occurs when blood isn’t being properly pushed back to the heart and, due to ... [Read More]
Preventive Cardiology: Non-Symptomatic Reasons To See A Cardiologist
With approximately 84 million Americans suffering from some form of cardiovascular disease, heart disease has been and continues to be at the top of the list of the country’s most serious health crises. As the disease claims approximately 2,200 people per day, many physicians are stressing preventive care as successful method for taking action. In fact, many venerated medical programs such as Mayo Clinic and Weill Cornell Medicine have entire programs dedicated to preventive cardiology. There ... [Read More]
Flu shot myths debunked
This year marks the centennial of a worldwide flu pandemic that sickened more about 500 million people, of whom 50 million died, including 675,000 Americans. Despite the totality of the pandemic, what many more found shocking was the amount of victims who were young (between the ages of 20-40) and otherwise healthy. After all, this was in the midst of World War I as if there wasn’t enough death and destruction in the world. Today, the flu can be prevented or at least mitigated with a simple ... [Read More]
