Conditions & Diseases

Strong pelvic floor mus­cles are vital to a wom­an’s health and sense of well-being. From your child-bear­ing years to menopause, it is impor­tant to keep your pelvic floor mus­cles strong and healthy. 

Being told you have can­cer can be a scary and stress­ful time in your life. You prob­a­bly have many ques­tions and are unsure of where to start or what to do first. There are many trust­ed web­sites with can­cer infor­ma­tion, but your physi­cian and care team is the best source, and best place to start, for infor­ma­tion on your diagnosis.

What is GERD:

Ring­ing in the ears, or tin­ni­tus, can be a frus­trat­ing and irri­tat­ing symp­tom; how­ev­er, as sci­en­tists con­tin­ue to make break­throughs in tin­ni­tus treat­ment, peo­ple suf­fer­ing from ring­ing in the ears can find relief. The Neu­romon­ics Oasis device is just one path to hear­ing, and liv­ing, better.

“I was scared, but I knew it had to be done.”

When you are going through can­cer treat­ment, and more specif­i­cal­ly chemother­a­py, your health care team is there to make sure you are com­fort­able. You will have the lux­u­ry of your own pri­vate reclin­ing chair along with med­ica­tions to help man­age side effects but bring­ing a favorite book, movie, blan­ket or friend can also pro­vide com­fort dur­ing your treat­ments. The num­ber of chemother­a­py ses­sions and dura­tion of each treat­ment will vary from patient to patient and even vis­it to vis­it, but it is help­ful if you bring some things to help pass the time and keep you com­fort­able while receiv­ing treatment.

As tem­per­a­tures drop and sea­sons change, it’s not uncom­mon to devel­op symp­toms such as nasal con­ges­tion, sneez­ing, itchy eyes, cough­ing, facial pres­sure and body aches. You may shrug off these symp­toms as noth­ing more than a head cold, but they may be caused by sea­son­al aller­gies or a sinus infec­tion which may require dif­fer­ent treat­ments to resolve. To help you deter­mine what’s behind your symp­toms, board-cer­ti­fied oto­laryn­gol­o­gist (ENT), Feodor Ung, MD, shares dif­fer­ences between colds, aller­gies and sinus infec­tions and how you can get symp­tom relief.

Every­day life can seem like a bal­anc­ing act. The demands that come from our fam­i­ly and work often make putting our own health last on our pri­or­i­ty list.

Many peo­ple expe­ri­ence joint pain, espe­cial­ly in the hands. Joint pain becomes par­tic­u­lar­ly more preva­lent as we age. It is impor­tant to dis­tin­guish pain that is due to inflam­ma­tion in the joints, from pain that is due to degen­er­a­tion of bone and cartilage.