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Am I Eligible for Peptide Therapy?
You’ve noticed peptides in everything from skin care creams to protein powders. Your body produces its own peptides, but as you age, you make fewer. Peptides help you do everything from thinking to sleeping. Would peptide therapy work for you?
Jun 1st, 2023

How Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Feet
When you have diabetes, your first concern probably isn’t about your feet. But diabetes affects the health of your blood vessels, which puts both your feet and your eyes at increased risk for complications. Here’s why your feet are so vulnerable.
May 1st, 2023

Oh, My Aching Joints!
If you have aching joints, you deserve to know why and you deserve relief. Though most people associate aching joints with arthritis, that’s only one of the causes of joints that are stiff, painful, or swollen. Here’s how to help aching joints.
Apr 1st, 2023

Beware of These 5 STDs
It’s a fact of life that nobody wants: If you’re sexually active, you’re at risk for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Avoiding risky behaviors and getting regular tests for STDs can help you avoid them or reduce your risk for complications.
Mar 7th, 2023

The Role of Insulin in Your Body
When you think of insulin, you may only think about diabetes, a condition in which the body either can’t produce insulin or can’t use it. But insulin also helps keep your body healthy and strong. Here’s why insulin is important.
Feb 15th, 2023

Start the New Year with More Energy with an IV Vitamin Infusion
Whether you must recover from a New Year’s Eve hangover or you’ve resolved to be more focused for the coming year, a vitamin infusion can help you reach your goals. IV infusions are more efficient than oral vitamins, so you feel better faster.
Jan 11th, 2023

I'm an Adult. Why Do I Suddenly Have Asthma?
As far as you knew, asthma’s a disease that starts in childhood. But you’ve been short of breath lately and sometimes feel like you can’t breathe at all. When your doctor says that you have asthma, your first question is, “Why?”
Dec 8th, 2022

The Link Between Obesity and Joint Pain

If your knees and hips ache so much that it hurts to walk, you may not need a lifetime of medication and rehab. You may only need to lose weight. How are obesity and joint pain linked? Read on to find out.
Nov 1st, 2022

Here's What You Should Know If You're Pregnant and Diabetic
Whether you had diabetes before you became pregnant, or whether you’ve developed gestational diabetes, high blood sugar negatively affects you and your baby. If you’re pregnant and have diabetes, changing your habits keeps both of you safe.
Oct 7th, 2022

What No One Told You About Menopause
Menopause doesn’t get a lot of attention in our culture.You might go through your reproductive years without ever giving it a thought. Then, suddenly, you’re there: What’s happening in your body, and what — if anything — should you do about it?
Sep 6th, 2022

5 Practical Ways to Manage High Cholesterol
High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels often go hand-in-hand. Together, they increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. Luckily, the simple lifestyle changes you make to lower your blood pressure also lower cholesterol, and vice versa.
Aug 1st, 2022

Boost Your Immunity with IV Vitamin Therapy
The only upside to dealing with the pandemic is that you’ve become more focused on improving your immune system so you can more easily combat infections. One of the best ways to do this is through intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy. Here’s why.
Jul 1st, 2022

When (and Why) to Consider Hormone Therapy for Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are benign growths, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to live with. Fibroids cause increased urination, heavy bleeding, and pelvic pressure and pain. They may also interfere with your fertility. The right hormones can shrink them.
Jun 1st, 2022

Totally Valid Reasons to Consider Hair Loss Treatment
When you start to lose your hair, your first step may be to hide your bald or thinning spots with new hairstyles or hats. But these fixes are temporary and not very comfortable. Do you have to adjust and just live with hair loss? No, you don’t.
May 3rd, 2022

5 Reasons to Consider NAD Therapy
If you want to feel better, a series of infusions with the compound nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) gets you there quickly. NAD is a coenzyme that increases cellular energy and repair, but it declines with age. An infusion replenishes it.
Apr 1st, 2022

Spotting the Early Warning Signs of Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic in the United States.The only bright spot in an otherwise bleak picture is that diabetes comes with warning signs. In fact, if you have prediabetes, you can stop the disease in its tracks. Here’s what to look for.
Mar 1st, 2022

6 Effective Treatments for Joint Pain
If you find it difficult to sit down, get up, walk, run, or use your arms, you may have joint pain. Joint pain tends to increase with age. You may also develop joint pain after an injury. Here’s what to do about it.
Feb 1st, 2022

How Does Diet Impact Blood Pressure?
If you want to stay healthy and keep your blood pressure low, your refrigerator may be the most important medical device you could ever have. Learn how to control your blood pressure and improve your health by making different choices in your diet.
Jan 1st, 2022

5 Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
With all the antiaging treatments out there, you wonder which should be your first choice. Since most signs of aging have hormonal imbalances involved as a key factor, a logical place is to normalize your hormones ASAP. The benefits are plentiful.
Dec 1st, 2021

How to Reduce Crow's-Feet Without Surgery
Crow’s-feet — those pesky wrinkles that spread from the outside corners of your eyes — are a “normal” sign of aging. But you’re not willing to settle for normal. Nor do you want surgery. So how can you get rid of crow’s-feet?
Nov 18th, 2021

Why Is Losing Weight So Difficult?
If you’re trying to lose weight, you may feel like Sisyphus, the king from Greek mythology who’s condemned to push a boulder up a mountain. Once he reaches the top, the boulder rolls down, and he has to start over. Why can’t you ever reach your goal?
Oct 1st, 2021

5 Popular Uses of Dermal Fillers
You’re excited about dermal fillers: Finally, you can rejuvenate your face and transform your look without a single stitch. But what do you “fix” first? Following are five of the most popular uses for dermal fillers.
Sep 5th, 2021

My Husband Has Low-T. What Can Be Done?
At first, you took it personally. Your husband just wasn’t interested in sex anymore. And even when he tried to perform, he couldn’t. Then you noticed other changes, too. Does he have low testosterone (low-T)? If so, it can be treated.
Aug 5th, 2021

Where Do I Fit on the Body Mass Index?
You’ve heard about the obesity epidemic in the United States, and how catastrophic it’s been for the health of adults and children alike. But are you obese? Or just curvy? Use the body mass index calculator (BMI) to find out.
Jun 15th, 2021

What Types of Body Sculpting Services Are Available?
You’ve always loved makeovers, and now you’re ready for one yourself. This summer, you want to sculpt your body into the shape of your dreams. How do you do that? How long does it take? Read on to find out.
May 13th, 2021

When to Consider IV Vitamin Infusion
If you want to take your health to the next level, an intravenous (IV) vitamin infusion is a fast and easy way to do it. IV infusions drench your cells in hydration and nutrients, while you relax comfortably.
Apr 5th, 2021

Fillers Vs. Botox: Which Is Right for You?
You’re ready to take your beauty routine to the next level of sophistication by erasing fine lines and wrinkles, and creating more “oomph” in your lips and mid-face. So, does that mean you need Botox®? Or would you be better off with dermal fillers?
Mar 7th, 2021

Signs of a Hormonal Imbalance
You’re battling so many signs of aging and stress, you’re not sure what to do. Should you exercise even more? Change your diet? Take more supplements? You may just need to balance your hormones.
Feb 9th, 2021

Why Would I Need Hormone Replacement Therapy?
You’ve started running out of energy sooner than usual. Or your brain feels foggy and slow. Or you keep snapping at your family and coworkers. Is it just age? Or stress? Or are your hormones out of whack?
Dec 6th, 2020

What to Expect During Your Brazilian Butt Lift
You’re ready. Your clothes are ready. Your selfie-stick’s ready: You booked a Brazilian Butt Lift to contour your backside to be curvier and more uplifted. But you’re not into surgery, so you chose a Sculptra® BBL. What’s going to happen, the day of?
Nov 1st, 2020

10 Benefits of IV Therapy
More than ever, you need to be well-nourished, well-hydrated, and have a robust immune system. And if you’ve been thinking about kicking health-draining habits like drug and alcohol use, now’s the time to do it. Sound ambitious? Try IV therapy.
Oct 12th, 2020

Help! I Need to Lose Weight
When you think about it, you didn’t really gain that extra weight all by yourself, did you? You had non-nutritious “food” pushed at you on TV and in the inner lanes of grocery stores. You had “help” gaining the weight. Now you need help losing it.
Sep 14th, 2020

Botox Vs. Dysport
You likely know the cosmetic giant Botox® as the best wrinkle-fighter, but there’s a new antiaging heavyweight in town. Here’s everything you need to know about your newest wrinkle treatment, Dysport®.
Aug 18th, 2020

5 Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women
Being a woman is a feat in and of itself. It gets even harder when your body stops making the hormones you need to keep functioning and feeling healthy. Keep reading to learn about hormone replacement therapy and how it can benefit you.
Jul 17th, 2020

Signs of Low Testosterone Levels
Men, are you feeling tired, gaining weight, and losing your overall gusto and libido? It might be due to a dip in testosterone. Read more to learn about the signs of low testosterone and what you can do about it.
Apr 13th, 2020

Top 5 Benefits of Fillers
Sick of those unsightly wrinkles, saggy skin, and less-than-perfect buttocks? Fillers are the answer to your cosmetic problems. Read more about how fillers can change not just your looks, but your life.
Mar 5th, 2020

PRP: The All-Natural Game-Changer for Remedying Hair Loss
Having a full head of hair is an essential part of feeling attractive. Hair loss can be distressing, and you may wonder if there are treatments that actually work. Platelet-rich plasma therapy is a safe, effective, natural treatment for hair loss.
Dec 1st, 2019

Five Benefits of IV Therapy
When you don’t feel well, you’d give anything to find something that makes you feel better sooner rather than later.
Nov 1st, 2019

Telehealth: The Advantages of Telemedicine
Struggles to get to the clinic? Trying to reduce your exposure to COVID-19, as well as other contagious illnesses, and still need to see your doctor? Telehealth is safe and easy — receive quality care from anywhere.
Sep 3rd, 2021