Category: Wellness

Don’t drink and ink. A recent Harris poll found that 16 percent of tattooed adults regretted the decision to get tattoos, and large, intricate tattoos take time and money to both apply and have removed if you later regret your choice. Many people who have been tattooed, however, don’t regret their decisions. Another Harris poll…

Who needs rose colored glasses when you have contact lenses? There are many reasons to love your contact lenses: because they are worn directly on your eye, your entire field of vision is in focus, you don’t have frames or reflections affecting your vision or distracting you, and you can pick from and rock your…

Pain is unpleasant, but a necessary evil: it serves as our body’s internal alarm system when there’s something wrong, and let’s us know when we’ve pushed our bodies beyond their limits. In some cases, however, pain can be the sign that you’ve developed a deadly, emergent condition that requires immediate medical attention. Many of these…

If you have allergies, are obese, suffer from heart disease, have dental issues or experience migraines, inflammation in some form is affecting your body. Yes, these diverse diseases have inflammation at their root. Read on to learn more about the origins of inflammation and how to avoid and treat it. What is inflammation?  “Inflammation” occurs…

Don’t drink then ink. My friend’s husband was so drunk when he got a tattoo of his daughter’s name, that he didn’t realize he misspelled it for the tattoo artist until the guy was done. His wife pointed out the mistake when he got home. It was at this point when the husband suggested they…

There’s controversy in some parts of the medical world which concerns the use of X-rays and CT scans. Use of radiation as a medical imaging tool has been around for about 120 years. Computed tomography, or CT, has been around since the 1970s. Use of the CT scanner has risen dramatically over the past 40…

Getting behind the wheel of a car is one of the most dangerous activities you do on a regular basis. It’s so dangerous, in fact, that two out of every three drivers will be involved in an injury accident during their lifetime, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Further, as a motorist,…

Influenza, or the flu, is a contagious respiratory virus that will affect between five and 20 percent of the population of the United States this year, and every year. Most of those who become infected will be able to recover on their own, at home, using natural remedies and over the counter (OTC) medications to…

Your relationship with your primary care physician may be one of the most important relationships you enter into during your life: he or she is your first line of defense against disease, the manager of chronic conditions, and, depending on your insurance policy, the gatekeeper to specialists. Staying in a relationship with a doctor that…

In the months before we welcome our most precious packages into the world, we spend time planning: planning nursery colors and wardrobes, baby-proofing, and planning for daycares and career changes. As parents, we pass on so much more than just our genes. And as we plan for our children’s futures, we can make the choice…