Conditions & Diseases

Sco­l­io­sis is a fair­ly com­mon spinal con­di­tion that affects approx­i­mate­ly three per­cent of the Unit­ed States pop­u­la­tion. Most patients that have mild sco­l­io­sis live nor­mal, func­tion­al lives and do not require med­ical treat­ment. The fol­low­ing high­lights the top five things to know about scoliosis.

Urol­o­gist, Jagan Kansal, MD, MBA, shares some of the mis­con­cep­tions about these com­mon men’s health con­di­tions and treat­ment that are avail­able so you can enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle as you age.

The endocrine sys­tem secretes 50 dif­fer­ent hor­mones through­out your body and each plays a vital role in main­tain­ing home­osta­sis, or sta­ble body func­tions. The fol­low­ing are five hor­mones and the most com­mon imbal­ances in both men and women.

Screen­ings are used to detect can­cer in peo­ple who have lit­tle to no symp­toms. Reg­u­lar screen­ings give you the best chance of find­ing can­cer ear­ly — when it’s small and before it has spread. Duly Health and Care offers var­i­ous can­cer screen­ings to help you live your health­i­est, hap­pi­est life. 

There is no short­age of infor­ma­tion on the inter­net about erec­tile dys­func­tion; the prob­lem is the infor­ma­tion is not always accu­rate. Erec­tile dys­func­tion affects an esti­mat­ed 18 mil­lion men in the US alone. One of the main­stays in treat­ing erec­tile dys­func­tion is through oral med­ica­tion, with Via­gra® being one of the most preva­lent and well-known brands on the mar­ket to treat sex­u­al function.

Hav­ing trou­ble with your feet? You may be one of the many peo­ple who are expe­ri­enc­ing a com­mon skin issue called Tinea Pedis, or Ath­lete’s Foot. This prob­lem refers to a fun­gal infec­tion of the skin that can occur in between the toes, or on the bot­tom of the foot. The symp­toms of infec­tion can include scal­ing, fis­sures, itch­ing, red­ness, and most notably, mac­er­a­tion (a white mushy like appear­ance of the skin) in between the toes. Some­times an odor may be present. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, this infec­tion is extreme­ly com­mon, seen main­ly in young to mid­dle-aged men; how­ev­er, women can also be affected.

When check­ing your skin for melanoma, per­haps you think of the dark mole on your back or the asym­met­ri­cal freck­le on your chest. By assess­ing sus­pi­cious spots on your skin, you’re tak­ing the first step to melanoma pre­ven­tion and ear­ly detec­tion. Whether you’re using the Ugly Duck­ling method or the ABC’s tech­nique, it is impor­tant that you and your der­ma­tol­o­gist per­form a thor­ough skin exam­i­na­tion, includ­ing places that might not nor­mal­ly come to mind.

What is Melanoma?

• Melanoma is a can­cer of the melanocytes, which are the pig­ment pro­duc­ing cells of the skin.
• It most com­mon­ly occurs on the skin; how­ev­er, may also be found in the eyes, ears, GI tract, cen­tral ner­vous sys­tem and in the oral and gen­i­tal mucous membranes.
• Melanoma is the most com­mon can­cer in women aged 25 – 29 years and is sec­ond only to breast can­cer in women aged 30 – 34 years.
• This can­cer is more like­ly to occur on areas that are less often exposed and more fre­quent­ly burned, such as the backs of men and the legs of women.
• It can be fatal if it is neglect­ed; there­fore, ear­ly detec­tion and prompt removal of melanoma can save a life.

Melanoma is the most dan­ger­ous form of skin can­cer and devel­ops when unre­paired DNA dam­age to skin cells (usu­al­ly from sun­shine or tan­ning beds) trig­gers muta­tions that lead to skin cells mul­ti­ply­ing rapid­ly to form tumors. While melanoma is not the most com­mon skin can­cer, it is the most dead­ly since it can spread to oth­er parts of the body where it is hard­er to treat.

May is Nation­al Osteo­poro­sis Month, a great time to set the record straight about this debil­i­tat­ing and poten­tial­ly dead­ly dis­ease. While it’s the most com­mon type of bone dis­ease, mis­un­der­stand­ing exists about who can suf­fer from it and what can be done to pre­vent it.