Conditions & Diseases

Plan­tar fasci­itis typ­i­cal­ly affects adults aged 40 – 60. It is most often caused by a com­bi­na­tion of overuse and poor arch sup­port. It results in injury of the plan­tar fas­cia in the heel area, lead­ing to inflam­ma­tion and pain. The plan­tar fas­cia is a thick band of tis­sue that lines the bot­tom of your foot; it is anchored to the base of the heel bone and attach­es to ball of your foot.

Veins of the body are respon­si­ble for car­ry­ing blood from the var­i­ous parts of the body to the heart. As peo­ple age, prob­lems can devel­op in the veins and can cause a vari­ety of dis­eases. Approx­i­mate­ly one third of men and women have vari­cose veins with vary­ing presentations.

Mol­lus­cum Con­ta­gio­sum is a skin dis­ease that is caused by the pox virus. The virus enters the skin through a break in the skin. The virus then incu­bates and then growths appear. Mol­lus­ca usu­al­ly look like small flesh col­ored or pink dome shape growths. The have a small cen­tral inden­ta­tion or white core. They often become red and inflamed. They are often found in the folds of the skin but can also appear on the abdomen, chest, groin and face.

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.