Conditions & Diseases

The but­ter­fly shaped gland locat­ed in the front and base of your neck is your thy­roid. The thy­roid gland is part of the endocrine sys­tem and it pro­duces hor­mones that reg­u­late the body’s metab­o­lism. The thy­roid hor­mones help to reg­u­late the fol­low­ing func­tions: weight con­trol, body tem­per­a­ture, heart rate, bow­el move­ments, cho­les­terol, men­stru­al cycles, mus­cle strength and the cen­tral and periph­er­al ner­vous systems.

Ker­ato­sis Pilaris (KP) is a skin con­di­tion that caus­es rough patch­es accom­pa­nied by small, acne-like bumps. The bumps are usu­al­ly white, but can be red and gen­er­al­ly don’t hurt or itch. KP is found on the arms, thighs, cheeks, and but­tocks. KP isn’t seri­ous, but can be frus­trat­ing to treat; how­ev­er, KP nor­mal­ly dis­ap­pears by age 30.

Kid­ney and ureter­al stones are com­mon, in fact, 1 in every 10 peo­ple will devel­op a stone at some point in their life­time. These stones form when urine becomes too con­cen­trat­ed, caus­ing salts and min­er­als to build up in your kid­neys and form hard deposits.

Your eyes play an impor­tant role in your over­all health, but are often over­looked until a prob­lem occurs. Just like oth­er parts of your body, when not prop­er­ly cared for, your eyes can devel­op a vari­ety of con­di­tions includ­ing arthri­tis, cel­luli­tis or sun­burn. Board-cer­ti­fied oph­thal­mol­o­gist, Lisa Wohl, MD, shares some of the sur­pris­ing con­di­tions that can impact your eyes and what you can do to keep your eyes healthy.

Each year when spring and sum­mer roll around do you fear wear­ing shorts or your bathing suit due to your vari­cose veins? You don’t have to feel this way any­more! A min­i­mal­ly inva­sive treat­ment exists that can help get you the legs you want. Endove­nous laser treat­ment elim­i­nates unsight­ly vari­cose veins with an in-office pro­ce­dure, min­i­mal-to-no scar­ring or side effects and with a quick recov­ery. The endove­nous laser treat­ment pro­ce­dure is safe, fast, and effec­tive, per­formed by our high­ly trained, board-cer­ti­fied vas­cu­lar sur­geons. In less than an hour, you can be free from bulging, twist­ed vari­cose veins and back to enjoy­ing your every­day activities.

An over­ac­tive blad­der can dis­rupt your every­day liv­ing. You may feel embar­rassed, iso­late your­self, or lim­it your work and social life. But there are ways to take back control.

An asth­ma attack occurs when your bronchial tubes (which car­ry air to and from the lungs) become inflamed after expo­sure to cer­tain trig­gers. As they become inflamed, the bronchial tubes nar­row, mak­ing it hard­er for air to pass through. As a result, it can be dif­fi­cult to catch your breath or breathe nor­mal­ly. Dur­ing an asth­ma attack, it is com­mon to expe­ri­ence symp­toms such as cough­ing, short­ness of breath and wheezing.

Oto­scle­ro­sis, or ear drum scar­ring, can affect patients at any age and gen­er­al­ly wors­ens with time. After a patient under­goes a hear­ing test or audio­gram, an oto­laryn­gol­o­gist can deter­mine if a patient has ear drum scar­ring and if it can be treated.

Learn more about min­i­mal­ly-inva­sive treat­ment and surgery options for kid­ney can­cer (partial/​full nephrec­to­my) through the use of the da Vin­ci Sur­gi­cal System.