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When feel­ing under the weath­er, how can you tell if you’re expe­ri­enc­ing envi­ron­men­tal aller­gies or a com­mon cold? Our Cold vs. Aller­gies Guide can help you sort through the symp­toms to clar­i­fy your con­di­tion and find treat­ment options that offer relief.

Sores in and around the mouth can be a source of embar­rass­ment for many peo­ple. How­ev­er not all sores are the same. Pri­mar­i­ly there are three dif­fer­ent types of sores that can occur in the mouth; canker sores, cold sores and oral can­cer lesions. Under­stand­ing the dif­fer­ence between these three types can help you make wise deci­sions and stay healthy.

Chron­ic cough is usu­al­ly defined as a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer. It is a very com­mon prob­lem and is the fifth most com­mon symp­tom for which out­pa­tient care is sought.

You may not think about it, but your skin is one of the most impor­tant organs in your body. It helps to pro­tect you from the envi­ron­ment, reg­u­lates body tem­per­a­ture, and it allows your body to feel. Here are 10 facts about your skin.

Our expert estheti­cians and der­ma­tol­o­gists rec­om­mend the fol­low­ing treat­ments to keep your skin glow­ing this hol­i­day sea­son and through­out the win­ter months.

In recent years, health care has been focused on pre­ven­tive med­i­cine. Pre­ven­tive med­i­cine empha­sizes the pro­mo­tion of a healthy lifestyle and proac­tive­ly mon­i­tor­ing for var­i­ous health con­di­tions includ­ing hyper­ten­sion, dia­betes or can­cers. To sup­port these efforts, most com­mer­cial insur­ance providers now cov­er the cost of an annu­al well­ness exam pro­vid­ed by an in-net­work provider*. Pre­ven­tive med­ical care is impor­tant because it pro­vides you and your care team with an oppor­tu­ni­ty to assess your cur­rent health, which can be use­ful for antic­i­pat­ing future health care needs.

Your pri­ma­ry care physi­cian, also com­mon­ly known as a PCP, is your main health care provider and is involved in your short and long-term med­ical care. Your PCP pro­vides pre­ven­tive care, teach­es healthy lifestyle choic­es, iden­ti­fies and treats com­mon med­ical con­di­tions, assess­es the urgency of your med­ical prob­lems and refers you to med­ical spe­cial­ists when necessary.

No-chip man­i­cures involve a gel-based nail pol­ish that includes a base coat, two coats of pol­ish and a seal­er which is applied and then cured to the nail under ultra­vi­o­let (UV) lights. When it’s time to remove the pol­ish, the man­i­curist wraps ace­tone-soaked pads around the nail for 10 to 40 min­utes, depend­ing on the brand and num­ber of coats applied.

As heart dis­ease con­tin­ues to be the lead­ing cause of death in the Unit­ed States, seek­ing med­ical atten­tion ear­ly for any pos­si­ble heart-relat­ed symp­toms is crit­i­cal. Learn more about how a Car­dio­Graphe CT Scan can help diag­nose var­i­ous heart conditions. 

The Inspire treat­ment is an FDA approved treat­ment for obstruc­tive sleep apnea. Learn more about obstruc­tive sleep apnea (OSA) and how this new treat­ment can pro­vide com­fort­able relief of OSA symptoms.