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  • How Vitamins Fight Disease and Boost Your Immune System

     

  • Plastic Surgery: More Than Just Improving Your Appearance

    When you hear the term “plastic surgery,” you may envision breast implants and face lifts aimed at making someone more attractive. But plastic and reconstructive surgeries have many other important uses.

  • Checking Your Cholesterol - Is it Really Necessary?

    According to the AHA, nearly 95 million Americans have a total cholesterol above the normal rate of 200 mg/dL. Approximately 10 million Americans have a total cholesterol over 240 mg/dL, which is considered very high. High cholesterol increases your risk for heart disease and stroke, chronic conditions that kill about 2.6 million people every year and are among the top three causes of preventable death in the country.

  • What Is the Best Type of Breast Implant After a Mastectomy?

    After a mastectomy as part of your breast cancer treatment, you might choose to have breast reconstruction surgery. You’ll want a breast that looks realistic and won’t need to be replaced after a short time. Which is the better choice: saline or silicone breast implants?

  • The New Year’s Resolution Solution: Take It One Step at A Time

    For this blog post, which is probably the umpteenth one you’ll see on the topic of New Year’s Resolutions this month, I’m going to make it easy on you. I mean that literally. The elusive solution to all those ambitious resolutions, which almost always trail off by February and never really happen, is to make them “easy on you.”

  • Reducing breast cancer risk with early diet changes

    The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) estimates that 38 percent of all breast cancer cases in the U.S. could be prevented with simple changes to diet and exercise. We are also learning that adult breast health is largely determined during the adolescent years, when the breast tissue is developing and is most susceptible to nutritional and environmental influences. Research shows that the consumption of certain foods during the breast development process may actually change its physiology, thereby making it more or less inclined to developing cancer in the future. Although the mechanisms of action are not yet completely understood, clinical evidence has shown that there are a few basic dietary practices that appear to be protective in the development of breast cancer.

  • How to Maintain a Healthy Diet During the Holidays

    This blog was written in conjunction with Gerry Samantha Eichelberger and Jordan Carbono, Florida State University College of Medicine students.

  • Four Easy Diet Tips to Stay Energized During the Holidays

    Is it just me, or does this holiday season seem especially hectic? Between work and travel, parties and family visits, the holiday season seems to feel more rushed each year. Unfortunately, the season that requires the most energy also happens to be when it is shortest in supply.

  • 5 Reasons You Should Get the Flu Vaccine This Year

    Cold and flu season is underway, which means if you haven’t gotten vaccinated yet, it’s time to head to your local pharmacy or doctor. Getting the flu vaccine can help you avoid getting ill, and potentially losing days away from work, school — or even worse, ending up in the hospital.

  • Early Treatment May Improve Lung Cancer Survivorship

    This year, there will be 222,500 new cases of lung cancer, but a recent study indicates there may be better odds of survival in people diagnosed with this disease at an early stage.