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Does your doctor have time to listen?
Being in chronic pain is emotionally exhausting. Effective pain management requires addressing not only the physical aspects of pain, but the emotional ones, too. This means doctor and patient must spend time together which, in traditional medicine, is difficult. Today’s physicians often run from exam room to exam room with little time to...
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Varicose veins and heredity
One of the biggest risk factors in the development of varicose veins is heredity, that is, your family history. If your parents or grandparents have/had varicose veins you, too, are at a higher risk. We’ve had patients say, “I love my parents, but I don’t want my legs to look like that.” For years many people have been told...
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Lose 20-40 lbs before Memorial Day
The 70-degree temperatures we enjoyed at the beginning of March were a hopeful reminder that shorts and swimsuit season really is on its way. If you’ve picked up unwanted pounds over the winter or during the two-year pandemic—or you’ve been trying to lose weight for a long while without success—here’s a safe and effective way to...
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With the revolutionary Lunula laser, Dr. Danielle Shaper, of Finesse Footcare, is eliminating nail fungus without the pain or side effects
The promise of warmer weather signals a highly anticipated return to flip-flops and sandals. But for people suffering from toenail fungus—about 35 million Americans—the anticipation is hardly positive, as it means people will see their discolored, thickened and misshapen nails. Beyond the unsightly appearance, toenail fungus, left...
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We all have a leaky gut
Nearly 2,500 years ago the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.” He may not have been too far off. Leaky gut, a relatively recent term, refers to a condition where the gut lining becomes more permeable than it should be, no longer functioning properly as a barrier between the intestines and the...
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