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Monthly Archives: August 2012

(Image ©Yogesh Arora) Gas generators produce carbon monoxide when they are turned on. This is the same gas that cars emit from their tailpipes. Running your generator inside your house is the equivalent of parking your car in your garage and leaving ...

We have the influenza vaccine ready for anyone who wants it, regardless of whether they're a patient of ours, or not. No appointment is required; just walk in. Remember that we have evening and weekend hours available. Check out our ...

(Image ©Dominic Morel) When hurricanes hit, the most common injuries occur when people are putting up shutters, taking down shutters, and clearing debris (this last one is especially risky). Accidents with chainsaws, in particular, are very common. When working and using dangerous equipment ...

(Image ©Giani Pralea) When a hurricane hits -- and there are widespread power outages -- it is important that you only drink and cook with clean, disinfected water. The easiest ways to do this is to buy lots of bottled water, ...

(Image ©Jeff Jones) The arrival of the rather uneventful Tropical Storm Issac marks the first storm of this hurricane season. Of course, we'll be open on Monday, August 27. But what you might not know is that we always open up immediately after ...

(Image ©Kostya Kisleyko) All those celebrity magazines, TV shows, and sites -- like People, Us Weekly, Deco Drive, TMZ, etc. -- like to give you the "inside" information on how celebrities are able to shed those unwanted pounds. Celebrities seem to magically lose ...

(Image ©Alex Bramwell) Many people detox or cleanse before they start a new diet. This is not something we tell our patients to do before starting our weight loss program. We don't use it, and we don't believe it is necessary for any ...

(Photographer: Anissa Thompson on stock.xchng) Have you ever been diagnosed as having prediabetes? Prediabetes is a condition in which a person has elevated blood sugar levels, but does not yet have type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is a serious condition, and must ...

(Photographer: Kurhan on stock.xchng) All doctors' offices -- including ours -- charge more for new patient visits than for existing patient visits. This is standard practice among all doctors and doctors' offices, and it is a practice required by commercial insurance ...

(Image ©everyday-stock235 on deviantART) How do you know if you have Type 2 Diabetes mellitus? Unfortunately, a person can diabetes for years without any symptoms. If you are overweight, or you have a family history of diabetes it is important to go to a ...

(Image ©StockProject1 on deviantART) A new study from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona (published in the New England Journal of Medicine) has found that one in five patients that successfully treated their type 2 diabetes with gastric bypass surgery experienced a ...

(Image ©hc-stock on deviantART) A lot people take laxatives hoping it will help them lose weight. They won't. Laxatives provide little actual weight loss; usually a couple of pounds lost at most, and even that does not last very long. Laxatives work by changing ...