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Category Archives: Family Practice Information

What Are Grass Pollen Allergies? Grass pollen allergies are a common form of allergies to the pollen in grasses. It can cause a runny and/or stuffy nose, itchy and/or red eyes, coughing, and/or sneezing. As the name implies, grass pollen allergies ...

South Florida seems to have only one season: Summer. Although the temperatures drop in winter, South Florida rarely, if ever, experiences snow or freezing temperatures. Unfortunately, this means South Florida's allergy season lasts much longer than it does elsewhere in ...

Are your children participating in school activities, or playing sports this year? If so, they are going to need a physical. Call us at (954) 450-3550 today, and make an appointment for you child's school and sports physicals. School and sports physicals ...

The actor who played Tony Soprano in HBO's the Sopranos, James Gandolfini, recently died of cardiac arrest (a heart attack). He was a well known actor who was overweight. At this point it is impossible to say what exactly caused ...

Health Circle is a  good old-fashioned family doctor's office, owed and operated by Robert S. Tomchik, M.D., a resident of the city of Miramar. We love our aesthetic procedures, but at the end of the day we are a family medicine/general ...

In case you missed it on Robert S. Tomchik, M.D.'s page, Dr. Tomchik was the head of the Broward County Health Department. During that time skin rashes -- called seabather's eruption -- began to appear on swimmers in South Florida beaches. Doctor Tomchik ...

(Image ©Alaa Hamed) On our website we tend to emphasize our weight loss services and cosmetic procedures often at the expensive of our family practice information. So we just want to remind everyone that we are a family practice doctor's office as ...

We recommend that those of you who are reluctant to take medication, read the controversial new book No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy Seal, by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer. If you haven't heard about No Easy Day, it ...

(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, ...