North Palm Beach Edition

“My boy didn’t make the pitching roster for his fifth baseball travel team‘cause of shoulder pain, a 38 year old Mets player won the Cy Young award, and Kevin Youkilis is a friggin Yankee?…  Those darn Mayans were right about that calendar…” By Matthew Stiebel, MD, FRCSC – Shoulder pain in the overhead throwing athlete is a constant source of …

By Scott Altschul, Senior Vice President, Florida District, Key Private Bank – For many years, the state of Delaware has developed the reputation as a friendly jurisdiction for U.S. business because of its advantageous tax code and pro-business legal environment. However, in recent years Delaware has become popular with estate and wealth planning professionals, who consider the state one of …

By David W. Feld, MD, Jupiter Obgyn – Cervical cancer is a dreaded, but largely preventable disease. Unfortunately, in the coming year, it is estimated between 11,000 and 12,000 American women will be diagnosed with it and nearly 4,000 will succumb from an advanced form of the disease. What can be done about this, and how can we increase the …

By Alan J. Bauman, M.D. – Medications that your doctor prescribes are used to maintain your health or treat a specific medical condition, but they can come with unwanted side effects.  Some drugs trigger hair growth in unwanted areas, changes in color or texture, or cause hair loss. Like any other type of hair loss, drug-induced hair loss can have …

Years of excessive childhood use and abuse of the body – skiing, gymnastics, trampoline jumping – and working at a desk job for forty years left Carol Ann Kaminski suffering from chronic back and neck pain. Eventually her active lifestyle caught up with Carol Ann and the increasing back and neck pain made it difficult for her to enjoy some …

By Paul Cain, Ph.D. and Donna Holm, CPA – As seniors embrace the golden years, they have many things to look forward to – retirement, watching their children begin families of their own, playing with grandchildren, and hopefully enjoying a full life with the wisdom of age on their side. Along with the joys of aging comes the knowledge that …

By Dan Goldstein, PT, O/SCS, ATC, GFS – When we experience chronic pain, anywhere in the body, we consciously, and sometimes even unconsciously, alter our movements in order to reduce the immediate discomfort.  These compensated motion patterns may alleviate the pain for a short while but they ultimately result in abnormal muscle activity, poor joint motions, with additional breakdown and …

By Dana Luzon, Au.D. – Forget everything Grandpa told you about his hearing aids. Those days and those hearing aids are long gone, thankfully. Today, you can enjoy the sounds of life without a lot of hassles. Modern hearing aids deliver sound quality and ease-of-use in small, discreet devices. Today, quality hearing aids use digital technology – circuitry that’s used …

By Lauren R. Rosecan, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. – WHAT IS RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION? A retinal vein occlusion occurs when a vein in the eye’s retina is blocked. The retina is the layer of light-sensing cells lining the back of your eye.  It converts light rays into signals, which are sent through the optic nerve to your brain where they are …

By Stuart R. Manoff, Esq. – A new year is upon us, and with a new year comes new resolutions. For most people, the beginning of a new year really means the beginning of a “new you.” New Year’s resolutions often revolve around becoming a healthier and happier person. As a part of that goal to be better, people tend …