North Palm Beach Edition

By Dr. Ricardo Leano Regenerative medicine involves the process of replacing or regenerating tissues to restore normal function. With the use of adult stem cells, so-called mesenchymal stem cells, we can stimulate your own body’s own repair mechanisms to functionally heal previously irreparable tissues or organs. Those mesenchymal cells have the capacity to differentiate into diverse tissues. In this way, …

Intimacy is a difficult subject for anyone to share with a healthcare provider, however many women suffer from the effects that aging & childbirth have on their lives. It is very common for women not only to experience signs of aging in the face and body, but also in the vagina. It can range from aesthetic deterioration such as pigmentary …

By: Dana Luzon, Au.D., FAAA Hearing aid manufacturers are constantly improving on the quality of their devices, and with every new launch comes new features that may benefit the patient and the audiologist.  Having an audiologist to customize and adjust your hearing devices is an integral part of your hearing care experience. With most hearing devices, they must be fine-tuned …

Now you can restore a more youthful appearance to your hands with the instant volumizing effect of Radiesse! Did you know that next to the face, our hands reveal the most about our age? Simple, everyday gestures such as a handshake, a touch of the face, even a sip from a cup put our hands on constant display. Over time, …

By Dr. Jonathan Chung Neck pain and back pain are two of the most common reasons for visits to a doctor’s office. One of the most notorious causes of neck and back pain are caused by herniated discs in the spine. Most people have heard of a herniated disc, but there’s a lot of misinformation about the condition what to …

Watch your child’s academic confidence soar by summer’s end By Mike Cohen, Director, Center for Brain Jupiter, Florida Certain children, no matter how hard they try, struggle in school. Too often the parents struggle right along with them. They spend countless hours helping their child keep up – not to mention digging into their pockets for tutoring, special classes or …

One of the things we notice when meeting a person for the first time is their smile. A smile does not just involve the teeth themselves, but also the gum tissues that act as the frame around the teeth. If either the teeth or the gum tissue are out of proportion, unwanted attention may be brought to these areas. Our …

5 Frequently Asked Questions about PRP By Dr. Alan J. Bauman, MD, ABHRS Board-Certified Hair Restoration Physician Using concentrated growth factors from our own blood platelets is a relatively new practice in the field of medical hair restoration, but PRP or Platelet-Rich Plasma has been widely used in orthopedics, dentistry and plastic surgery for decades. What initially began as a …

Excessive surgery has unfortunately become an epidemic in our country. Failed surgery rates for joint replacements and the spine are higher than most people can imagine. At American Med Care Center it’s not uncommon for them to see patients that have undergone multiple failed surgeries. Over 80 percent of the population will experience back pain at one time or another …

By William H. Stager, DO, MS, MPH, FAAFP, FAAMA, FAAO, FACOFP dist. We all deal with stress every day and we hear about it everywhere. Friends and family, at work or play, on TV or movies, books or news: everybody’s talking about stress. So what are we doing about it? First, let’s define stress. Many years ago, Dr. Hans Selye, …