North Palm Beach Edition

By Michael Cohen, Founder, Center for Brain If your child or teenager… • Has been diagnosed with ADHD • Is making poor grades • Is impulsive. • Makes poor decisions or choices • Can’t make or keep friends • Experiences or creates lots of “drama” • Seems angry all the time • Is oppositional and won’t cooperate • Is disruptive …

By Brent Myers, Pastor of Community Life – I know it’s ironic to quote a famous fast-food chain advertisement in a health and wellness magazine, but on this one – they got it right! They understood one of the most overlooked principles of our health: the need for rest. (How they recommend fulfilling that need, and what many others think …

By Alan J. Bauman, M.D. tri-chol-o-gy [trih-kol-uh-jee] noun 1. the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases. Between the fields of cosmetology/hair styling and the medical specialty of Hair Restoration lies the paramedical field of Trichology. Glossy magazines and shampoo advertisements feature luscious locks that often seem out of reach for the average person, so how …

PRP is gaining more and more popularity for its multiple uses in medicine. It is starting to be a leading source of healing therapies and has many uses for aesthetic enhancements. PRP is an abbreviation for Platelet Rich Plasma. PRP is derived from your own blood. The process can be better understood if you can relate to the healing process …

Growing up as a child who stuttered was not fun.  There is a social stigma about stuttering.  Even adults have a hard time listening to other adults who stutter without trying to finish their sentences, so you can imagine how hard it was for me in school with kids making fun of me – and kids can be cruel when …

By: Dana Luzon, Au.D., CCC-A, FAAA Board Certified Doctor of Audiology According to the Better Hearing Institute, hearing loss is now the third most common health problem in the country today, behind only arthritis and heart diseasewith more than 50 million Americans suffering from its effects.  With May being recognized as the 86th Annual National Better Hearing Month and to …

Approximately 42% of Americans will be considered obese by 2030. This is a staggering prediction! It seems that we are on a never-ending quest for that magic bullet. But is there really a magic fix for obesity? I fear not, as obesity is a complex issue that oftentimes requires a multidisciplinary approach. However, Traditional Chinese Medicine may be another option …

By Lee R. Cohen, D.D.S., M.S., M.S. There are a great number of reasons why teeth can look longer as we age. Ultimately, the supporting gum and bone around the teeth can be lost exposing more of the tooth structure.  Gum and bone loss can happen at a slow continuous rate or occur very quickly. The cause of this loss …

By midlife more than fifty percent of the population experiences significant episodes of low back or lumbar pain. Oftentimes, chronic low back pain leads patients to surgery of the lumbar spine. Unfortunately, ten to forty percent of the lumbosacral spine surgeries done for disabling pain culminate with recurrent or persistent pain. The numbers are so overwhelming that this condition has …

By Suheil Khuri M.D. Obesity is now an epidemic and has been on the rise in the last few decades. More than one third of adults and almost 17% of children are obese ((have a Body Mass Index “BMI” (a measure of extra weight) above 30)) in the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. I – Obesity Consequences: Obesity …