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By Renee Chillcott, LMHC It’s an all-too-familiar story. Parents and their child(ren) sitting across the desk from me, hoping, searching, and desperate for guidance. Comments such as: • “If it’s something he wants to do, he does it, if not, there’s a battle.” • “He just needs to make better choices.” • “I think it’s just a kid thing.” • …

If you’re looking for an alternative to chemical-laden hair dyes – or if you just want shiny, bouncy hair – stop and take a long look at henna. It is a symbol of modern fashion to many women and men lately. Henna, popularly known as Mehandi is a hair coloring dimension used for hundreds of years. Throughout the expanse of …

By Juli Edwards Summer is here! Who doesn’t want to be outside, sunbathing, swimming, playing catch on the beach or just barbequing in the backyard? While summer means fun in the sun, make sure you’re not getting too much of a good thing. Avoid consequences of overexposure to the sun like sunburns, premature aging of the skin, wrinkling, and skin …

iLoveKickboxing, Boca Raton’s newest cardio kickboxing studio, held their Grand Opening Celebration on Monday June 27, 2016. In attendance were more than 150 people including Mayor Susan Haynie, Councilman Jeremy Rodgers, and members of The Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. The studio also had a long list of local sponsors who each brought some of their specialties to share. …

Written by Rachel Burnett, Au.D., Mission Audiology Submitted by Dana Luzon, Au.D., Audiology & Hearing Aids of the Palm Beaches Many times when patients come to an Audigy Certified provider for a consultation they have done some research on hearing aids prior to their appointment. Often, that research involves getting the opinions of friends or family that have hearing aids. …

Many of us look in the mirror and notice that around some or all of our teeth the gums are disappearing. In many cases, the teeth involved are sensitive to hot or cold and often the appearance of the teeth is longer than what we would like. The questions we are most often asked related to this issue are: “Does …

By Dr. Laszlo Mate The MINDSET study is a phase 3 clinical research study evaluating a new investigational treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. This study drug, known as RVT-101, is being studied as an add-on therapy to donepezil (sometimes known as Aricept®), the most widely used medicine to treat Alzheimer’s disease today. In a previous 684-patient clinical study, the combination …

By Alan J. Bauman, M.D. Odds are, your grandpa experienced it, probably your dad too. Is any man truly safe from hair loss? For most men, hair loss seems unavoidable. If you look down the street, it is hard to find a man older than 40 who isn’t experiencing some degree of hair loss or thinning. If you look at …

Summer is here, and the pressure is on to look and feel better than ever. So we had our team at MD Beauty Labs, put together their favorite beauty treatments for the summer. Hormone Therapy Unbalanced hormones are responsible for the millions of people who suffer from an array of problematic symp-toms. The human desire to muscle through the hormonal …

An estimated 2.7–6.1 million people in the United States have Atrial Fibrillation (often called AFib or AF). With the aging of the U.S. population, this number is expected to increase. Afib is the most common type of heart arrhythmia. During AFib, the normal beating in the upper chambers of the heart (the two atria) is irregular, and blood doesn’t flow …