Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diets, on the Newest Episode of AHC TV
by Bobby DeMuro This week on A Healthier Charlotte,… [more]
Holiday stress got you down? Watch this week’s episode of AHC TV
by Bobby DeMuro The holidays are here, and this week we’re covering the aspects of holiday health… [more]
Getting Enough Sleep? Local Experts Talk Sleep Medicine
by Bobby DeMuro This week, we bring you three experts on behavioral sleep medicine, integrative health,… [more]
Disordered Eating: A Very Pervasive and Sensitive Public Health Topic, on AHC TV
by Bobby DeMuro This week on A Healthier Charlotte, we tackle… [more]
Cycling in Charlotte, on the latest episode of A Healthier Charlotte
by Bobby DeMuro This week on A Healthier Charlotte,… [more]
Scalpel? No. Robotics, Please.
by Stacey Wood, MD Midtown Obstetrics and Gynecology Robotics, yes, robots and 3-D imaging, have… [more]
A Healthier Charlotte Talks With Healthy Living Bloggers on Episode Two!
by Bobby DeMuro This week on the 'A Healthier Charlotte' TV show, we spoke with three young women… [more]
The Obesity Epidemic and the Carolinas
by Bobby DeMuro This week, on the inaugural episode of 'A Healthier Charlotte,' we discussed obesity,… [more]
Family Wellness
Nutrition and Pregnancy: What you Need to Know for a Healthy Mom and Baby
by Heather White, MD, Midtown Obstetrics and Gynecology “I’m eating for two” or “I’ll lose it all after delivery” are not excuses for ignoring your nutrition during pregnancy. Nutrition is an integral part of a healthy pregnancy. Unfortunately, nutrition is not always a priority for women – even though it needs to be. Healthy eating [...]
Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diets, on the Newest Episode of AHC TV
by Bobby DeMuro This week on A Healthier Charlotte, we explore gluten intolerance, and the more serious issue of celiac disease, with four experts from the celiac community. Restaurants, food producers and chefs across the country are all embracing the gluten-free craze, but what does it mean for you? And [...]
This week on AHC TV: Financial Health
by Bobby DeMuro This week on AHC TV, we explore the relationship between your bank account, and your overall health. Whether it be financial responsibilities, bill-paying anxiety, health care costs, or anything in between, money can have a large effect on your physical, emotional, and psychological health. So, four [...]
Healthy Pathways 2012 Lunch and Learn Series
Experiencing Simplicity by Making Changes to Create Healthier Pathways Feeling overwhelmed and tired of being pulled in a million directions? Are you ready for a fresh start to the new year? Simplicity Organizers and Kim Moseley, with Healthy Pathways, have teamed up to offer a year long “Lunch and Learn” series around creating healthier pathways [...]
Sports Medicine
Exercise, Dehydration & Fluids: What Kind? How Cold? How Much?
by OrthoCarolina Sports Medicine group Anyone who has participated in endurance activities, long practices, continuous labor, or just spent the day by the pool in the sun has experienced the sense of profuse fluid loss through sweating and evaporation. It is not uncommon in more tense activities in hot climates to lose up to two [...]
Ice Versus Heat
by Roy A. Majors, M.D., OrthoCarolina Probably the most common asked question to me in regards to sports injuries is, “When do I use ice and when do I use heat, and to which injuries do I use which?” It is fair to say that most people will use ice following their initial injury and [...]
A Healthy Approach to Fitness Training
by Roy A. Majors, M.D., OrthoCarolina Whether it’s jogging, aerobics, Stairmaster, weight training or swimming, fitness training has become a major part of many American lives. Though these types of activities are felt to be relatively safe forms of fitness training, they do tend to lead to more common orthopedic complaints such as tendinitis, bursitis [...]
Shoulder Pain in Sports: Common Sympton Can Be Avoided
by OrthoCarolina Sports Medicine group Shoulder pain has always been a common complaint in throwing athletes as well as weight lifters. With the increasing role of strength training by most general athletes, as well as the increasing popularity of fitness training, shoulder pain has become a common symptom. Anatomy The shoulder joint has the remarkable [...]
Women’s Health
Nutrition and Pregnancy: What you Need to Know for a Healthy Mom and Baby
by Heather White, MD, Midtown Obstetrics and Gynecology “I’m eating for two” or “I’ll lose it all after delivery” are not excuses for ignoring your nutrition during pregnancy. Nutrition is an integral part of a healthy pregnancy. Unfortunately, nutrition is not always a priority for women – even though it needs to be. Healthy eating [...]
Scalpel? No. Robotics, Please.
by Stacey Wood, MD Midtown Obstetrics and Gynecology Robotics, yes, robots and 3-D imaging, have become the favorite tools of gynecological surgeons here in Charlotte. Gone are the days of open incisions for procedures like hysterectomies (removal of the uterus) and myomectomies (removal of fibroids). The “bikini cut’ incisions required only a few years ago [...]
She’s Here!
by Amy Morrison Well, you may suspect from my prominent absence from posting that we have welcomed our daughter into the world. The birth was nothing like I had planned, but in the end, it was everything and more I could have imagined. My contractions began around 8 am on Saturday, September 3. They weren’t [...]
Charlotte Radiology Launches “1-in-8” Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Charlotte Radiology will launch a “1-in-8” breast cancer awareness campaign featuring a series of interactive educational and promotional events throughout October during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The initiative derives its name from the statistic that one in eight women is affected by breast cancer. Designed to ensure that women understand the importance of annual [...]
Be Inspired Every Day…to accept new challenges
by Carolyn Oakes As September grows to a close, a month designated for Ovarian Cancer Awareness, I want to make sure the message continues long past this month. It was 2 years ago in September I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I am one of the “lucky” ones. Accordingly to ovarian cancer stats , [...]
