Women's Health
Is Menopause Affecting Your Physical and Sexual Health? Laser Treatment May Be the Answer
With Alyse Kelly-Jones, MD, FACOG, IF, Tryon Medical Partners
Although...
Exercise for Menopause: 3 ways to Adapt Your Workouts after 40
With Philomena Salvemini Hilton, MD, FACOG, Tryon Medical Partners
Menopause...
There Are New Treatment Options for Uterine Fibroids
With Jennie Jarvis Hauschka, MD, FACOG
Are you one of...
Beat the Burn: How to Manage Acid Reflux
With Lindsay Ostergaard, MSN, AGNP-C, Tryon Medical Partners
In a...
Local Doctors gifting up to $175,000 of life-changing plastic surgery procedures.
The plastic surgeons at Hunstad Kortesis Plastic Surgery Center + MedSpa are launching an innovative program called EMERGING HOPES to provide life-changing plastic surgery procedures from board-certified surgeons to deserving individuals in North and South Carolina.
Drs. Hunstad, Kortesis and Bharti...
When A Healthy Focus Becomes Disordered.
Is there such a thing as too healthy? Too fit? What is the difference between health-conscious and obsessive? Many of us spend significant amounts of energy trying to get in shape and eat healthily, but when does it become...
Infertility: Fact or Fiction?
Did you know that infertility is more common for men and women than many people think? Research shows that it is a disease with psychological symptoms equal to that of a terminal illness. In other words, individuals who are...
Lose weight with Evolve Medical’s HCG Diet Done Right
How does losing up to a pound a day before summer sound? It could be a reality with help from the folks at Evolve Medical Associates. This medical spa located on Fairview Road offers your typical Botox, CoolSculpting and other...
Vein treatments can get your legs ready for summer
The same thing happens about this time every year: we dial back the calories, dial up the gym time and reach for the sunless tanner — all with the goal of getting our bodies looking their best for summer. But there's...
What on Earth is Brown Fat and Why do You Need to Know About It?
As we prep for bikini season, "fat" might sound like a dirty word. However, researchers are now discovering that brown fat can actually burn calories.
Brown fat vs. white fat
Think of these two fats as a good cop/bad cop scenario....
Exploring Integrative Healthcare in Charlotte with The Center for Healing Arts
I round my shoulders forward to protect my heart.
That's what I told Dr. Babak Mokari, DO at the CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS when he asked me about my neck and shoulder pain. Dr Mokari is an osteopathic physician specializing...
Why is it so hard to lose weight over 40?
Remember the "Freshman 15"? Snort. #forgeddaboutit. Your real problem is the "Fifty 15" or heaven forbid, the "Fifty 50." How many times have you heard something like this.....
I used to live on a diet of pizza and ice cream, and...
What are the signs and symptoms of menopause and perimenopause?
In her ob-gyn practice at Mintview OB-GYN, Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones is particularly interested in women's sexual health and in their health & wellness issues in the menopause decade. This period begins when your hormones begin to drop (in your late...
Crazy ways to lose weight: fact or fiction?
You made your New Year's resolution a week ago but despite fighting for a treadmill on three consecutive mornings and politely declining a coworker's birthday cupcake one afternoon, that needle on the scale is just not budging.
Sound familiar? Who's ready...
Meet Charlotte Meditation with an EXCLUSIVE Discount
At some point in 2015 my mind turned on me. I had no clarity. I became forgetful. I lost my keys.
Yet, I continued to spin my plates on sticks: work, kids, exercise, laundry, grocery shopping, book writing, do-gooding....did I...
Lose weight sensibly in 2016 – FACT vs FICTION
We're a few days into the new year ... how are those weight-loss resolutions going? If you're eating your third donut of the day while reading this, don't panic! It's not too late to turn things around. For some...