Water safety

Summertime is time to enjoy our islands beautiful beaches. Have a great time but wear your sunscreen and stay safe in the water.
For some great tips on ocean bites and stings, watch our Healthy Living videos below. Have a great summer!

Ear infections

Summer time is beach time....and opportunity for swimmer's ear infections.  Otitis externa is the medical term for this unpleasant condition, where the skin of the external ear canal is infected and drains yellow or green fluid, swells and hurts.
To learn more about ear infections of all kinds, watch our Healthy Living videos here:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome presents with pain, numbness and tingling in the hand, due to the median nerve's being pinched as it travels through the wrist.   To learn more about what causes this unpleasant condition, watch this week's Healthy Living Videos!

Improving your Complexion

Well, spring is here, and so is the urge to clean out closets, plant a garden, reorganize your drawers...
....and to create that beautiful complexion you have always dreamt of. 
It's possible.
It won't happen overnight.
But with some care and attention, it will happen over about six weeks.

Take a couple of minutes to watch our Healthy Living Videos:
 



And watch a chemical peel or microdermabrasion right here:

PETS and your Health

You might not suspect that your family pet can pass on some diseases!  Cats can give you cat scratch fever, parrots pass on psittacosis, dogs may harbor hookworm, snakes and lizards store salmonella!
Oh my goodness!  Take a look at our Healthy Living Videos to learn more about staying healthy with pets!



More answers to your questions, below!

Bladder Trouble

 Urinary Tract Infections plague many women.  Learn more about how to prevent and treat these, in our Healthy Living Videos!

Itching, scratching, itching, scratching....

The phenomenon of itch is fascinating from the point of view of evolution.  Our bodies react to bites and chemicals by releasing a chemical called histamine: basically a big highlighter that says "over here" to our immune system, alerting it to send other cell fighters to help combat the offending insect, or toxin.

Which is great, except when there is no toxin or insect.  In that case, itch is just something that ends up driving you nuts.

The causes of skin itching range from dryness, to bites, to eczema, psoriasis, and more dangerous internal situations like liver disease, cancer and diabetes.

To learn more about itch....watch this week's Health Living Videos:

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