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Battling Boredom in Your Workout

If you've recently identified more excuses than reasons to visit the gym, you may be battling a case of boredom in your exercise routine. Simple, small changes in your normal regime may reunite your feet and the elliptical machine once again. Often times people forget that a periodic change in your routine can not only benefit different muscles, but prevent the boredom that many of us experience, explains Craig Wax, DO, an osteopathic family physician...Read More »

An Unwanted Rosy Complexion: Rosacea

Fourteen million Americans between the ages of 30 and 60 struggle with a skin disease that resembles teenage acne. Although these men and women are not experiencing the hormone changes that cause acne during the adolescent years, they suffer from an inflammatory skin disease that causes small, red bumps - rosacea. Rosacea is more common in women, but men frequently display more severe signs of the disorder, explains Scott Lim, D.O., an osteopathic dermatologist practicing...Read More »

Bone Up on Osteoporosis

"Osteoporosis is a disease that lowers bone mass and weakens bone tissue, explains Debra Spatz, DO, an osteopathic orthopedic physician. While it's often considered an older person's disease, it can strike at any age. Diet, Exercise and Lifestyle Dr. Spatz further explains that the most common injuries from the disease include hip, spine and wrist fractures. However, many of the contributing factors to this disease are preventable. For example, Dr. Spatz advises all of her...Read More »

Living in Fear: Anxiety Disorders

Most people experience brief moments of fear just before a public speaking engagement or a first date. However, for 40 million adults suffering from anxiety disorders, feelings of fear and dread disrupt their lives for at least six months. Anxiety disorders impair social and occupational functioning, explains Mathew Sipple, D.O., an osteopathic psychiatrist from Erie, PA. Since it is not uncommon for anxiety disorders to occur in people who have pre-existing mental or physical illnesses,...Read More »

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Battling Boredom in Your Workout

An Unwanted Rosy Complexion: Rosacea

Bone Up on Osteoporosis

Living in Fear: Anxiety Disorders