Increase Heart Disease Awareness This February

A good heart and good health really should be our possessions most prized. After all, life is a gift. The thing is, it is usually only when something unforeseen or unfortunate happens that we remember to treasure our health. More than our biological muscle, our heart signifies spirit, strength, vitality, happiness, hope, love, life, vibrancy […]

Umm, Easy, Healthy Recipe

  I recently found myself feeling the need to do “something different”. I know, that sounds a little crazy but when you work all the time like I do, occasionally you just need to get off the regular world and into another one. I decided that I would take a cooking class with Sur La […]

February is National Cancer Prevention Month

If you made resolutions this New Year, February is a time to begin to renew every effort. Better choices are just in time because February also happens to be National Cancer Prevention Month. The AICR or the American Institute for Cancer Research will be able to assist you with what you need to keep in […]

February is National Wise Mental Health Consumer Month

With the rising healthcare costs, the American Institute of Preventive Medicine has decided to sponsor Wise Health Consumer Month during the month of February. With the fluctuation of the economy, consumers in America are continuously looking for methods to make wise decisions of health to get true value for the money that they spend. These […]

Cancer and Hemorrhoids: Pain In The Butt!

Do you have a pain in the butt? No, I’m not talking about the kids, the husband, the dog, or the job, but hemorrhoids. Did you know that hemorrhoids are not a new problem for our modern time? David A. Johnson, MD, is a professor of medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical […]

Cancer Patients Can Have PTSD

It seems we always associate Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with our military. But did you know that 1/3 or more cancer patients experience it too? Yes, freight, strain, heartache, anger, grief, and many other emotions can manifest in the cancer patient’s life. This can often bring about PTSD. For many years I wondered why so […]

Sooner Than Later

The diagnosis of cancer or any other “life threatening” problem makes one think about things they are not constantly thinking of or had never thought of. I tell all of our patients at New Hope Unlimited, “Cancer has made you become a better person than you were a year ago”. I say that because sometimes […]

It’s Official, We Are Not Winning

  Remember that night back in 1971 when President Richard Nixon addressed the nation on the United States rise in cancer problems? That night on TV is when he coined the phrase, “The War On Cancer”. Well, I haven’t heard President Clinton, President Bush nor President Obama announce that we have won the war. I […]

Caring for Your Health the Right Way Does Matter

These days more and more folks use online resources in order to get solutions they need. This holds true when it comes to issues of health as well. It cannot be denied that when looking for help for urinary and other similar conditions, more and more consumers are using the internet for gaining medical information. […]

Your Online Medical Records Are Not Safe

I received a physician’s newsletter recently and when I read it, I wanted to shout “I told you so!”.  But of course, I’m trying to be a good person so I didn’t. However, my family, friends, and our patients know that I am totally against putting our medical records on line. Did you know that […]