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Infusion Therapy for Autoimmune Disease: What to Expect at Your First Visit

When you have an autoimmune disease, you may need intravenous infusion therapy to calm inflammation and fight off infections. Infusion allows medications, including biologics, to go straight into your bloodstream to give you quick relief.

Jul 1st, 2026

Tighten Sagging Skin Without Surgery: Opus® Plasma Noninvasive Radiofrequency

Ablative lasers stimulate the production of new proteins to restore youthful tightness and elasticity to your face, but the downtime and lengthy recovery are a concern. Opus® uses plasma energy to get the same results, with half the recovery time.

Jun 1st, 2026

PRP: Why It's a Game-Changer for Patients With Arthritis

When you develop stiff, painful joints, you worry that you face a future of decreased mobility and endless painkillers. What if you could help your joints repair themselves with ingredients found in your own blood? Try platelet-rich plasma (PRP).

May 2nd, 2026

Does TED® Hair Restoration Really Work?

When it comes to your hair loss, you’re at a loss. You’ve tried supplements, creams, and massages. You’ve even tried prescription pills and topical medications. But nothing’s helped you regrow your hair. It may be time for TED®.

Apr 6th, 2026

A Chemical Peel: Your Perfect Spring Refresh

Finally! Spring is springing. You peel off those winter layers of coats and sweaters to reveal your best springtime outfits. What about peeling off your old winter skin too? Here’s how to refresh your look with a chemical peel.

Mar 4th, 2026

Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Could It Be the Source of Your Chronic Pain?

You’re not sure which is more frustrating — living with chronic pain, having others dismiss your pain, or not knowing what’s causing it. If you deal with localized pain of an unknown cause, you may have myofascial pain syndrome.

Feb 2nd, 2026

Lupus and Pregnancy: Is it Safe?

You want to become pregnant and deliver a healthy, beautiful baby to start or add to your family. But with lupus, is pregnancy safe for you? Is it safe for your fetus? With the right care, you can carry your baby, worry-free.

Jan 13th, 2026

Don't Let Winter Weather Worsen Your Joint Pain

Science has found no clear connection between weather and joint pain, and yet your joints complain mightily when the temperature drops and the wind blows. If your joints dread winter, what can you do to make them more comfortable?

Dec 12th, 2025

5 Tips for Traveling When You Have Arthritis

Planes, trains, and automobiles get you where you’re going faster than your own two feet, but come with a serious drawback, particularly if you have arthritis: stiff, painful joints. How can you travel with ease, despite arthritis? See these tips.

Nov 2nd, 2025

Botox® or Fillers: What’s the Better Choice For Skin Sagging?

You’re not thrilled about wrinkles, but at least they give your face some character. The sagging, though, has to go. Loose skin makes you look and feel older. So how do you pull things up without a knife? Botox®? Dermal fillers? Find out here.

Oct 2nd, 2025

Glowing Skin Goals: How DiamondGlow® Delivers Radiant Results

When the stress of daily living has you down, it’s easy to boost your spirits — plus the look and health of your skin — with a DiamondGlow® facial. This multipronged treatment resurfaces and rejuvenates your skin for a more radiant look. Instantly.

Sep 2nd, 2025

5 Signs That Your Knee Pain Could Be Osteoarthritis

Your knee is painful and stiff, but you don’t remember injuring it. Do you have a strain or sprain? Is it an overuse injury? It might be osteoarthritis. Here’s how to tell and what to do about your knee pain if it is.

Aug 2nd, 2025

Are Osteoporosis and Menopause Connected?

When you think about menopause, you might focus on its most visible and uncomfortable symptoms, such as hot flashes, fatigue, and insomnia. But how does menopause affect you inside? Does it weaken your bones and increase your risk for fractures?

Jul 2nd, 2025

Does Everyone With Psoriasis Develop Psoriatic Arthritis?

When you learn that about a third of women and men with psoriasis go on to develop psoriatic arthritis, you wonder if you’ll be among the third who get it or the two-thirds who don’t. Take steps now to reduce your risk for psoriatic arthritis.

Jun 2nd, 2025

Is it Time For Your First Bone Density Test?

You want to keep your bones as strong as possible. So you eat dairy and take calcium supplements. Is that enough? The only way to know what’s going on with your bones is to get a bone-density scan. Here’s how to know if it’s time for your first.

May 1st, 2025

5 Signs That You Need to Seek Help With Knee Pain

If you’re trying to ignore extreme or chronic knee pain so you can get on with your life, it’s time to stop. Untreated knee pain can cause permanent damage and disability. Here are five signs that your knee needs help now.

Apr 1st, 2025

Scheduled for Laser Hair Removal? Six Things to Do (And Avoid!) Before

You look forward to the day when having beautiful, silky, hair-free skin means that you have to do absolutely nothing. You’ve scheduled laser hair removal, and you can hardly wait. Here’s a to-do list to complete before your appointment.

Mar 7th, 2025

Is Botox® Safe to Get Regularly?

When you realize that Botox® is short for botulinum toxin, you might wonder about the safety of this wrinkle treatment. Botulism can be deadly, but does that mean that Botox causes long-term damage? Botox’s safety profile extends back for decades.

Feb 5th, 2025

What's Causing My Recurrent Shoulder Pain?

You thought you’d healed your shoulder pain, but it’s back. Again. Why does your shoulder pain return again and again, even when you don’t remember a recent injury? Your recurrent shoulder pain could be the result of a number of conditions.

Jan 2nd, 2025

Preparing for Your Alma TED Hair Restoration Treatment: What You Should Know

Your hair is thinner. Not only do you have less hair on your scalp, the strands themselves seem skimpier than they once were. Do you have to learn to live with baldness? Undergo surgery? Take drugs for life? There’s another way.

Dec 1st, 2024

Debunking Common Myths About Lupus: Facts You Need to Know

When your doctor diagnoses you with lupus, you may wonder what, exactly, it means to live with an autoimmune disease. Can lupus be cured? Is it contagious? We dispel the myths about lupus and give you the facts to help you manage your disease.

Nov 2nd, 2024

Am I At Risk for Osteoporosis?

Even if you eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly, you could still develop osteoporosis. How can you tell if you’re at risk for bone loss, how great your risk is, and if you’re doing the right things to prevent or slow the loss? Read on.

Oct 1st, 2024

Symptoms to Look Out For That Could Mean You Are Suffering From Shoulder Bursitis

When your shoulder hurts, you might be tempted to shrug it off. But shrugging hurts, too. Did you just sleep on your shoulder wrong? Will the pain go away by itself? It might. If it doesn’t, you could have shoulder bursitis.

Sep 12th, 2024

I'm Embarrassed About My Acne Scars

You finally got rid of your acne (or maybe you haven’t quite yet), but now you have another problem. Those embarrassing acne lesions have left even more embarrassing scars. You can’t just cover them up. So what do you do? A new technology can help.

Aug 5th, 2024

When Should I Get IV Vitamin Therapy?

You get your vitamins from food. You get your vitamins from supplements. But you’ve heard that intravenous (IV) vitamin cocktails are popular with celebrities and anti-aging enthusiasts. How are they different? Should you get an IV drip, too?

Jul 2nd, 2024

What Can I Do to Prevent Osteoporosis?

Although osteoporosis affects women more often than it affects men, all aging people are at risk for thinning, brittle bones that raise your chances for fractures. The sooner you address your bone health, the more you can prevent osteoporosis.

Jun 5th, 2024

5 Problems That Botox Can Improve

If thinking about Botox® makes you frown, you have the right idea: Botox erases dynamic wrinkles, like frown lines. But Botox can do so much more than tame the expressive wrinkles on your upper face. It can improve your quality of life.

May 2nd, 2024

How Is Platelet-Rich Plasma Made?

When you hear that platelet-rich plasma, made from your own blood, might alleviate your arthritis pain, you’re intrigued. How can a therapy that comes from your body help your body? It’s pretty simple. Here’s how it’s done.

Apr 1st, 2024

Yes, You Can Remove Hair THERE

It’s almost time to don your bathing suit. You’ve lost the muffin top, but still spill out … along the edges of your bikini bottom. You don’t have to shave or use a depilatory. Get rid of the hair, there, for good. Start now to be ready for summer.

Mar 7th, 2024

Living with Lupus: Understanding Your Risk of Health Complications

When you have lupus, you must pay extra attention to your health and take care to minimize flares of your disease. Untreated, uncontrolled lupus leads to serious complications, including early death. Here’s how to minimize your risks.

Feb 2nd, 2024

PRP Therapy for Knee OA Pain and Stiffness: What to Expect

You’ve heard that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy can work near-miracles for athletic injuries, surgical recovery, and aging. Will it alleviate pain and stiffness in your knee osteoarthritis, too?

Jan 12th, 2024

7 Surprising Complications of Psoriatic Arthritis

When you have the skin condition psoriasis, you may be surprised when you develop a complication called psoriatic arthritis, which makes your joints painful and stiff, and has its own list of complications.

Dec 1st, 2023

Understanding the Link Between Shoulder Arthritis and Bursitis

When your shoulder hurts, you may think that your arthritis has flared up, but it could be something else. Bursitis is a type of joint inflammation that’s more likely to occur when you have arthritis. Here’s what to do.

Nov 2nd, 2023

7 Tips for Living Well with Lupus

A diagnosis of lupus can upend your life. How do you manage a disease that flares unexpectedly and affects so many of your organs at once? What kind of life can you and your family expect? You can live well and fully with lupus. Here’s how.

Oct 2nd, 2023

Heal Your Overuse Injury Faster with PRP Therapy

When you suffer an overuse injury, you want to get back in the game ASAP. You can do it with one simple addition to your recovery protocol: platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy. PRP helps you heal faster and better. Here’s how.

Sep 1st, 2023

4 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Psoriatic Arthritis When You Have Psoriasis

Dealing with psoriasis is bad enough. When you learn that you’re at risk for developing psoriatic arthritis, you probably want to take action to prevent that complication. How can you reduce your risk? Following are four tips.

Aug 1st, 2023

Men Can Get Osteoporosis, Too

When you think about osteoporosis, you probably think about women with dowager’s humps or broken hips. But men can suffer from osteoporosis, too, particularly after age 65. Unfortunately, most men aren’t aware they’re at risk.

Jul 2nd, 2023

The Worst Foods to Eat If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis

When you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), your body attacks its own joints. Even though there’s no cure for RA, you can control it with medications, physical activity, and even the foods you eat. To keep pain at bay, avoid the following foods.

Jun 1st, 2023

All Your Questions About Gout Answered

If you have gout, you may wonder why. Sometimes called the rich man’s affliction, gout is associated with wealth and the male sex. But gout can affect anyone. If you have questions about why you have gout, the answers are here.

May 2nd, 2023

What To Do About Osteoporosis

You’re shocked when a DXA scan reveals that you have osteoporosis. Whether you’ve already suffered a fracture or not, the loss of bone density that characterizes osteoporosis puts you at greater risk for fractures in the future. What should you do?

Apr 1st, 2023

The Link Between Sleep and Arthritis

You know that you need good, deep, restorative sleep so you feel alert, vibrant, and focused all day. But did you know that your joints need sleep, too? In fact, if you have arthritis, improving your sleep may improve your joint pain.

Mar 1st, 2023

Understanding Your Lupus Triggers to Prevent Flare-ups

A diagnosis of lupus upends your life. Not only do you have a chronic, incurable autoimmune disease, you must adopt new habits and avoid others if you want to reduce your chances of a flare-up. Here’s how to find — and avoid — your lupus triggers.

Feb 1st, 2023

5 Ways to Manage Your Psoriatic Arthritis Pain and prevent joint damage

When you have psoriasis, you may go on to develop a complication called psoriatic arthritis (PA). As with all forms of arthritis, PA is characterized by stiff and painful joints. While we can’t cure PA, we can help you manage the pain.

Jan 1st, 2023

How (and Why) To Take Care of Your Bones After 40

Weak bones put you at risk for fractures and subsequent mobility problems. No matter how old or young you are, it’s never too late (or too early) to take care of your bones. But once you hit 40, the need for bone health increases. Here’s why.

Dec 1st, 2022

6 Different Injections for Rheumatoid Arthritis

You can follow a healthy diet and be active, but if you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), your joints may still be painful, swollen, and stiff. You don’t have to swallow painkillers daily to get relief; injections and infusions last for weeks.

Nov 1st, 2022

How Physical Therapy Can Get You Moving Again

Whether you’re recovering from surgery, suffered a traumatic injury, or have a chronic disease, you may be in such pain that just the thought of moving makes you wince. Physical therapy provides the kind of movements that help you heal.

Oct 5th, 2022

Is This What's Causing Your Inflammation?

You’ve been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that’s left you with inflammation throughout your body. Although the actual causes of autoimmune diseases are often unknown, we do know what triggers — and subdues — inflammation.

Sep 14th, 2022

Reduce Your Risk of Fractures with Prolia

If you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis, you may wonder how to increase your bone density and reduce your risk of fractures. If you take calcium and vitamin D and exercise every day, is that enough? Or is there something else you can do?

Aug 9th, 2022

5 Things That Put You at Risk for Lupus

Whether lupus runs in your family or you know somebody who has it, you may wonder, “Am I next?” Although nobody knows exactly what causes lupus, certain factors put you at increased risk for developing this autoimmune disease.

Jul 12th, 2022

What to Expect During Your Bone Scan

If you’re ready for your first bone scan, you may wonder what’s involved. Will it hurt? Does it take a long time? Do you have to prepare ahead of time? A bone scan is an essential part of keeping tabs on your health as you age. Here’s what to expect.

Jun 1st, 2022

The Link Between Sun Sensitivity and Lupus

If you have lupus, chances are you’re extra sensitive to the damaging effects of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. While everyone should limit their UVA and UVB exposure to minimize skin cancer risk, when you have lupus, the stakes are even higher.

May 1st, 2022

Is Arthritis Hereditary?

You love family gatherings for the good food, good vibes, and all the memories you share and make. But you’ve noticed something: A lot of your older relatives have arthritis. Their gnarled fingers and hobbling gaits worry you. Are you next?

Apr 1st, 2022

Eating Tips to Help Minimize Gout Flare-Ups

Gout is a form of arthritis in which needle-like crystals form in the soft tissues of your joints, particularly your big toe joint. If you’ve had an attack of gout, the last thing you want is another. Here’s how to reduce gout flare-ups.

Mar 1st, 2022

How to Prepare for Your Bone Densitometry

A bone density test measures the minerals in your bones. Also known as bone densitometry, this test lets us know if you have osteoporosis. Here’s how to prepare.

Feb 1st, 2022

Is Your Hair Loss Due to Lupus?

When you start losing your hair, you might think it’s just due to aging or to hormonal changes. But hair loss can be a symptom of a serious autoimmune disease called lupus. Untreated, lupus may damage your skin, organs, and joints.

Jan 1st, 2022

How PRP Therapy Can Help Clot Your Blood

When you get injured, your body goes into high gear to try to heal your wounds as quickly as possible. Part of the process is clotting your blood so you stop bleeding. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy helps you do it faster and better.

Dec 1st, 2021

Learn How to Slow Down the Progression of Your Psoriatic Arthritis

If you’re one of 30% of psoriasis sufferers who have the complication known as psoriatic arthritis (PsA), you have options. Even though PsA has no cure, you can slow its progression with lifestyle changes and medications. Here’s how.

Nov 1st, 2021

5 Types of Arthritis

Do you have arthritis? If so, which type? If you don’t know, you may not be making optimal treatment and management decisions. Learn more about the different types of arthritis and how to manage them.

Oct 1st, 2021

Does Gout Only Affect the Big Toe?

Gout is a form of arthritis that typically affects the big toe. You may be most familiar with gout through TV and movies about people (usually men) who suffer from it. But gout can affect almost anyone and may appear in other joints, too.

Sep 1st, 2021

4 Potential Benefits of PRP Therapy

Platelet-rich plasma therapy takes holistic medicine and self-care to a whole new level by using your own blood components to fire up healing in your body. In addition to being natural and biocompatible, PRP has other potential benefits.

Aug 9th, 2021

Common Symptoms and Signs of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

As you age, it seems the bad news never stops. In addition to osteoarthritis, once you’re over 50 you’re at risk for another condition that affects the way your joints and muscles feel: polymyalgia rheumatica. The good news is, you can get relief. Not only

Jul 18th, 2021