July 21, 2017
With a new school year approaching, parents are buying new school supplies, getting ready for the first week of school and arranging doctor’s appointments for their children. A back-to-school hearing test is often forgotten on the list but is something that should be completed before children return to school. It is estimated that 15% of […]
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July 17, 2017
We are often asked how to distinguish between symptoms caused by allergies or a common cold. While they share common symptoms of respiratory inflammation, such as congestion, sneezing, coughing and headache, allergies and colds have some distinguishing characteristics. If you tend to get “colds” that develop suddenly and occur at the same time every year, it’s […]
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July 13, 2017
Riding an airplane, the great outdoors, and swimming. What do these 3 things have in common? They all can affect your ears, more specifically your eustachian tube. The eustachian tube runs from the back of your nose uphill to your middle ear and is supposed to be air filled. Changes in elevation, or atmospheric pressure, […]
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June 19, 2017
As the fourth day of July approaches with its rest and relaxation, burgers and baked beans, red solo cups and lemonade, there is nothing quite like celebrating our country’s ever-so-earned freedoms with fireworks! But, before we oooo and ahhhh over their spectacular beauty, let’s take pause to remember the risks these wonders pose. Boom! With […]
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June 8, 2017
If you sneeze a lot, if your nose is often runny or stuffy, or if your eyes, mouth or skin often feels itchy, you may have allergic rhinitis, a condition that affects 40 million to 60 million Americans. Allergic rhinitis is commonly known as hay fever. But you don’t have to be exposed to hay […]
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April 24, 2017
Finally…it is that time of year again. The weather is becoming nice and the sunshine is out for most of the day. We all need to be thinking about our daily care of our skin while out in the sun. Our goals maybe different; to prevent the aging process, burning, or cancer but these reasons […]
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