Dirty, worn, yellow, scratched, and/ or cloudy headlights could be greatly increasing your risk for traffic accidents. Driving at night with headlights in subpar condition can directly lead to an accident as deterioration of the headlight can impair and reduce your quality of vision. Headlights in a compromised condition from Read more…
When you are behind the wheel of your car, seeing the signs off in the distance and reading them clearly, the last thing you would ever consider is that you may be silently going blind. Most people with 20/20 vision say to me that their eyes are perfect and that Read more…
People have used braces to straighten the teeth and create a beautiful smile since ancient times, but Philadelphia custom braces have only become popular in the last few decades. Aristotle and Hippocrates were both noted to have straightened teeth and fixed up dental problems, from about 300 to 400 BC. Read more…
Wisdom Teeth: To Remove or Not to Remove, That is the Question. Wisdom Teeth—for some, they’re a minor inconvenience, if they’re noticed at all. For others, they’re the bane of existence, destructive and painful. Every year, millions of third molars—wisdom teeth—are removed. These day’s it’s a mere assumption that a Read more…
Going to the gym for some fitness exercise and training should only be done with one main purpose- to stay fit and healthy through exercise. Going to the gym should be an activity designed to achieve that purpose and nothing else. But sadly, there are certain mistakes that people going Read more…
Almost two decades of my life was spent going on never-ending diets in search of the Holy Grail of weight loss so I could acquire the body of a supermodel and live life happily ever after. I finally stopped this insane cycle after realizing the damage it was causing and Read more…
It’s a known fact – dating is tough. Dating when you have a sensitive stomach is arguably even more difficult because the most common date activity is dinner, and restaurant food often triggers gastrointestinal upset. With some recent experience on the subject — dinner dates, that is — I thought Read more…
Insulin is a hormone inside the body that is produced by the pancreas. It controls the level of glucose in the blood and is responsible for signaling to the body whether to burn or store fat. According to Robert H. Lustig, MD, who’s a professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Read more…
Getting kids to brush their teeth can be a challenge. Sometimes developing good oral hygiene habits is as tough on the parents as it is on the kids! If you’re struggling to make brushing fun for your children, here are some good ways to encourage your kids to brush without Read more…
Dental brace technology has progressed in recent years and invisalign braces are in the vanguard of these developments. The idea behind dental braces is a very simple one. If your jaw and teeth are misaligned, a dental brace applies pressure to correct this misalignment. The membrane on one side of Read more…