Health Articles by HealthwoRx

	Should You See a Doctor Before Exercising? by Marc G. Kaprow, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.
	Diet and exercise are both part of a healthy lifestyle, but how safe is it to start an exercise program? Most programs encourage people to see their doctor first. Is there really a reason to do this? Read more...

	The Link Between Sleep Apnea and Weight by Rotem Amir, M.D.
	It is thought that approximately 25 percent of adults are at risk for sleep apnea. Men are more commonly affected than women; other risk factors include middle and older age, being overweight or obese, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Read more...

	Anti-Aging Medicine Helps Augment Health & Wellness by Dennis Spiller, D.O.
	Antiaging medicine is the discipline that serves to promote health, prevent disease, and slow or reverse the aging process. Key tenants of aging are oxidative stress, inflammation, hormone balance, stress hormones, glucose and insulin regulation, and immune balance. Read more...

	"My Varicose Veins Are Now Gone!" by Yale M. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.C.
	Andrea Lyons is a pharmaceutical rep with GlaxoSmithKline in Palm Beach Gardens but outside work she’s a figure competitor and plays catcher on a traveling softball team. Even though she was healthy at age 31, she developed varicose veins that were starting to curtail her activities. Read more...

	A New Way of Treating Sleep Difficulties by Dennis Spiller, D.O.
	Sleep is one the most important ways that the body restores and rejuvenates itself. Adequate amounts of restorative sleep which includes REM sleep is a powerful antiaging tool. Read more...

	Fish Oil, Not Drug, Fights Heart Failure by Yale M. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.C.
	Fascinating new evidence of what your HealthwoRx physicians have been telling you about all along just made headlines. Fish oil capsules prevent death and hospital stays in patients whose hearts fail to pump correctly, researchers said. In a related study, AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor cholesterol-lowering drug didn't help them. Read more...

	The Doctor's Guide to Sustainable Weight Loss by Marc G. Kaprow, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.
	Now that the DietwoRx program is available to our patients we have a unique opportunity to explore six habits that can help our patients keep weight off. These skills are based on research conducted on a group of people in a nationwide weight loss registry. Read more...

	Obesity and Cancer Connection in Women by Rotem Amir, M.D.
	As sixty four percent of the population is overweight or obese, most patients are repetitively counseled by their physicians to loose weight in order reduce the likelihood of diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and most recently cancer. Read more...

	An Ageless Society , Is It Possible? by Dennis Spiller, D.O.
	The newest frontier in medicine is growing with hopes of prolonging the human lifespan to levels never thought possible while maintaining good quality of life. Read more...

	HealthwoRx New CIMT Testing by Dr. Adam Splaver
	Predicting cardiovascular disease has a never been easier. The CIMT score, a NASA derived technology is now being offered to our patients in order to detect cardiovascular risk more accurately than traditional methods. Read more...

	Cold and Flu "Drug-Free" Relief by Marc G. Kaprow, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.
	Cold and flu season is here, and for many of our patients the only thing that’s worse than the stuffy head feeling is the drugged feeling associated with all of the medications we use for symptomatic relief. Read more...

	Pomegranates for Heart Health by Marc G. Kaprow, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.
	You've seen them in the aisles - POM®, Pomegranate tea, Pomegranate sorbet, Pomegranate soda and my personal favorite, Pomegranate Vodka. Clearly Pomegranate is a nice fruit, and everyday it seems more trendy and popular, but how healthy does it have to be to make vodka look good? Read more...

	Cervical Cancer Immunization by Dr. Rotem Amir
	Did you know that women are less likely to survive heart attacks than men? It may be because women do not seek and receive treatment as soon as men. Or it may be because women's hearts and blood vessels are smaller, thus more easily damaged. Read more...

	New Rules for Antibiotic Use by Julio Tallet, M.D., PhD
	For a long time cardiologists have recommended the use of antibiotics for some patients before dental procedures, gastroenterology procedures (for example, colonoscopies) or genitourinary procedures (for example, cystoscopies). You might wonder what these procedures have to do with the health of your heart. Read more...

	CoQ10 Benefits Patients with Heart Risks by Marc G. Kaprow, D.O., F.A.C.O.I.
	Coenzyme Q-10 (CoQ10) is a vitamin-like compound that is found in practically all cells in the human body. The ubiquitous compound is felt to be important for helping mitochondria, the power plants of cells, work efficiently. Read more...

	Testosterone and Diabetes by Dennis Spiller, D.O.
	Male andropause is a well described clinical condition; yet most men are not aware of it. Low testosterone levels can lead to diabetes, hypertension, accelerated atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke, and prostate cancer. Read more...

	New Techniques to Treat Varicose Veins by Yale M. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.C.
	Q: I am a 33-year-old mother of three. I have had uncomfortable and somewhat unsightly varicose veins for over five years now. Is this a cardiovascular problem, and, if so, what can be done short of vein-stripping surgery like my mother had? Read the answer...

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