Well Being Magazine

Solutions for Sagging Skin (After Weight Loss)

Okay – The pounds have finally come off and you’ve met your weight loss goal. You should be on top of the world but now you have all of this “extra” skin hanging around where the extra weight used to be. If this wasn’t what you had in mind when you dropped all those sizes, don’t despair. There are some common sense things you can do to help your skin Read more »

Beauty and Breast Cancer

When you are facing a diagnosis of breast cancer, worrying about how you will look during treatment, might be the last thing on your mind. After all, you have some very important decisions to make and some difficult paths to navigate. Will I lose my breasts? Will my treatment require chemotherapy... radiation? Will I have the strength to undergo treatment? Will I ever feel like myself again? How will my Read more »

Dental Implants

A Viable Solution to a Beautiful Smile By Kalil Abide, DDS and Chris Carlton, DMD It’s not uncommon these days to ask around and find a friend or colleague who has had a dental implant. Over the past five years dental implants have become the industry standard for replacing missing teeth. With the advancements in bone augmentation or “adding bone” dentists are now able to offer dental implants where virtually no bone Read more »

A Body to Die For: tweens, teens & self-esteem

By Ralph E Carson, LD, RD, PhD One January afternoon, Molly, a shy 10-year-old, glances into the mirror and notices her face looks a “little chubbier.” Concerned about her change in appearance, she tries on an old pair of jeans and they are a “bit snug.” Somewhat alarmed, she rushes to the bathroom scale. Her “weight is higher” than she remembers. Now she is “highly sensitive about her size and weight” Read more »