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There are many myths float­ing around the inter­net about smok­ing. Here are four myths (and their truths) so you can get your facts straight when it comes to the top­ic of smoking.

When it comes to prostate can­cer treat­ment there are many dif­fer­ent options for care. Did you know that rough­ly 25 per­cent of men who receive radi­a­tion treat­ment have a recur­rence? A treat­ment called sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py has become avail­able to help treat prostate can­cer reoc­cur­rence. Sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py can offer men a sec­ond chance as long as the can­cer has­n’t spread beyond the prostate.

Our Podi­a­trists dis­cuss caus­es, symp­toms and treat­ments for intoe­ing in infants, young chil­dren and old­er children.

All or a por­tion of the nail plate can be dam­aged when the feet are injured or abused. Nail prob­lems are com­mon­ly caused by improp­er trim­ming, minor injuries or repeat­ed trau­ma. Some nail dis­or­ders can also be con­gen­i­tal. Prop­er trim­ming (along the con­tour) on a reg­u­lar basis can help keep the toe­nails in the pink, as can wear­ing well-fit­ted, low to mod­er­ate­ly heeled shoes.

Whether your child is on a recre­ation­al sports team or plays on a trav­el league, being a spec­ta­tor involves plan­ning ahead. From unex­pect­ed ways to stay hydrat­ed to tak­ing small breaks to move around, Fam­i­ly Med­i­cine Physi­cian, Kather­ine Par­en­ti, MD, shares tips on how to keep the whole team cheer­ing this season.

From fer­til­iza­tion to a nor­mal 40 week preg­nan­cy, your baby goes through a jour­ney of con­tin­u­ous growth and devel­op­ment. Our How Your Baby Grows guide helps you under­stand the changes tak­ing place by break­ing down every 4 weeks of your preg­nan­cy, from the ear­ly for­ma­tion of arms and legs, to the com­plex­i­ty of func­tion­ing organs.

After age 50, frac­tured bones present a major health threat for approx­i­mate­ly 50% of men and women (that’s right, men can be impact­ed as well). The cul­prit is a dis­ease called osteo­poro­sis and is char­ac­ter­ized by poor bone quality.

Dia­betes is the lead­ing cause of pre­ventable blind­ness in the Unit­ed States.

Radi­a­tion Ther­a­py, through the lin­ear accel­er­a­tor, com­bines imag­ing, beam deliv­ery and sophis­ti­cat­ed motion man­age­ment to accu­rate­ly and pre­cise­ly tar­get tumors with speed.

Kid­neys, although small and often over­looked com­pared to some of our oth­er vital organs, play a crit­i­cal role in fight­ing off infec­tions and main­tain­ing a healthy bal­ance in your body every day. One of their pri­ma­ry func­tions is to act as a fil­tra­tion sys­tem for your blood. Each kid­ney con­tains tiny blood ves­sels called glomeruli that sep­a­rate waste and remove excess water and oth­er con­t­a­m­i­nants from your blood. After pass­ing through your kid­neys, the fil­tered, ​“clean” blood re-enters your blood­stream and the waste is removed from your body through urine.