Blogs
The Power of Mistletoe to Ease Your Cancer Symptoms
You want the most effective treatment possible when you get a cancer diagnosis. Mistletoe extract contains potent toxins that destroy cancer cells. Here’s what you need to know. Scientists have a way of finding cures and treatments in the most unusual places. They...
How I Focus on a New Model of Health Care
After working 10 years in a traditional musculoskeletal practice, Dr. Leonard Kaplan started a venture aimed at preventive medicine and wellness. Kaplan, a nonsurgical spine and sports medicine specialist, left a longtime job at Buffalo Spine & Sports Institute to...
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Understand it and Beat it!
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the necessary spaces that act as tunnels for the nervous tissue of the spine and its blood supply. It’s more common after age 50 but we see it in younger patients as well. Your nervous system is designed to stand up to a good...
What Exactly is the Practice of Yoga?
In my experience teaching, I have found that many people who come to practice yoga are not really sure what yoga is all about or have a misconception that yoga is a form of physical fitness. With all the yoga gear being sold at Wegmans stores and yoga classes popping...
Concierge Medicine – Charting a Difference Course
Concierge medicine is a term that has been coming up a lot lately, but that doesn’t really mean it’s new. It is actually quite old, and modeled after what physicians were like years ago, when they came to your home when you were sick, and knew everyone in your family....
Hypoglycemic Index Helps Determine What Kind of Foods Are Good for You!
The Glycemic Index: The importance of using it daily with intention of improving your nutrition. The Glycemic Index is a way to categorize carbohydrate rich foods. Jennie Brand Miller, PhD of Australia was one of the first researchers to study the effects of...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis
Study shows significant pain reduction and improvement in function Clinical and MRI Outcomes After Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis Brian Halpern, MD, Salma Chaudhury, MD, PhD, MRC, Scott A. Rodeo, MD, Catherine Hayter, MD, Eric Bogner, MD,...