The high-fat, low carbohydrate ketogenic diet is gaining popularity among the mainstream health enthusiasts, but has always been the go-to diet for children with epilepsy for its anti-seizure effects. A recent study by UCLA scientists published in the journal Cell, recently pinpointed a causal link between seizure susceptibility and gut bacteria. The theory proposed was that…

Can eating healthy make our brains bigger? In a recent study by Croll PH, et al., that evaluated the diets of participants from the Rotterdam Study, as well as their brain MRI scans, it was determined that a “better diet quality related to larger brain volume, gray matter volume, white matter volume, and hippocampal volume.”…

AAA predicted that over one-third of the American population planned to travel during the holiday season in 2018, spending an average of $561 for a roundtrip flight. That’s a lot of people and a lot of money. Overspending can cause more stress, putting a damper on your holiday spirit. However, if you are getting away…

Caring is your job, so the importance of healthy living should come as no surprise because that’s what you encourage your patients to do. But do you follow your own advice? Sure, you likely add some vegetables to your plate and get in some physical activity when you can, but that may not be enough…

This article was originally posted in The AEDITION. If circumstances have you rethinking your ink, here’s what you need to know about the tattoo removal process from both an expert and patient perspective. People get tattoos for any number of reasons — be it sentimentality, a special occasion, or just because — and, likewise, people…

This article was originally posted in The AEDITION. Why should women be the only ones taking advantage of body sculpting and toning treatments when men also want to look and feel their best? “We are now entering a paradigm shift in aesthetic medicine where we are not designing and implementing gender-specific procedures,” says New York…

This post was originally posted in The AEDITION. We may not be at the point where you overhear your surgeon saying, “Hey, Google, pass the scalpel,” but artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually making its way into the healthcare industry and, by extension, dermatology and plastic surgery practices, too. Even in its limited use, AI is…

This post was originally posted in The AEDITION. There’s a stereotype out there that men don’t like to take care of their skin. While it’s been said stereotypes contain a nugget of truth, we beg to differ. It’s not that men don’t like to take care of their skin — it’s that most guys don’t…

The post was originally posted in The AEDITION. Since 1985, October has served as Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) Month — a period devoted to educating the public on the disease that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the second most common form of cancer in women, regardless of race or…