June 2019 - Elite Care Family Medicine

Remember when you were a kid first learning to ride a bike and your mom insisted on you wearing a helmet, knee pads and the whole nine yards of safety? But after a few years (or months) of riding, you eighty-sixed the helmet and pads in favor of riding at your own risk and to this day, you’re still riding risky. We’ve got a few reasons for you to change that behavior and pick up a new helmet. Helmets Protect Brains and Beauty Head injuries are the number one...

We live in the South where our summers are filled with sweltering heat, blistering sunshine, and mosquitoes. We can’t change the sweltering heat or calm the blistering sun but we can help you fight back against mosquito attacks. Why Mosquitoes Are More Than Just Annoying Chances are good that you’ve been bitten by a mosquito at least once in your life and you know that while the sting is a bit bothersome, it’s usually not something to cry all the way home...

medicine, healthcare and people concept - smiling doctor with clipboard and young man patient meeting at hospital Annual health exams are important for everyone including men of all ages. Even if you feel completely healthy, early symptoms of common men’s health issues are often silent and only detectable through proper testing. Take a look at what to expect during a routine men’s health exam. Physical Exam and Review of Health History Men’s health exams...

When you think of ultrasound, your mind may go to fuzzy black and white images of unborn babies in the womb, but today medical experts are using this technology to not only photograph what’s going on inside the body but to treat disease inside the body as well. Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay This medical revelation isn’t exactly new--focused ultrasounds are already an FDA-approved treatment for tremors and is approved in other countries for the...