Author Archives : Dr. Victor Marchione

For most of us, living longer is one of our primary goals in life. We can watch our children, and even our children’s children, grow up and be happy. We want to see how the world develops and unfolds over the decades, hopefully pushing human civilization one step further toward the futuristic fantasy we’ve only ...click here to read more

Some may think that getting too much of a good thing can’t be bad for you, but they would be wrong. This thinking is often extended into the realm of antibiotic medication, as taking a pill to help cure an illness is a convenient dream. According to a new study, U.S. hospitals are still prescribing ...click here to read more

Technology is always advancing. It’s transformed the way we live and operate. Thinking back only about a decade ago, we all used simple cell phones, with most video and media consumption occurring on our tv’s and desktop computers. Flash forward to today and the phones in our pockets are essentially tiny computers capable of doing ...click here to read more

Breakfast is often considered to be the most important meal of the day. It is recommended to eat a well-balanced diet complete with adequate amounts of carbohydrates, protein, and fats. However, most people simply choose to eat a bowl of cereal or bacon and eggs. But could these food choices be affecting us for the ...click here to read more

Having cloudy vision can lead to the loss of visual acuity or blurred visual perception. It may affect one or both eyes and feel like a haziness or lack of clarity in vision. Cloudy vision may be a constant occurrence or one that comes and goes. It can also affect color perception and may be ...click here to read more

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health. The carcinogens found in tobacco smoke are even known to damage DNA itself, resulting in disease such as lung cancer. Now, for the first time, scientists have created a method for effectively mapping DNA damage, allowing for better understanding of how smoking-induced cancers originate and why ...click here to read more

When we were young, staying up late was exciting. Flash forward to our adult years and all of a sudden we start to value sleep. However, we often go to bed beyond a typically normal time, but not by choice. Tons of adults have problems falling asleep at night. This is often referred to as ...click here to read more

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in women in the United States. About one in eight women will develop breast cancer over the course of their life, with an estimated 252,710 new cases of the invasive disease likely to be diagnosed in U.S. women in 2017. Breast cancer is expected to ...click here to read more