Healthy Viewpoints Article Archive

	Spring 2018 Screen Time: Update 2.0 By: Russell Durkee, DO Fat is best FROZEN, not BURNED By: Rima DeFatta, MD Pelvic Congestion Syndrome By: Jacques Tham, MD Rejuvenate Your Eyes With Blepharoplasty By: J. Clinton Merrick, MD Barrett’s Esophagus: Risks and Treatment By: Paul Ruh, MD Rezum: Therapy Without Surgery By: Josiah Nelson, MD Rapid Recovery After Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD and Kate Nelson, PA-C
	Fall 2017 Robotic Knee Replacements By: Austin Crow, MD Carpal Tunnel Syndrome By: John Berschback, MD Spinal Anesthesia— Demystified By: Ian Augustin, MD Actinic Keratosis and Treatment Methods By: Katherine Parkinson, MD Child Passenger Safety By: Nichole Marty, NP Lyme Disease: Diagnostic and Treatment Facts and Fiction in 2017 By: Jon Konzen, DO
	Spring 2017 Tinnitus—Noises or Ringing in the Ears By: Trista Williams, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA Speak Up: Antibiotics By: OakLeaf Medical Network “Fixer Upper” Comes to Eau Claire By: OakLeaf Clinics, SC–Eau Claire Medical Clinic Ancillary Services at OLSH By: Frank Boutiette PT, DPT, CWS Mako Robotic Assisted Hip Replacement By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD Understanding Charcot Foot By: Greg Mack, DPM, FACFAS Get up and Get Moving! By: Mary Landwehr, MD
	Spring 2016 Introducing OakLeaf Clinics, S.C. By: Chris Longbella, MD Hallux Limitus: Great Toe Arthritis By: David Hesse, DPM When Insurance Covers Breast Reduction By: Joseph Rucker, MD Venous Disease: Under-Appreciated Cause of Leg Pain By: Peter Kluge, DO Asthma in Children By: Jennifer Bassett, MD Managing Venous Ulcers By: Joel Kowski, DPM Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Hernia Repair By: Brent Wogahn, MD The Value of Annual Exams By: Dennis Auth, DO
	FALL 2015 Alzheimer’s Disease and the Eye By: C. Thomas Dow, MD Pacemaker-Defibrillator and Your Non-Cardiac Surgery By: Abd Khatib, MD Thyroid Misperceptions Versus Reality By: Aron Adkins, MD Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine By: Paul Schlosser, MD Reversing the Aging Process By: Robert J. DeFatta, MD, PhD Acne: More Common Than You Think By: Amy Ludwikowski, MD Accessory Navicular Syndrome By: Greg Mack, DPM, FACFAS Can’t Handle the Pressure By: Kristine Reesman, DO
	SPRING 2015 The Facts About Probiotics By: Thomas Peller, MD Considering a Vasectomy? By: D. Brooke Johnson, MD Sinusitis—Finding Relief By: Rima DeFatta, MD Heartburn and Acid Reflux Disease By: Steven Immerman, MD Treatment of Knee Articular Cartilage Damage By: Austin Crow, MD Is it Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? By: Michael Smith, MD Chronic Spinal Pain—Are Narcotics the Answer? By: Phillip Porter, MD and Cindi Weisenberger, FNP Old Ankle Sprains Come Back to Haunt Baby Boomers By: Eric Caporusso, DPM
	Fall 2014 Wound Care: That Ulcer Just Won't Heal By: Lisa Buenger, MD Frequently Asked Questions About Bunion Surgery By: Joel Kowski, DPM Could You Die of a Broken Heart? By: Mahmoud Sharaf, MD Early Signs of Skin Cancer By: Clint Merrick, MD Direct Anterior Hip Replacement By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD Mammography: One Size Doesn't Fit All! By: Richard Daniels, MD Should I Be Concerned About Blood in My Urine? By: Michael Hirsh, MD When Should I See a Dermatologist? By: Caryn Schulz, MD
	Spring 2014 Understanding Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis By: John Berschback, MD For Many, Winter is Fall Season By: Annette Caporusso, DPM, FACFS Infertility: Epidemic or Hype? By: Frank LoRusso, MD The da Vinci Single Port Laproscopic Cholecystectomy By: Brent Wohan, MD Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo By: Richard Crane, MD, FACS What are Epidural Steroid Injections? By: Stephen Endres, MD, DABPM Gastroenteritis in Children By: Brent Jensen, MD Medication Overuse Headache 2.0 By: Jon Konzen, DO
	FALL 2013 Osteoporosis: Silent and Often Unexpected By: Aron Adkins, MD Prophylactic Mastectomy By: Richard Daniels, MD Understanding Peyronie’s Disease By: Michael Smith, MD Women’s Foot and Ankle Running Injuries By: David Hesse, DPM, FACFAS Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Smaller, Safer, Smarter By: Kamal Thapar, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAANS and Jolene D’Huyvetter, RN, APNP Following a New, Well Trodden Path By: Paul Schlosser, MD iStent: Size Does Matter! By: Thomas Harvey, MD
	spring 2013 The Risks of Peripheral Artery Disease By: Peter Kluge, DO Understanding Trigger Finger By: Clint Merrick, MD Continuity of Care Starts with Caring By: Michael Smith, MD Chronic Wounds and Treatment Methods By: Kirk V. Dahl, MD What Can I Do About Uterine Fibroids? By: Peter Hanson, MD Should I Take My Child to a Podiatrist? By: Greg Mack, DPM Successful Treatment for Pilonidal Cysts By: Steven C. Immerman, MD Alternatives to Total Hip Replacement By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD
	WINTER 2012 New Treatment for Barrett’s Esophagus By: Paul Ruh, MD Simple 7 to a Healthier Heart By: Abd Khatib, MD Alleviating Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) By: Donna Schoenfelder, MD Actinic Keratosis and Treatment Methods By: Katherine Parkinson, MD Colon Cancer: More Common Than You Think! By: Brent Wogahn, MD The Value of Annual Exams By: Dennis Auth, DO Glaucoma? SLT for Me, Please! By: Thomas Harvey, MD Surgery of the Achilles Tendon: Speeding Patient Recovery By: Eric Caporusso, DPM, FACFAS
	spring 2012 Thyroid Gland and Surgery By: Richard Daniels, MD So You Have Chronic Abdominal Pain? By: Terry Benson, MD Should I Have a PSA Test? By: Josiah D. Nelson, MD and Michael S. Hirsh, MD Do You Have Morton’s Neuroma? By: Joel Kowski, DPM, FACFAS Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for Late Effect Radiation Injury By: James Fenno, MD Spinal Fusion—Science and Technology to the Rescue! By: Phillip Porter, MD Breast Lift or Breast Reduction? By: Joseph Rucker, MD, FACS
	Fall 2011 Shoulder Arthritis What Options are Available to You? By: Brent Carlson, MD New Parents—Welcome to Parenthood! By: Lisa Buenger, MD, FAAP Pacemakers—What is a Pacemaker? By: Fadi Alsous, MD, FACC Eyebrows—An Open Window Into Your Emotions! By: Heidi Jarecki, MD Insole Insight—Are Arch Supports the Answer for Aching Feet? By: David Hesse, DPM, FACFAS Bursitis—Pain Management May be the Key! By: Daniel Sipple, DO, DABPM Hearing—How Important is it to Your Everyday Life? By: Richard Crane, MD, FACS Male Menopause—Fact or Fiction? By: Josiah Nelson, MD
	SPRING 2011 Hyperbaric Oxygen An Advanced Therapy Option By: Kirk Dahl, MD Concussions Scientific Understand of the Processes Involved By: Jon P. Konzen, DO Vericose Veins More Than Meets the Eye By: Jacques Tham, DM Carpal Tunnel Answering the Most Frequently Asked Questions By: J. Clinton Merrick, MD Rare Diabetes Foot Complication Becoming More Common By: Annette Caporusso, DPM, FACFAS Diabetes Mellitus How Does Your Body Use Blood Sugar? By: Kristine Reesman, DO and Tammy Schofield, RD Whiplash the Cause, the Symptoms and the Diagnosis By: Carol Sue Carlson, MD Women's Health What's New By: Chris Longbella, MD and Frank LoRusso, MD
	FALL 2010 Prostate Cancer: Can It Be Prevented By: Josiah Nelson, MD Tummy Tuck — Abdominoplasty By: Joseph W. Rucker, MD, FACS Stress Fractures — A Common Source of Foot Pain By: Robert Hume, DPM, FACFAS The Modern Food Mystery By: Mary Landwehr, MD Irritable Bowel Syndrome — A Common Disorder By: Thomas Peller, MD, FACP Influenza Or The “Flu” By: Karla Schlimgen, MD, FAAP Epidural Steroid Injections For Back & Neck pain By: Mark Schlimgen, MD Hair Loss Distress For Men & Women By: Caryn Schulz, MD
	SPRING 2010 Diseased Corneas Nearly “Bionic” Prosthesis is an Option By: Thomas Harvey, MD Cancer Screening Tools for Early Detection By: Richard Daniels, MD, FACS Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones By: Steven Stenzel, MD, FACOG ACL Injuries and Treatment By: Troy Berg, MD Sinus Surgery Cutting Edge Technology By: Michelle Facer, DO, MS Dementia and the Caregiver Burden By: Sal Obaid, MD, FCCP and Jennifer Insteness, APNP, C-GNP Angioplasty: Fixing Blockages in the Heart By: Mahmoud Sharaf MD, FRCPC Hammertoe Pain & Your Podiatrist By:Gregory Mack, DPM, FACFAS
	FALL 2009 Blepharoplasty: Revitalize Those Tired Eyes By: J. Clinton Merrick, MD Foot & Ankle Arthritis: Baby Boomers Aren’t Backing Down By: Eric Caporusso, DPM, FACFAS How to Prevent Heart Disease By: Rajesh Maddikunta, MD Overactive Bladder Interrupting Your Life? By: Christopher Tornehl, MD Medication Overuse Headaches By: Jon Konzen, DO Osteoporosis: Signs, Screening & Prevention By: Steven Steinmetz, MD Obesity: the New Epidemic? By: Jenifer Bassett, MD, FAAP Biologics in Spine Surgery By: T. Sunil Thomas, MD
	WINTER 2009 Surgical Options in Peripheral Vascular Disease By: Anton Sharapov, MD, FRCS(C) Preoperative Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Before Surgery By: Abd Khatib, MD, FACC Use of Narcotic Pain Relievers By: Mark Schlimgen, MD, DABPM Allergy Immunotherapy Treatment By: Richard Crane, MD, FACS, FAAOA New Implant Options for Eye Surgery By: Thomas Harvey, MD Amputation Prevention Begins with Vigilant Care By: Joel Kowski, DPM, FACFAS Laser Technology Offers Treatment for Many Conditions By: Katherine Parkinson, MD Shingles Vaccine Protection from a Painful Disease By: Darcie Sharapova, MD
	AUTUMN 2008 Macular Degeneration: Hope is Restored By: Ronald H. Lange, MD Skin Cancer By: Joseph Rucker, MD, FACS Rotator Cuff Disease By: Jose A. Padilla, MD Diabetes Mellitus in Children By: Michael Smith, MD Golfers: Don't be Handicapped with Foot and Ankle Pain By: Annette Caporusso, DPM Forgettable Contraception: The Mirena IUD By: Donna Schoenfelder, MD and Jamie Lamm, FNP-BC, APNP Heartburn By: Thomas Peller, MD OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Leadership Team
	WINTER 2008 Hysterectomy Options By: Donna Schoenfelder, MD and Steven Stenzel, MD Hip Resurfacing By: Nathaniel Stweart, MD Corrective Bunion Surgery By: David F. Hesse, DPM, FACFAS Pain Relief - Lumbar Spinal Stenosis By: Phillip J. Porter, MD The Internet: Family Safety and Medical Information By: Russell Durkee, DO Heart Palpitations By: Fadi Alsous, MD, FACC Coughs and Respiratory Infections By: Michael Smith, MD Losing Your Voice. Common Causes of Hoarseness By: Michelle Facer, DO We won’t put you on hold
	AUTUMN 2007 Gallbladder Surgery By: Steven Immerman , MD Botox - Reduced Muscle Spasms By: Heidi Jarecki, MD Botox - relief for Myofascial Pain By: Krishna Baddigam, MD Kidney Stones By: Christopher Tornehl, MD Botox - long-term relief from severe underarm sweating By: Katherine Parkinson, MD Smoking Cessation plan for success By: Fadi Sabbagh, MD Sinusitis: New Treatment with Balloon Sinuplasty By: Richard Crane, MD, FACS Ganglion CYST By: Clint Merrick, MD
	WINTER 2007 Online Resource for Breast Reconstruction Options By: Joseph W. Rucker, MD, FACS Fibromyalgia By: Jenifer Bassett, MD Constipation in Adults By: Thomas Peller, MD, FACP OakLeaf Surgical Hospital offers convenience of wireless Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke By: Abd Khatib, MD, FACC Arthritis of the Great Toe By: Robert Hume, DPM Hip Arthroscopy By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD HPV—Cervical cancer Vaccine By: Steven Stenzel, MD, FACOG
	AUTUMN 2006 Artificial Disc Replacement By: T. Sunil Thomas, MD Constipation in Toddlers and School-age Children By: Lisa Buenger, MD Dupuytren’s Disease By: J. Clinton Merrick, MD Foot and Ankle Injuries in Children’s Athletics. By: Greg Mack DPM, FACFAS Repair of Groin (Inguinal) Hernias By: Brent Wogahn, MD Museum Nurtures Development Why Does My Shoulder Hurt? By: Jose A. Padilla, MD, FAAOS OakLeaf Hospital and Clinics go Tobacco Free
	Summer 2006 Bladder Cancer By: Michael Hirsh, MD Degenerative Disease of the Cervical Spine By: Phillip Porter, MD Avoiding Dehydration By: Gurpreet Singh, MD "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Reconstructive Ear Surgery By: Michelle Facer, DO Navigation System Assists Knee Replacement By: Troy Berg, MD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease By: Anton Kidess, MD, FCCP Understanding Multiple Sclerosis By: Jon Konzen, DO Shhh! Healing in Process... Summer Sun Skin Protection By: Caryn Schulz, MD
	Winter 2006 Breast Reduction By: Joseph W. Rucker, MD, FACS New Vaccinations Offer Additional Protection By: Michael J. Smith, MD, FAAP Painful Shingles—There is Help By: Paul H. Resnik, MD Menopause & Hormone Replacement Therapy By: Susan J. Momont, MD, FACOG Lactose Intolerance A Simple Breath Test By: Jahn S. Hansen, MD Hospitalist at Surgical Hospital Cold & Flu Season: When are Antibiotics Effective? By: James Stanga, MD Are Fallen Arches a Real Foot Problem? By: Eric F. Caporusso, DPM New Vision-Saving Corneal Transplant Surgery By: Thomas M. Harvey, MD
	AUTUMN 2005 Upper Eyelid Ptosis: A Droopy Situation By: Heidi Jarecki, MD Trigger Finger or Thumb By: J. Clinton Merrick, MD What's the Scope About Surgery? By: Richard Daniels, MD, FACS Prescription Orthotic Therapy By: Joel Kowski, DPM Bronchiolitis By: Karla Schlimgen, MD, FAAP Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Willieam DeCesare, MD Pain Management Center at Surgical Hospital Adolescent Girls: Those Wacky, Wonderful Years By: Donna Schoenfelder, MD and Linda Poirier, FNP-C How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy...Before You're Pregnant By: Tamara Slinkard, MD
	Summer 2005 Advances In Hip Surgery By: Nathaniel Stewart, MD HPV And Cervical Cancer, Cause and Prevention By: Steven D. Stenzel, DO Pilondial Disease Causes a Pain In The... By: Brent Wogahn, MD, FACS The Small Things That Bite By: Michael J. Smith, MD, FAAP Family Medicine: What is a Family Doctor? By: Russel Durkee, DO Needle Localization Procedure Assists With Early Diagnosis of Cancer Low Back Pain By: T. Sunil Thomas, MD Injections Eliminate Foot Pain and Need for Surgery By: Robert Hume, OPM, FACFAS Urinary Incontinence in Women By: James S. Iwakiri, MD, FACS
	Winter 2005 The "Art" of Healing Bunion Surgery - Faster Recovery, Less Pain By: Gregory J. Mack, DPM, FACFAS Diabetes Awareness By: Kristine Haig, DO For the children Healthy Kids: Keep them active By: Jenifer Bassett, MD Heart Failure--Living within your limits By: M. Diaa Alaoua, MD, FACC & Fadi Alsous, MD Light can be effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder By: Paul M. Caillier, Ph.D. New ultraviolet light treatments reduce side effects and cost By: Caryn Schulz, MD Abnormal Uterine Bleeding During Perimenopause By: Susan J. Momont, MD, FACOG