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The Doctor is In - Dr. Terinell Beavers
Terinell Beaver, M.D. is a board-certified internist and has been practicing with The Medical Group in Germantown since March 2008. Before joining The Medical Group, she practiced with Bartlett Internal Medicine. Dr. Beaver received her bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College and her Medical Degree from The University of Tennessee Medical School. Dr. Beaver completed her internship [...]
Continue reading...Reality Check: Women and Heart Disease
18. August 2009
One evening when Jonna Elzen went to bed, she felt restless and unable to sleep. It seemed odd but she figured it was simply stress and fatigue, although the tenderness in her chest was a little alarming. “It wasn’t pressure or heaviness,” Jonna, 49, recalled of the incident in 2005. “It was like someone had punched [...]
Continue reading...Fraxel® laser treatment
18. August 2009
While aesthetic skin treatments often help a person feel more confident about her looks, they can provide more than just an ego boost. For deeper damage like acne scarring, sun damage and age spots, as well as wrinkles, Fraxel® Laser Treatment offers an opportunity to rejuvenate the skin’s appearance and texture with quicker recovery time [...]
Continue reading...Investigating Bio-identical Hormones
18. August 2009
Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) restores hormones such as estrogen and progesterone and androgens like testosterone that the ovaries stop making during menopause. Hormone levels begin to change during perimenopause, the years just before menopause takes place. During this phase, some women have hot flashes, vaginal dryness, irregular periods and insomnia due to the declining [...]
Continue reading...Abnormal Swallowing
18. August 2009
Many Americans develop swallowing difficulties each year. Most problems fall within two broad categories: the first involves the oral phase of swallowing where the transfer of food from the mouth to the esophagus (the swallowing tube) is affected, while the second involves movement of food from the esophagus into the stomach. Once a problem with swallowing [...]
Continue reading...An Introduction to Vaser® Liposuction
18. August 2009
Over the past 20 years of my surgery practice, I have been asked many times by my women patients undergoing abdominal surgery, “Can you take some of this off while you’re at it?” Of course, they are jokingly referring to those abdominal fat rolls that seem to persist in all of us despite weight loss, [...]
Continue reading...New location offers many comforts and amenities at Baptist Women’s Health Center
18. August 2009
Efficiency, privacy, comfort and convenience are the main goals at the new location of the Women’s Health Center, a part of Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, the only East Memphis breast center accredited as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. The new center in 50 Humphreys Center, Suite23, is around the corner from its current [...]
Continue reading...Ouch! Root Sensitivity and Gum Recession
18. August 2009
There are various reasons our teeth can hurt–such as decay, leaking fillings, fractured teeth or an abscessed nerve. However, root sensitivity is the most common culprit, as one-third of Americans are affected. Cold air, brushing, hot or cold foods can all cause pain if you have root sensitivity. The roots are not covered with enamel like the top of the tooth. The [...]
Continue reading...Feeling Hip About Your Stature?
18. August 2009
Customizing hip replacement to fit your anatomy According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, about 243,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, a number that is predicted to rise as the baby boomers begin to experience arthritis and other degenerative joint disorders. With more patients wanting to maintain an active [...]
Continue reading...When Art Gives Healing Wings
18. August 2009
Eileen Cashbaugh first found herself in West Clinic in 2000, staring at the antiseptic walls of treatment rooms as she assisted her mother in her battle with lung cancer. Four years later, she stared at the walls again, after finding a lump in her breast that sent her on a journey through lumpectomy, recurrence and [...]
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18. August 2009
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