There are options for treating dry eye syndrome By Prinze C. Mack, M.D.       Dry eye syndrome is very common condition, and the cause is unclear in most cases.The tear film,when healthy,covers the surface of the eye, providing nutrition and moisture to the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. It is made up of an inner mucous layer, a middle aqueous (water) layer, and an ... More ... Food portions are out of control in many American diets By Joe Stein       In addition to baseball spring training, March Madness and St.Patrick's Day, TheAmerican DieteticAssociation has declared March National Nutrition Month. Put down the corn beef and cabbage, green beer,and fantasy league sheets. Let's talk about nutrition in general and portion control in particul... More ... American Lung Assoc. offering to train people to help smokers quit       Do you want to help people in your company or organization quit smoking? If so, theAmerican Lung Association of New Jersey (ALANJ) can help your business help smokers quit and breathe easier.The Freedom From Smoking (FFS) facilitator training program will teach you the necessary skills to facilita... More ... March 7 seminar on adolescent depression features Dr. Harold Koplewicz       One of the nation's leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, Harold Koplewicz, M.D.,will share his expertise on recognizing and treating adolescent depression at CPC Behavioral Healthcare's Peter M.Bry ClinicalTraining on March 7 at the PNC Arts Center. More ... Clinical trials revolutionizing breast cancer treatment       Thanks to a number of factors, such as clinical trials, a diagnosis of breast cancer is not nearly as devastating as it was a few years ago. Until the early 1980s,only 25 percent of women with the disease lived more than five years and mastectomy was the only treatment. More ... Weight-loss surgery not one-size-fits-all       Not everyone who undergoes weightloss surgery should do it, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. One in five candidates for weight-loss surgery, also called bariatric or metabolic surgery, are not psychologically ready and should not be cleared. More ... Do you have a splitting headache? You're not alone By Russell Brokstein, D.C.       Nine out of 10Americans suffer from headaches.Some are occasional, some frequent, some are dull and throbbing,and some cause debilitating pain and nausea. Headaches have many causes.Ninetyfive percent are primary headaches, such as tension,migraine or cluster headaches. These types of headaches a... More ... Hernias of the groin By Jody C. DiGiacomo, M.D., FACS       Abdominal wall hernias are abnormal protrusions of intra-abdominal structures through the muscles of the abdominal wall, and they are named based on their location.All are fundamentally based on a weakness or defect of the abdominal wall,which allows the protrusion to occur when the pressure in th... More ... Predicting Alzheimer's risk to you       Stanford University scientists have developed a blood test to predict whether an individual will develop Alzheimer's disease within two to six years.Today,physicians use an exclusion process, such as the presence of stroke, alcoholism or tumors, to diagnose Alzheimer's,which affects 5 million Amer... More ...