7 Myths About the Flu Shot
Believe it or not, the 2019-2020 flu season has already started, with scattered outbreaks reported around the country. According to the Florida Department of Health (FDH), during the last four weeks, influenza A (H3), influenza A 2009 (H1N1), and influenza
This Ancient Practice Can Improve Your Health
If our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach offered you a drug that cost nothing and could increase flexibility and balance, improve upper- and lower-body strength, lower blood pressure as well as cholesterol and triglycerides, reduce
To Vape Or Not To Vape?
As of this date, nine people have died from vaping. Another 530 vaping-related illnesses have been confirmed. This month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved to ban flavored e-cigarettes, citing their appeal to young people. A few days earlier,
Senior Falls Can Be Deadly – Here’s What You Can Do
One reason our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach are so concerned about our senior patients falling is because one quarter of seniors who fall and fracture a hip will die within six months of their
Health Benefits of Yoga
Because September is National Yoga Awareness Month, our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach would like to highlight the health benefits of this ancient practice. So let’s examine what yoga is and what it might be
Keeping Your Food Safe On Your Labor Day Picnic
Labor Day is the last blast of summer, and one of many ways people will celebrate it is with one final picnic. But our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach want you to keep food safety
All About Acupuncture
Even before the recent opioid epidemic, many of our patients sought alternative methods of pain relief. One topic our family practice doctors in Delray Beach receive many questions about is acupuncture, which is often used as an alternative to pain-killing
How To Survive ‘The Lightning Capital of the U.S’
Florida has many distinctions: sunniest location in the continental U.S.; oldest continuous European settlement; longest coastline in the contiguous states; southern-most point in the U.S., etc. One superlative our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates of Delray Beach wish we
How To Reduce Children’s Risk of Drowning
It’s the height of pool season, so our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach want to make parents aware that drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death for young children. According to the U.S. Centers
Take Care with Fireworks
The day after the Continental Congress voted for our independence from Great Britain, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, expressing a wish that the act be remembered with “Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End