June 12, 2012
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

What You Can Do If Your Taste Buds Can’t Taste?

Imagine you sit down to eat your favorite dinner. You can remember how this meal used to make your mouth water… how you couldn’t wait to take the first bite. But now, you’re dreading the first bite because you know it’s not going to taste like you remember. It’s not going to taste like it’s supposed to. Millions of people live with “taste dysfunction”. Some people with taste disorders lose their sense of taste entirely, but this is rare. For most people, a taste disorder distorts tastes or it affects some types of tastes, like sweet or salty, but not […]
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May 30, 2012
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

Tasting Metal: What Does It Mean?

Last week, a patient, Ted, came in saying he had been experiencing a funny, metallic taste in his mouth for a while and was worried that it may be serious.  I explained to him that there were a number of possible reasons for him having this taste in his mouth but we’d do a complete exam and see what we come up with.  If you experience a metallic taste in your mouth, you’ll want to know what I told Ted about his funny taste. When Something Tastes Funny Every now and then you might get a funny, metallic taste in […]
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May 10, 2012
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

Is Laser Hair Removal the Answer to Unwanted Hair?

Dear Reader, There are many reasons that my patients consider laser hair removal. Whether it’s a woman who doesn’t want to shave her legs anymore to a man who is tired of the painful tweezing of that unattractive hair between his eyebrows. Regardless these grooming chores raise many questions with my patients. It used to be that if you wanted to permanently remove hair, electrolysis was your only option. In the electrolysis procedure, an electric current is used to damage hair follicles so they no longer grow. Many people find it to be very painful. Laser hair removal provides a less […]
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March 28, 2012
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

Healthy Answers: Reclaim the Energy of Youth

Dear Health-Minded Reader, In the near future, your doctor may prescribe a new drug called Prasterone. It has some wonderful benefits: lowers your risk of cancer, beats depression, improves bone density, just to name a few. But the price tag will be in the neighborhood of $100 to $150 a month.
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