By Daniel Brown

Every day, your good health depends on your heart valves opening and closing successfully about 100,000 times. Your heart’s four valves work together to ensure adequate blood flow through the heart and throughout the body. If you have a heart condition that prevents one or more of those valv…

Whether the pain is in your knee, hip or somewhere else, joint pain can range from mild to excruciating. It can also be constant or come and go. But one thing never changes: Chronic joint pain affects your quality of life, causing everyday tasks and activities to feel like obstacles.

When a joint or muscle aches, your first step may be to reach for a pain reliever. But medications only dull the pain — they don’t fix the underlying cause.

You pick up a package on your doorstep — and you’re surprised by how heavy it is — but you manage it anyway. The next thing you know, the dull ache in your lower back suddenly turns into a sharp pain running down the back of your leg.

So, you feel a lump in your breast. Or, is it a lump? You’re unsure.

Dr. Leonidas “Doc” Andres, general surgeon and longtime well-known family medicine provider has announced his retirement from OmniPoint Health. Andres has been practicing at the OmniPoint Health Primary Care Clinic in Dayton since late 2021.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. It is also a time to emphasize the importance of regular screenings. All women are at risk for developing breast cancer, and this risk increases with age. In fact, one in eight …