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Men’s Health Month: Weight loss isn’t easy…but we can help make it about as easy as it gets
Being overweight is not only unpleasant, but in many cases, is dangerous to one’s health and life span. The reason men have excess weight is often multifactorial, and in many cases, reaching your goals involves more than just "needing to go on a diet". The primary...
The questions you should be asking about medical weight loss
When you’re sitting at work, or at the grocery store, or in the park, look to your left, then look to your right. Chances are, at least one of you is trying to lose weight. In North America alone, around 44% of people are actively looking to shed pounds. The global...
How menopause impacts women’s risk of heart disease
We talked recently about heart health and how we can help analyze patients’ cardiovascular risk. But for women, it’s especially important to understand how aging, and menopause specifically, can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a cardiovascular...
Do you know your risk of heart disease?
You’ve heard of cardiovascular disease (CVD), you likely know someone with it, but do you know your own risk of CVD? “Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year” and unfortunately,...
Is HRT safe for women? It could actually help save your life
When talking to women about hormone replacement therapy, the most common question I get is, “Is it safe?” I applaud this question. We should be highly cognizant of what we put into our bodies, and we should be asking if it’s safe. From the foods we eat to the...
Testosterone beyond sex and muscles
Testosterone has become more than a hormone – elevated in popular culture into this greater concept of “masculinity”. That stems, in part, in science, as men produce 90-95% more testosterone than women. But one of the biggest discrepancies I continue to see, even...
Winning at Weight Loss: Why managing your weight doesn’t have to be a struggle
Every year, an estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet. I imagine that’s why, if you start to type in “How to” on Google, “how to lose weight” and “how to lose weight fast” are two of the top search results. But while losing weight is clearly top of many...
Heart Health Risks – Why I’m Both Worried, and Hopeful
February is American Heart Month, and every year around this time I am flooded with memories from my more than 20 years of experience working in cardiac care. For decades, I worked with men and women who had suffered heart attacks—many of whom needed heart surgery as...
One of the biggest wellness concerns women probably aren’t discussing with their PCP
I’m not sure how long I’ve been waiting for this moment. In fact, I’m not sure I even knew it was missing until the past few years when I thought to myself: “Why don’t we as women feel more comfortable talking about what we want, what we like and how we can better...
The biggest weight loss resolution mistakes to avoid this new year
It’s that time of year again, when people start thinking about new year’s resolutions. According to Statista, “Doing more exercise or improving my fitness”, “Losing weight” and “Improving my diet” were among the top four most common resolutions in 2021. It’s...
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