I wanted to highlight the CIMT ultrasound and show you what this looks like. In a previous email, I made the comment that lab work, your medical history, and your family history only tell us your risk of developing disease but not if you actually have heart disease. Currently, the only way to diagnose heart disease is by looking inside…
Hello and welcome to my last article in this series on heart health — supplements and medications. I see supplements and medications as essentially the same thing: taking something (pill, powder, or injection) to improve your health in some way. By looking at it like this, supplements are just weaker versions of medications. Decisions around what…
Hello and welcome to Part 4 of our email series on Heart Disease! In this post, I’m going to try to present a succinct message on lifestyle changes that have the best data for heart health. Because you can find good information on the internet, I want to be brief on the lifestyle changes that…
Hello and welcome to Part 3 of our email series on Heart Disease! In this post, we are going to delve into the topics most of you are waiting for — lab work and imaging. In the last two emails, I hope I have driven home the point that heart disease is a universal health challenge…
Hello and welcome to Part 2 of our email series on Heart Disease! In this post, we will take a step back and define some common terms as it relates to heart disease. Then we will explore the process on how heart disease develops in the body. Obviously, this is a less practical and applicable post than…
Hello and (a belated) welcome to 2024! I apologize for the delay in these emails/blog posts — we’ve had a lot of transition at our clinic and needed to devote time to making sure it went as smoothly as possible. Now that we are on the other side and the dust is settling, it’s time…
I hope you are all doing well as we transition from fall into winter! I just wanted to send out a quick email to remind you about our practice transition in 2024. We will be leaving insurance completely starting 1/1/2024 and partnering directly with patients for care in our office. –> You can read more about…
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Alcohol is a tricky subject, as it can be easily moderated in some and completely life altering in another. There’s also a lot of conflicting information about the “health benefits” of alcohol, how much is a “healthy” amount, and if certain types of alcohol are better than others. Lastly, alcohol is a socially acceptable drug…
If you’ve kept up with the recent series on muscle mass, thank you for reading! I hope you have learned about the importance of muscle mass when it comes to living a healthy, functional life as well as the strategies you need to take in order to build muscle in a sustainable way. But you…
