It’s a big question, and we don’t want to cause you any panic or additional stress, but it is important to take a rational look at your health, especially when we are in the middle of another COVID-19 wave. Even if COVID-19 were not an issue, pandemics are random by nature, and there is no…
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Let’s get physical. Your pelvic floor is the set of muscles that directly support your sexual function (for men and women), bladder function and they are involved in helping prevent abdominal and back pain. The essentials help the front and back of your trunk move. Normal aging, injuries, carrying children for women, reduced hormones for…
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Like most things, the sex drive is a spectrum. There are some people that have little interest in sex and others were making out is their main interest. Honestly, as doctors, we have no norm for sex drive which makes it a hard topic to give advice on. When helping someone with libido the first…
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It was 1985 and Dee Snider from Twisted Sister was named a public enemy by a group of parents trying to censor lyrics of heavy metal music. I was sure I knew everything about metal then. Too bad those Mom’s didn’t focus on all the lead paint their kids had been chewing on in toys…
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I hear this all too often in my practice: My “parent/grandparent” has Alzheimer’s and I am noticing some change in my memory. I am kind of freaking out and I want to come up with a way to prevent these changes. What can I do? In 2018 Alzheimer’s disease statistic was 5.7 million Americans. There…
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One of my first years in medicine a patient came in with a T-shirt that said, “Ask me again, I have CRS”. Of course, I asked about what this CRS was . . . I laughed so hard. I “CRS= Can’t Remember Shit.” He clearly had a sense of humor about something that I would…
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Often, patients are confused by the symptoms they experience are unsure what their health problem exactly is; they are especially confused between diabetes, heart disease, and metabolic syndrome. Here I am going to talk about the differences between Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes. Metabolic Syndrome: Metabolic Syndrome is a combination of a few factors like elevated…
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Have you ever asked the question, “Can I lose weight forever?”. The answer is yes you can with the right plan! The complete and utter trick to this is having a long term plan and a way to keep accountability. If you want to retire, buy a home, open a business . . .what do…
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Patients often ask me about chronic fatigue. They want to know what it is and what causes it. The truth is we don’t know. The theories include immune problems, hormonal issues, psychological stress, physical stress, and infections. This is where several infections come in play. Mycoplasma it is one of the infections thought to trigger…
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A lot of patients come to me with the primary concern of fatigue, so I want to share some information with you about one of the main infections that can cause fatigue, Epstein Barr Virus, also known as Mono or the kissing disease. Most of us have heard of mono, but don’t know much about…
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