Bring a long list of complaints.  Many popular articles I’ve seen recently encourage patients to bring a long list of problems to their doctor appointments.  Don’t.  Physicians just do not have time to appropriately address numerous...
Topics: General Medical Info, Health Maintenance, Physician Perspective

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Cholesterol metabolism is a very complicated field. Lipids are the different forms of fat and cholesterol which perform a variety of functions within human physiology. There are many different types and subtypes of lipid particles, each with different...
Topics: Health Maintenance, Longevity, Medicine in the News

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“Scientific studies have shown. . .”“Recent research suggests. . .”“A study presented recently reported. . .”These types of phrases are used daily in the popular media to report on medical and scientific studies which..
Topics: General Medical Info, Medicine in the News, Physician Perspective

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I’m not talking about “survival” in the cutesy sense of how to feel good and thrive while in your 20’s and early 30’s; I mean how not to die before the age of 35, literally.The primary killers of young people are very...
Topics: General Medical Info, Health Maintenance, Longevity

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No, I’m not talking about an ex-girlfriend.  Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans and the ultimate heartbreaker.  If you combine all the deaths caused by the number 4 through 10 leading causes of death in this country, the total is...
Topics: General Medical Info, Health Maintenance, Longevity

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