By Ebaad Malick, M.D.October 2019 Have you ever been to a play, a concert, or a sporting event featuring your favorite team? How many times have we all done these things and ended up feeling disappointed? We come in with grand expectations and judge a performance in our own unique and subjective ways. However, one […]
Nutrition, Simply Put.
By Kristina Kurkimilis, DOJuly 2019 Whether you follow doctor’s orders or follow the latest fad diets, it’s so easy to quickly become overwhelmed by what is good or bad, healthy or unhealthy, right or wrong when it comes to food choices. We doctors always tell patients to “improve their diet,” or we write “Discussed diet […]
A Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression
By Lenny Salzberg, M.D.May 2019 In 1987, a revolutionary new treatment of depression was introduced. Prozac® (fluoxetine) is an effective antidepressant with fewer side effects than the medications we formerly used to treat depression. Prozac was the first in a new class of medications called “Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)”. Four years later, in 1991, […]
Rx: Lifestyle Changes – The Best Medicine the Doctor Didn’t Order
By Kristina Kurkimilis, DOApril 2019 According to a nationally representative Consumer Report survey of 1,947 adults, more than half of Americans are filling prescriptions for daily medications. And these Americans are filling, on average, four daily prescriptions. These numbers are increasing in ways never seen before, and each prescription medication comes with a hefty cost: […]
Aspirin. To Take or Not to Take.
That is the Question.
By Lenny Salzberg, M.D.March 2019 If you type ‘Bayer Aspirin’ into Google or Bing, in less than a second, the URL www.bayeraspirin.com/heartattack will pop up which declares “Learn About the Only OTC Pain Reliever That Can Also Help Save Your Life. Chewable. Heart Attack Prevention…” If you are over 50, your doctor has probably mentioned […]