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Doctor’s Notes: Summer 2023 – Health for the Ages

Health for the Ages

I hope this summer note finds you re-discovering aspects of your lives that bring you joy and pleasure.

It is now also a good opportunity to re-orient ourselves to our routine general health. The interruption in day to day health related encounters had been previously somewhat disrupted, no doubt.

 

OFFICE INFORMATION for PATIENTS

I will be out of the office between 9/10/23 and 9/28/23 for R & R (rest and recuperation).

You are asked to contact the office at 561-368-0191 for all your routine and urgent needs during that period. Make sure to contact me prior to those dates so I can accommodate your needs.

The office staff can assist you with basic questions and refills. My Board Certified associate will be available for all medical needs. I cannot assure you that any phone calls, texts or emails will be received by me in my absence and do not want you to miss an opportunity to be cared for.

Please contact the office prior to that time period for a follow up visit or other concerns that I may assist with while present.

 

Back to Health

Maintaining good health is an asset for all of us. Re-visiting the beneficial aspects of prevention and early detection of disease never gets old. We all at some time, have found “an ounce of prevention” to be truly “worth a pound of cure”, as Benjamin Franklin first expressed.

Some of the tools and indications for screening for early disease have changed in the recent years. The approach, and the different age groups have been reassessed based on clinical medical study.

The American Cancer Society’s most recent advice is as follows. All your medical history should be reviewed by your doctor as […]

Doctor’s Notes: Summer 2022 – Resilience

Resilience –  the capability to adjust to misfortune or change

All of us have had the shared experience of the last two and one half years. Change brought on by a once in a multi-generational timespan, biological event, that has occurred intermittently for millennia. Together we have weathered that adversity with the support of the development of therapies, cures and preventive practices to help us survive. We have shown resilience.

Much is spoken of wellness. Most choose it over illness. We have all heard of the Mind-Body connection, the concept that how we think can beneficially, or adversely, affect our general health. Healing encompasses both.

Oft times we employ seemingly contradictory terms to describe things and concepts. Some examples are “driving on a parkway”; or say, “parking in a driveway”. Another example is the term “fruits and vegetables”. It is similar, in that, a healthy diet suggests 3-4 times more servings of vegetables than fruits. A plant based diet should be just that, and does not exclude animal products, as does the choice of a vegan or vegetarian diet.

The Mind-Body connection can thusly be considered in a similar fashion. The mind resides in the organ, the brain, one of the organ systems of the body. The circulatory, respiratory, digestive and excretory systems of the body join the central and peripheral nervous system in the health of our body. We live in our town and community, but we basically live solely… in our body.

Care of the Body

Good nutrition, individualized physical activity, good sleep hygiene and routine medical and gynecological check-ups help us maintain our general health and promote healthy longevity.

Many cancers can be treated and controlled if found early. https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2021/cancer-facts-and-figures-2021.pdf

A plant based diet is […]

Doctor’s Notes: Fall 2014 – Staying Well in Trying Times

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” – Benjamin Franklin Autumn has arrived and our thoughts turn to the holiday season preparations, but our attention is brought to the news of the first case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) diagnosed in the United States on Tuesday September […]

Doctor’s Notes: Summer 2014 – Mind Body Medicine

“Summer’s here and the time is right…” – Mickey Stevenson & Marvin Gaye 1964 Welcome back to the time of year where one thinks of relaxing a bit and enjoying the things that longer daylight hours offer us. Something salubrious, a break from the regular day to day activities. It can […]

Diet and Exercise and…?

We have all heard that the best way to reach a healthier weight is through diet and exercise. Many of us have tried this combination unsuccessfully, mostly because we were unable to define it well enough on our own or institute the correct personal regimen [...]

Linking Exercise to Better Health

Exercise means different things to different people. To the athlete, it is a priority that keeps them in optimum shape and able to perform. To the average individual, regular exercise may be pursued because of how good it makes them feel [...]