A small but growing number of doctors are downsizing their practices by using a concierge model to offer more personalized care. Among the “benefits” is the ability to contact your…
Author: <span>Dr. Daniel Thomas, DO, MS</span>
Your health insurance company doesn’t care about you or your health, and they care even less about your doctor. Their business model is built on the premise that you or…
A fasting glucose (blood sugar) of 65-99 mg/dL is considered “normal.” A level of 100-125 mg/dL is considered “prediabetes.” A level of 126 mg/dL or higher found on two separate…
Like hormones, neurotransmitters are powerful chemical messengers. They are used by the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system to relay information from one nerve cell to another and to…
The documented use of marijuana (also known as cannabis) as a safe and effective therapeutic botanical medicine dates back to 2700 BC. From 1840 to 1900, European and American medical…
Milder winters, burgeoning mice and deer populations, and a bumper acorn crop from two years ago mean this year’s tick season is expected to be bad and more widespread, experts…
Aspirin is the most commonly used medication in the world. It’s used daily by millions of people as a blood thinner to reduce the risk of a heart attack. Heart…
Ten words you won’t say on your deathbed are, “I shouldn’t have paid so much attention to my health.” Most people are too busy living their life to stop and…
Can you believe this? According to a recent news headline, computer programmers believe that supercomputers and artificial intelligence will help us figure out how to live 10 years longer (click…
Blood pressure is necessary to supply the cells of your body with oxygen and nutrients. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an all-too-common (and reversible) chronic disease in which the force…