Once a year, we go to the Doctor’s office for something called an Annual Health Exam. We sometimes go to the Doctor more frequently and wonder what the difference may be. This visit is a 360 degree look into the inner workings of our body to ensure that everything is running at peak efficiency. The…
The truth is that you know everything you need to know for any new variant such as Omicron. This might be our first rodeo with a pandemic, but it has gone on for a long time with intermissions. So we know exactly what to do with each new wave. That is to say, the usual…
Every visit to the Doctor’s office always includes 2 measurements. They measure your height and weight. We don’t even think about it or question the activity. We’ve known that “this is how it’s done” since our parents took us to the Doctor as children. And now the habit is ingrained within our minds. The height…
You go to bed one night feeling just a little bit more tired than usual. You might not think much of it. Maybe the day was just extra busy. So you decide that a good night’s sleep will do you some good. The next morning hits you like a ton of bricks! Stuffy nose, the…
Find out why your Doctor asks you to come in for medication refills and how you can make it a productive visit.
Well it happened. I am one of the 10.69 per 100,000 people in my age group that experienced myocarditis after receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. (1) It was surprising because I did not feel anything unexpected from the first dose. Shoulder pain at the site of injection, fever, body aches and head aches came and…
You come into your Doctor’s office for an appointment. Your Doctor reviews your records and notices that you have not had a mammogram in over a year; or maybe you have not had a mammogram at all! So he/she recommends it to you. You may have heard of the test before from relatives or friends….
It seems like a practical joke that only Doctors seem to be “in” on. A colonoscopy is a procedure that involves snaking a long tube with a camera in through your back side. Not at all an enticing proposition! However screening is recommended at regular intervals for one reason: To find any possibility of cancer…
“Every battle is won or lost before it is ever fought.” ~ Sun Tzu You go to the Doctor’s office today thinking it’s going to be a breeze! You have no complaints. In fact, you feel great! But you’re going to visit the Doctor today for an annual exam. You’re betting that the Doctor will…
Since the outbreak of the current SARS CoV – 2 pandemic (aka Covid – 19), there has been a lot of ideas about certain nutritional supplements that can help combat the coronavirus. I would like to hone in on Vitamin D specifically in this article. Vitamin D is commonly known to increase calcium absorption to…