A DEXA body composition scan can accurately and safely determine how much muscle and fat you have in your body and how the muscle and fat are distributed. Be Well Body Scan can do this test quickly and inexpensively.
Chest CT scans on an annual basis have been shown to find lung cancers in former long-term smokers early enough to reduce mortality by 20%. We should consider starting annual chest CTs for all current and former serious smokers.
The Clover House follows a Greek-American woman who discovers the secret to a wartime family tragedy when she returns to her mother’s native Greece to sift through an uncle’s inheritance. The author is an OHC member.
Extra virgin olive oil and healthy tree nuts (walnuts and almonds) are available inexpensively at Costco and probably other bulk retailers. The Mediterranean diet does not at all need to be an expensive diet.
The NE Journal (2/25/13) published a study from Spain that showed that overweight middle-aged people at high risk for stroke, heart attack or death from cardiovascular disease can reduce that risk by almost 30% with a “Mediterranean” diet compared to a diet higher in starch but lower in fruits, vegetables and legumes, olive oil and nuts. We should pay attention.
Men in midlife may experience reduced energy, strength and overall feeling of vigor, in addition to reduced sexuality and sexual performance from low testosterone levels. I am making a regular effort to focus more diligently on this issue with all of our men. Big Pharma is rapidly generating new treatment alternatives.
We will include hepatitis C antibody testing with your next annual checkup blood tests, to try to identify those people unknowingly infected with the disease. The peak exposure time was the 1980s. Treatment is now highly effective.
One of Dr. Kanner’s patients describes her most trying experience with johnnies and invites others to share their experiences, as well as to reflect on the origin and name of the diabolical gown.
An Op-Ed Commentary in the Lincoln Journal on March 7 reminded me that the forces of darkness and ignorance are alive and strong even in our communities. The writer proposed to remove fluoridation from our water despite almost seven decades of clearly beneficial results. I had to respond.
The British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com) just reported that a review of studies of egg consumption determined that there was no increase in heart attacks or strokes related to regular eating of eggs.