Health Blog

These new medications are in the news and I am prescribing them for appropriate patients.  What these medications do includes modifying insulin sensitivity (glucose/sugar levels), reducing appetite, helping you to feel full earlier, and slowing digestion.  The net...

The Sprained Ankle “I sprained my ankle…  or did I break it?” Last week I saw a patient who had a chip fracture of his ankle, at the inner or medial malleolus bone.  I had to put him in an ankle walker (boot) device.  He needed his crutches adjusted, as well. But...

“My shoulder aches, I think it’s the rotator cuff”.   I hear this a lot and sometimes it’s a correct self-diagnosis.  The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint and stabilize our amazing, flexible, shoulders.  These structures...

Covid-19 Update and misc.  December 6th. 2020   Covid cases are extremely high right now, both nationally and locally. There is a stay-at-home order from Gov. Newsom effective tonight.   This is the third (and I hope final) wave.  Hospitals and more critically...

Covid-19 VACCINE Update and misc. November 18th.   Covid-19 vaccine is coming 1) I am really excited about the vaccine data that has come out. Two different vaccines, first one to be distributed by Pfizer from a German company. Great results, 90% effective, 2 shots 3...

A TMS healing group for diagnosed TMS patients is meeting weekly.