Good morning North Idaho Family, I will be out of the office Thursday and Friday because I will be presenting at the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians. This is the organization that all military family medicine physicians work together to perform...
Hello North Idaho DPC Family We are about half way through reviewing the American Heart Association’s Simple Seven. The next topic is managing cholesterol. American media has done a good job terrifying people about cholesterol, and I am going to try to help demystify...
Hello North Idaho Direct Primary Care family, Now continuing our discussion on the American Heart Association’s Simple Seven, the next arena is an area that I find a lot of person reward. Controlling our blood sugar. This is directly what leads to diabetes and all of...
Good morning North Idaho DPC family, As I discussed last week, the American Heart Associations: Life’s Simple 7. Today I am going to discuss blood pressure. Big picture – it’s the Goldilocks of medicine. Too high or too low is dangerous....
Good morning North Idaho DPC Family, Continuing on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7, I am going to discuss Being More Active. I am a firm believer regardless of where we are in our life, if we do not use it, we will lose it. Here in Idaho, I have heard...
Good morning North Idaho DPC, There are 2 things that impact heart health. There are the nonmodifiable factors (basically our genetics that we are born with) and the modifiable factors (things we can do something about). The American Heart Association has a list known...
Good morning North Idaho DPC Family, We are actively growing, and it is exciting to meet all of the new patients. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in your health and your life. I am going to try and send out a couple emails a month about things to think...