Dr. Robin Miller

Dr. Robin Miller, Sharecare Editorial Advisory Board Member, currently practices Internal Medicine and serves as the medical director of Triune Integrative Medicine, a highly innovative Integrative Medicine clinic in Medford, Oregon. She has produced the award-winning health series, “Is there a Doctor in the House,” which is shown nationwide on the GE-sponsored Patient Channel, and is the author of "Kids Ask the Doctor" and the co-author of “The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond: A No-Nonsense Approach to Staying Healthy after 50".

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I Love My Fitbit

Posted by: | April 29th, 2013 | 1 comment

A couple of months ago a patient of mine came in wearing a pedometer known as the Fitbit. I was intrigued—without her doing anything, the gadget calculated her steps and the number of calories she burned. It could even tell her how well she was sleeping. I decided to try it out... View Full Post

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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Safer Than You Think

Posted by: | April 25th, 2013 | 2 comments

Once upon a time, people used to think that hormone replacement therapy after menopause was a risk-free proposition. In fact, way back when, some doctors thought that every woman ought to go on hormones at menopause and stay on them for the rest of her life. Then came the Women’s Health Initiative, raising questions about the safety of these hormones, and women got scared. I have many patients who come to me terrified of taking hormones, and as a result they have suffered with severe hot flashes, insomnia, mood swings, and vaginal dryness. View Full Post

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Women: Listen to Your Heart

Posted by: | March 25th, 2013 | 0 comments

Despite the fact that public health experts have mounted a huge campaign for the past decade or more to inform women about the different ways that a heart attack can present itself, all the statistics show that we women are still waiting too long to call for help. I believe that one of the reasons has to do with our nature: Most of us live in the land of denial. We do not think that something like a heart attack can happen to us. And we’re so busy taking care of others that we often ignore our own symptoms. View Full Post

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What My Patients Have Taught Me about Weight Loss

Posted by: | March 18th, 2013 | 0 comments

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine got a lot of attention for dispelling myths and presumptions about weight loss, and it has certainly given me food for thought. But when looking at the article’s conclusions, I think it is important to take them with a grain of salt, so to speak. Sometimes, it is important to inject some common sense. Speaking as a doctor who frequently talks to patients trying to lose weight, I think it’s critical to point out that studies address groups of people -- and some findings may not apply to the individual. View Full Post

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The Heart Disease Danger You’ve Never Heard Of

Posted by: | March 15th, 2013 | 0 comments

The connection between low magnesium and heart disease is one of the best-kept secrets in health research. View Full Post

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