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Lose It With Lamb, Week 4

Posted by: | July 12th, 2012 | 1 comment

This was a great week for me! I’ve started swimming at the gym and am loving it. (Really, can you think of a better way to do cardio in the summertime?) Okay, not just swimming. The pool, which never gets deeper than about four-and-a-half feet, also has lanes for walking.... View Full Post

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Hey Doc, Can We Talk? Or at Least Email?

Posted by: | July 12th, 2012 | 36 comments

Remember The Waltons? When John Boy was ill, the doctor not only made a house call—he actually stayed for dinner. The days of home visits may be long gone, but doctors’ desire to interact with and address their patients’ needs hasn’t changed. What has changed is how they do it. View Full Post

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What Your Jeans Can Tell You

Posted by: | July 11th, 2012 | 1 comment

I know so many women who are married to their scales when they should be married to their jeans. If you vacillate from triumph to despair depending on those three numbers on the scale, remember that your weight can vary depending on the time of the month and other factors. A more accurate gauge of how you are managing your weight is to put on and zip up those jeans in your closet. Your jeans could suddenly be baggy (score!), fit as they always have (terrific!), suddenly be snug (red flag!) or be too tight to get on (alarm bell for behavior change!). View Full Post

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Why You Should Still Take Vitamin D

Posted by: | July 10th, 2012 | 4 comments

Recently the U.S. Preventive Task Force stated that the combination of vitamin D at 400 IUs and calcium at 1000 milligrams cannot be recommended as supplementation to prevent fractures in postmenopausal women. View Full Post

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Oral Health: Americans Need to Brush Up on Their Knowledge

Posted by: | July 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

As a dentist, part of my role is to help people take good care of their dental health. As it turns out, I have my work cut out for me. The American Dental Association recently surveyed people to find out what they know about dental health, and Americans need to brush up on their knowledge. For example, most people surveyed didn’t know that you should floss your teeth every day. Or that you should get a new toothbrush every three months. Or that some bleeding after brushing your teeth is not normal—actually, it can be a sign of gum disease. View Full Post

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