Health Blog

Exercise Benefits-- Brisk Walking "The Brisk Walk" A lot of my patients have  a hard time integrating exercise into busy lifestyles with long hours working and often childcare responsibilities. One of my proposed solutions for this is the brisk walk. The ideal time...

    Ouch! These hurt. They are one condition that's far more common in men than women. In fact, some compare the pain of a kidney stone to childbirth; it can be that intense. There are genetic factors and dietary factors for kidney stones. The process of...

  Patients come in to the office (and sometimes call or email) about their ankle injuries.  Often it's basketball, but it can be running at night, stepping off a curb, or "horsing around".  In any event, the ankle has suffered a twisting or tilting motion that...

A statin medication is a treatment for high cholesterol, a treatment for heart disease, for stroke, or to prevent these by a combination of lowering cholesterol, especially LDL and reducing inflammation and stabilizing plaque in the arteries. Statins include...

There is a natural approach that I recommend to my Family Medicine patients in Culver City and Beverly Hills that present with sinus problems, nasal allergies, and nasal congestion.    It is called sinus irrigation.   Simply put, flushing out your nasal passages...

When a patient has a stomach ache, it can be confusing, worrisome etc and I try to help them find a stomach ache remedy as quick as possible. Often the first reaction is:  "it must be something I ate"--i.e. food poisoning. But usually it's not.  Stomach flu or...