The Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Unfortunately, it’s most often diagnosed in its advanced stages, meaning it’s important to know what to watch out for. Although your regular physician can help you make the right lifestyle changes to prevent certain types of cancer, here’s what to know about how you
How to Cut Your Gestational Diabetes Risk
One important part of your pregnancy care process with your maternal fetal medicine specialist is screening for high blood sugar. That’s because gestational diabetes can happen for many reasons, even if you don’t already have diabetes outside of pregnancy. With some extra steps, you can still experience a happy and healthy pregnancy with high blood sugar, so here’s what
Digging into Diets: The Atkins Diet
Reviewed By: Casey Seiden MS, RD, CDN, CDE Anyone who remembers the Atkins Diet fad of the early 2000s knows that low-carb diets aren’t a new thing. Although keto could be considered the new generation’s Atkins, the Atkins diet is still alive and well. Even though it navigated a slew of controversy at the time, it
Digging into Diets: The Mediterranean Diet
Reviewed By: Casey Seiden MS, RD, CDN, CDE When someone mentions they eat a Mediterranean diet, it can evoke a lot of alluring images— grazing on fresh olives and expensive cheeses while nursing a glass of red wine on the canal. Compared to more traditional ‘diets’ which count calories and dread the sight of an avocado
Digging into Diets: Weight Watchers (WW)
Reviewed By: Casey Seiden MS, RD, CDN, CDE Weight Watchers® (WW) is an old staple when it comes to dieting. It’s been around for decades, and it’s likely you know more than one person who has tried it— in fact, it’s the largest commercial weight loss program in the US and even has international reach. But
Digging into Diets: The Paleo Diet
Reviewed By: Casey Seiden MS, RD, CDN, CDE From the outside, the Paleo diet is an attractive one. In a life and culture that seems jam-packed with complexity and juggling the right things, something simple and easy can feel like a comfort. After all, if our ancestors didn’t have to manage paying bills, keeping appointments, and
What to Know About Your Cycle and Timed Intercourse
What to Know About Your Cycle and Timed Intercourse Whether planning or avoiding pregnancy, one way to get the result you want is to be aware of your cycle and how it works. Despite living with a menstrual cycle for several years, many women only have a superficial understanding on how to optimize the timing
Weight and Health: Understanding Body Mass Index (BMI)
Reviewed By: Casey Seiden MS, RD, CDN, CDE In everyday life, it’s common to get an idea of someone’s overall health by assessing their weight. That’s because weight is often an important number according to societal expectations. However, your weight can often be a misnomer. The truth is that your weight may look very different
Digging into Diets: An Introduction to Fad Diets
Whether you’re out for brunch with your friends or scrolling through Instagram on your commute, it’s almost a given that you’ve heard of the next big diet that will change your life. That’s because diets are everywhere— in fact, Americans spend billions of dollars each year on weight loss products, services, and regimens to slim
CARNEGIE PHYSICIANS SELECTED BY CASTLE CONNOLLY AS TOP DOCTORS IN 2019, MFMA (Digital)
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a trusted source for identifying the best doctors in each field based on peer nominations. Each year, over 100,000 nominations are received, after which Castle Connolly creates a list of the most outstanding doctors in a variety of fields and practices. This is often based on factors like credentials, professional
