Category Archives: Wellness

Virtual Primary Care, My New Venture

I’ve been practicing family medicine for almost 25 years, in wildly different settings and cities (and countries). Now, I am excited to start my latest journey, with Teladoc’s P360 Virtual Primary Care service. Yes, that’s right: virtual primary care. I’ll be helping patients just like I’ve always done — except this time via virtual visits on video or phone, across the USA.… Read the rest

A 7 Minute Workout That Really Works

“Maximum Results With Minimal Investment”. It sounds like a shady late night infomercial, but it’s actually the subtitle of a recentreview article from the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal. Titled High Intensity Circuit Training Using Body Weight, it made worldwide headlines, especially after the New York Times picked up on it.… Read the rest

Diabetes: Healthy Lifestyle Choices Are Key

I’ve been a family doctor for fifteen years, and one of the more dramatic changes I’ve noticed is a big spike in the incidence of prediabetes and diabetes, in all age groups. I had worked in China for ten years until last summer, and all us family doctors at my Beijing clinic weren’t surprised at all with the 2013 paper published in JAMA confirming the frightening reality in China: more than half of all adults in China now are prediabetic.… Read the rest