It helps for a host of other health outcomes as well — Here’s the problem with nearly every diet out there. While they may work in the short term for cutting weight or improving health outcomes, they’re hard to sustain over the long haul. Take the carnivore or paleo diets — I’ve had patients who’ve been on both — they can do…

March is an ideal time for regions and rankings — WalletHub recently weighed in on the most overweight and obese metro areas in America. For a long list of reasons, Americans struggle to maintain a healthy body weight. According to the NIH nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight, and more than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) are obese. …

They’ve seen enough Tik Tok challenges — To stay relevant in today’s economy, not only must companies implement the latest tech, they need to identify and capitalize on emerging trends. You can either innovate, create something novel, or improve on what someone else is already doing. When you think of cutting edge, innovative companies, Weight Watchers isn’t…

Can drug makers justify multimillion dollar price tags? — Ally Shaw was hit with the worst kind of news a parent could receive. Both of her young daughters were diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. For her oldest daughter Nala, nothing could be done. Her disease would progress and she would be gone too soon. Prognosis for her youngest…

A new experiment offers a path forward — Every day it seems we’re finding a greater connection between our microbiome and overall health. We’ve discovered our microbiome contributes to the vast majority of our immune system. Some estimate 80 percent of our immune system is housed in our gut. These tiny bacteria also play an integral role in…

Concrete which has stood the test of time — Atop this building sits the largest, unreinforced concrete dome in the world: Standing strong for nearly two millennia. The Pantheon isn’t the only Roman Empire era structure fully intact today. Those who have traveled to the region likely came across other buildings, roads, even aqueducts constructed nearly two thousand years…

Nearly a $14 Billion Net Loss in 2022 — The past three years have been, in many ways, unprecedented. A pandemic changed, or accelerated the rate of change, in all aspects of life. How we work, communicate, entertain; our interactions with a wide range of services and professions have changed. Technology went into hyperdrive. During the pandemic, it made…

The latest Republican to enter the presidential primary — America finds itself in a never-ending election cycle. Almost as quickly as an election cycle concludes, the next one begins. There’s general dissatisfaction with both the political parties, and the choice — or lack thereof — in candidates. That’s what makes a primary so crucial to the process. In recent…

Especially for those experiencing muscle aches — They’re among the most prescribed class of drugs in America. Across the globe, nearly 200 million people take a statin drug, with Lipitor being the single most prescribed drug in America. Statins are designed to lower cholesterol. The thinking goes like this — high cholesterol leads to coronary artery disease…