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Every year, the Environmental Working Group releases their Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen list. The Dirty Dozen alerts consumers of the produce with the highest concentration of pesticides, while the Clean 15 highlights the fruits and veggies with low-to-no pesticides residue.
Hormones are the tiny chemical messengers that regulate all your major bodily processes. Released into your bloodstream by various endocrine glands, they play a critical role in everything from growth, development, and metabolism to mood, circadian rhythms, sexual function, and reproduction. As an integrative care expert who specializes in bioidentical...
If you rarely wake up feeling refreshed, alert, and ready for the day, you’re not alone: One in three adults in the United States report that they frequently get less than the recommended amount of sleep each night. Sleep difficulties often stem from factors like: Excessive life stress or persistent...
Before the widespread existence of urgent care clinics in the United States, the emergency room was the only place you could access direct medical care for a pressing health problem. But the appearance of urgent care providers in most communities has led to a fundamental shift in this dynamic. Urgent...
Your body is made to move — that’s why a sedentary, inactive lifestyle is associated with everything from weight gain, joint pain, low energy, and poor sleep to declining health and chronic illness. Regular exercise, on the other hand, is included in virtually every “lifestyle modification prescription” for improved health. ...
Raise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Many of us would raise our hands to doing at least one of those weekly, or even daily. As people age,...
Tackling weight loss can sometimes feel like a never-ending roller coaster. The cycle of shedding and regaining weight can be disheartening. The good news is that innovation in the realm of weight loss has brought promising solutions like tirzepatide and semaglutide. At our serene clinic nestled in Kailua, Hawaii, Dr....
Recurrent, unconscious teeth grinding — a common disorder known as bruxism — can occur when you’re asleep, awake, or both. Without early intervention, persistent teeth grinding can cause major oral health complications, including cracked teeth and chronic jaw dysfunction and pain. At Stuart Lerner, MD in Kailua, Hawaii, family medicine...
Thyroid disease is a general medical term that covers any thyroid-affecting disorder. About 20 million adults in the United States have some form of thyroid disease, and as many as three in five (60%) are unaware of their condition. Why? The multitude of non-specific symptoms that thyroid disease can cause...
Dwindling reproductive hormone levels isn’t just a problem faced by women going through menopause: Men’s bodies also produce less testosterone as the years go by. When testosterone levels decline significantly, however, the resulting hormonal deficiency can trigger an array of disruptive symptoms and health concerns. While many men simply attribute...
Millions of people in the United States live with the disruptive symptoms and ongoing health effects of a chronic digestive disorder. These common conditions impact one or more parts of the digestive tract, otherwise known as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Whether your digestive disorder causes constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, abdominal pain,...
A new study shows the popular weight loss drug Wegovy can also reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 20%. That's according to a not yet peer-reviewed clinical trial performed by drugmaker Novo Nordisk that studied more than 17,000 non-diabetic adults with heart disease who were obese...
New studies are showing an average of 15-20%, equal to 50 pounds weight loss! We have Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic, Semaglutide, weight loss injectables...in STOCK!!! My own patients have safely lost 10 lb in 2 weeks! Go home with meds in your hand! Or we can order and ship to your...
We offer same-day, walk-in and urgent care appointments.Skip the lines and the phone calls, and just come in for evaluation for flu symptoms, back pain, work notes, COVID tests...We are at 970 N. Kalaheo Ave, C316 KailuaNew patients and current patients welcome.