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5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
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5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
Concierge Medicine Explained: Why this Approach is a (Literal) Lifesaver if You Never Have Time for the Doctor.
Not having time for the doctor isn’t the same as not needing the doctor. With the many inefficiencies that come with traditional patient care (long wait times, minimum physician facetime, and time-consuming administrative work), it’s not difficult to discern why...
At Robinson MD, our concierge medicine plan is designed to get to the root cause of illness and promote long-term health. Here’s how.
Is a concierge medicine plan really worth it, and will it make a significant impact on your health? In order to answer that question, it’s necessary to first examine the alternative. More and more patients are growing dissatisfied with the traditional approach to...
Dr. Emily Burk offers individualized concierge medicine services. Here’s what that means for your schedule and your health.
Dr. Emily Burk, one of the physicians at Robinson MD, offers concierge care in order to help patients address the root causes of their illnesses and achieve their best health. Concierge medicine is an increasingly popular approach, as it addresses and subverts many of...
Need to Call Your Doctor in the Middle of the Night? Here’s How Robinson MD’s Concierge Plan Makes that Possible.
The ability to call their doctor in the middle of the night isn’t something that most people get for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that too many people are unaware that this is a possibility. For most people, late-night contact with a physician only...
Every Cancer Patient Needs To Know About The Signatera Test
In an earlier blog, we introduced you to the Grail Galleri test, a “liquid biopsy” for screening of over 50 cancers. Now we want to tell you about an even more personalized cancer test, the Signatera™ blood test that detects cancer recurrence in those who have already...
5 Ways a Concierge Medicine Plan can Help you get the Best Healthcare You Can on Any Schedule.
We understand that no schedule is static. Something can always come up that will change your availability. Whether you’re a shift worker who switches from days to nights or works a few days before having time off, having access to someone whose schedule is as flexible...
It’s Possible to Find a Doctor with Flexible Scheduling. Here’s How To Do It
Seeing a doctor regularly is essential for prevention, managing illnesses, and enjoying your life. But finding a doctor can be a nightmare. Either their schedules are booked for the next six months, the only open doctor is across town, or they're open two days a week...
How to Troubleshoot Your Lack of Restful Sleep
At Robinson MD, our priority is to help you create a strong foundation of health and wellness. Inadequate sleep has been associated with chronic pain, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), thyroid disorders, and Alzheimer's...
Concierge Medicine Explained: Why this Approach is a (Literal) Lifesaver if You Never Have Time for the Doctor.
Not having time for the doctor isn’t the same as not needing the doctor. With the many inefficiencies that come with traditional patient care (long wait times, minimum physician facetime, and time-consuming administrative work), it’s not difficult to discern why...
At Robinson MD, our concierge medicine plan is designed to get to the root cause of illness and promote long-term health. Here’s how.
Is a concierge medicine plan really worth it, and will it make a significant impact on your health? In order to answer that question, it’s necessary to first examine the alternative. More and more patients are growing dissatisfied with the traditional approach to...
Dr. Emily Burk offers individualized concierge medicine services. Here’s what that means for your schedule and your health.
Dr. Emily Burk, one of the physicians at Robinson MD, offers concierge care in order to help patients address the root causes of their illnesses and achieve their best health. Concierge medicine is an increasingly popular approach, as it addresses and subverts many of...
Need to Call Your Doctor in the Middle of the Night? Here’s How Robinson MD’s Concierge Plan Makes that Possible.
The ability to call their doctor in the middle of the night isn’t something that most people get for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that too many people are unaware that this is a possibility. For most people, late-night contact with a physician only...
Every Cancer Patient Needs To Know About The Signatera Test
In an earlier blog, we introduced you to the Grail Galleri test, a “liquid biopsy” for screening of over 50 cancers. Now we want to tell you about an even more personalized cancer test, the Signatera™ blood test that detects cancer recurrence in those who have already...
5 Ways a Concierge Medicine Plan can Help you get the Best Healthcare You Can on Any Schedule.
We understand that no schedule is static. Something can always come up that will change your availability. Whether you’re a shift worker who switches from days to nights or works a few days before having time off, having access to someone whose schedule is as flexible...
It’s Possible to Find a Doctor with Flexible Scheduling. Here’s How To Do It
Seeing a doctor regularly is essential for prevention, managing illnesses, and enjoying your life. But finding a doctor can be a nightmare. Either their schedules are booked for the next six months, the only open doctor is across town, or they're open two days a week...
Need to Always Have Access to Your Doctor? A Concierge Approach is the Answer, No Matter Your Schedule.
For people with chronic health conditions, having access to a doctor is critical. It’s crucial to get in to see them quickly without having to wait weeks to get their help with pain or symptoms. Even if you don't have a chronic condition, there are a lot of scenarios...
If You Need Round-the-Clock Doctor Access on Your Busy Schedule, a Concierge Physician is Your Best Option. Here’s Why.
There never feels like there's enough hours in the day. Whether you've got a busy family life (you have to drive from dance class to karate class and somehow make a nutrition meal afterward), you might like to keep odd hours, or you need a professional available...
5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
The Only Way To Make Sure You’re Taking The Right Supplements Is To See A Doctor. Here’s Why.
“Am I taking the right supplements?” With more information out there about gut health, nutrition, and supplements than ever, it’s just as easy for each nutrition-related Google search to hit a gold mine as it is to yield misinformation. Ultimately, the only person who...
What is the Gut Microbiome, and Why is it So Important?
What is the gut microbiome? The short answer is that it’s the collection of billions of “good” bacteria that live in your gut. The longer answer is that these bacteria play an instrumental role in not just effective digestion, but in whole-body health. As science...
Not All Bacteria In Your Body Are Bad. Some of Them Are Keeping You Alive and Thriving. Here’s How.
Glowing health probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think about bacteria in our bodies, but the fact of the matter is that not all bacteria in your body are bad. In fact, many of them - as in, literally billions - are helping to keep you alive and...
How Dr. Burk Helps Her Patients Find the Perfect Supplement Regimen for Long-Term Health and Wellness
Finding a supplement regimen for long-term health depends entirely on your unique health profile. Your ideal nutrition plan should take into account not only your current medical conditions, but your personal history as well as your long-term goals. Working with a...
How Robinson MD’s Concierge Plan Helps You Incorporate Supplements Into Your Health Plan
If you’re looking to incorporate supplements into your health plan, the most useful way to begin is by evaluating your needs based on three key factors: your health history, your current health profile, and your goals for the future. Garnering a holistic understanding...
How Working With a Concierge Doctor is a Great Way to Find the Best Supplement Regimen for Your Health.
Supplements are one of the most talked-about subjects in the nutrition field. With the rising popularity of supplements and probiotics comes an increased awareness about the importance of keeping nutrition as a top priority, which is great. However, more conversations...
What Supplements Should I Be Taking? How to Find Out What Nutrients Your Body Needs Now and Long-Term
“What supplements should I be taking?” In our age of the Internet, where there is no shortage of information (both reliable and otherwise) about supplements, it can be difficult to determine which ones are right for you - and whether you should be taking supplements...
No Two Everyday Vitamin Regimens Are the Same. Here’s How You Can Find the Perfect Supplement Routine for Your Health and Lifestyle.
Maximizing your health and wellness starts with the lifestyle choices you make every day like the food you eat, the way you move your body, how many hours of sleep you get, how much time you spend outside, and quality time spent with those you love. Though supplements...
Are You Getting the Best Testing to Evaluate the Current Status of Your Health?
The typical approach in traditional or conventional medicine is to sit back and wait until you have a problem or disease then treat it. We call this “reactive medicine”. At Robinson MD, we believe in “PROACTIVE medicine”. Our approach is to assess your current health...
What to Ask Before You Purchase Genetic Testing
Genetic testing can be a very useful tool to optimize your health based specifically on your unique genetic makeup. DNA test results can help guide you so you can proactively address the problems for which you are at higher risk. However, it can feel overwhelming to...
The New GRAIL Galleri Test – A Potential Game Changer For Cancer Screening
Finally… A New Era of Cancer Screening! Here at RobinsonMD we are all about preventative care and wellness. We follow the U.S. Preventive Task Force guidelines cancer screening, which includes screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate and lung cancers (in...
7 Amazing Benefits of Sauna Therapy
People have been using sauna for centuries and it is far from a new idea. Thought to purify and detoxify, saunas were common in Roman and Greek bathhouses around 2000 B.C. The Turks made public sauna baths, the “Hammam” popular and accessible and a cleansing ritual...
Why You Should Consider Fasting
Fasting has been an integral part of human history from our hunter gatherer days and continues in most major religious practices. But, why is fasting having such a renaissance in day to day life? Studies show that fasting increases to body’s ability to rejuvenate and...
Keto Brain Benefits and the 3 Critical Keto Mistakes
A ketogenic diet is a one that shifts your body into using fat as the primary energy source. When you limit intake of carbohydrates as well as protein, your body will instead use fat for energy, breaking them down into ketones that can be used for energy. The...
Why You Should Be Eating Real Food
Nowadays, it is easier than ever to consume unhealthy and processed foods. There are fast food restaurants on almost every corner, and grocery stores are stocked with high-sugar and high-fat snacks. Not only can eating these processed, high-fat foods lead to weight...
Help Your Body Digest
Digestion starts in the brain and involves all our senses. It starts when you engage your brain in thinking about food, smelling it and admiring a meal. In response, your brain prepares your body for digestion, releasing hormones and digestive enzymes that break down...
Think Outside the Cereal Box – Healthy Breakfast Ideas
For decades, we have been brainwashed by the food industry to eat cereal for breakfast. It is so ingrained in our society, that it is hard to “think outside the cereal box”. But the fact is that the majority of cereal is full of sugar and processed carbohydrates and...
Are the Foods You are Eating Sabotaging Your Health?
Are you ready to make some positive changes? Health is likely at the top of your resolution list. Do you want to have more energy, sleep better, think more clearly and look better? The food that you choose to eat is the most important component to achieve these goals....
Detoxify, Energize & Strengthen – Post-Workout Foods to Support the Many Benefits of Exercise – Guest Post by Ashley Ondrick
Detoxify, Energize & Strengthen - Post-Workout Foods to Support the Many Benefits of Exercise Exercise has a laundry list of health benefits including detoxifying the body, strengthening muscles, bones and joints, increasing cardiovascular health, boosting energy,...
Brain Boosting Blueberry Walnut Overnight Oats
One of the questions at our ReBoot event was - what are healthy, convenient breakfast options other than cereals and breakfast bars, most of which are filled with unhealthy processed carbs, sugar, additives and preservatives. Here's a great option that has healthy,...
Is BHRT An Effective Therapy?
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, or BHRT, is known to be safe and it is effective in comparison to the conventional hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms. The hormones in the body control various functions of the body. They serve like an internal...
Find Relief from Menopause Symptoms with BHRT
Menopause is a natural part of getting older but can result in uncomfortable side effects that affect daily life and happiness. BHRT (bioidentical hormone replacement therapy) can restore hormone balances that have decreased during menopause to give relief to common...
“Low T”…Myth or Reality?
If you ever turn on your TV, no doubt you have seen the commercials for treatment of “Low T” or low testosterone in men. Is this another disease created by the drug companies or is this something men need to worry about? The answer is yes, Low T is common and...
Bio-identical Hormone Pellets: the best delivery method to restore hormone balance
As men and women age, many suffer from symptom caused by decreasing levels of reproductive hormones. Women going through menopause often experience mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats, fuzzy thinking, decreased sex drive, headaches and weight gain. Men with low...
“Low T”… myth or reality?
If you ever turn on your TV, no doubt you have seen the commercials for treatment of "Low T" or low testosterone in men. Is this another disease created by the drug companies or is this something men need to worry about? Low testosterone is more common today than in...
10 Things You Need to Know about Menopause and Bio-Identical Hormones
Contrary to what the drug companies want you to believe, menopause is not a disease that needs to be treated. It is true that some women have severe symptoms of menopause and often benefit from treatment with hormones to get them through this life stage. In my...
Do you think your hormones might be out of balance?
Hormones are the body’s messengers, allowing communication to occur throughout the body. What happens when people don’t communicate with each other? There can be a total breakdown of a process where things do not happen the way they are supposed to happen and...
10 Steps to Hormone Balance (for men and women)
Step 1 - Nutrition •Avoid non-organic meat and dairy. Meat and dairy raised with hormones and antibiotics can affect your hormone metabolism. •Eat more good fats. Good fats from healthy oils (such as olive, walnut, grapeseed, avocado), nuts (such as walnut, almond,...
6 Tests Your Doctor May Not Tell You About… #6 Saliva Testing for Hormones
Hormones are the body's messengers, allowing communication to occur throughout the body. What happens when people don't communicate with each other? There can be a total breakdown of a process where things do not happen the way they are supposed to happen and errors...
5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
How to Troubleshoot Your Lack of Restful Sleep
At Robinson MD, our priority is to help you create a strong foundation of health and wellness. Inadequate sleep has been associated with chronic pain, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), thyroid disorders, and Alzheimer's...
High Blood Pressure – Looking Beyond Medications
High blood pressure can be a difficult diagnosis to process. Overwhelmingly, it causes no symptoms and its causes can be elusive. Patients can be left feeling “why me?”. Americans have a 90% lifetime risk of developing hypertension. Further, age and genetics can...
6 Reasons Why SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) isn’t “like the flu”
As we continue to take precautions against COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to understand the medical facts about this pandemic. Debates are widespread about the nature of the novel coronavirus: is it really that dangerous? Are the “stay at home” orders an...
Massage Therapy for Headaches: How It Can Help
If you’re prone to frequent headaches, you’ve probably tried at least a few ways to reduce pain and tension. One tool you should know about, though, is massage therapy. If you’ve noticed that rubbing the headache area or putting pressure on specific points can help...
Should You Try IV Therapy?
IV therapy delivers the hydration and nutrients your body needs directly into the bloodstream. The IV works quickly and effectively when administered by your physician. You might have thought IVs were only for those who are very sick, but they can actually be used to...
Which organ of the body is the most important for your health? The answer may surprise you…
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut”. Modern medicine often ignores this organ that is central to our health. Conditions associated with poor gut health include not only common gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel...
Which is the most important?
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut”. Modern medicine often ignores this organ that is central to our health. Conditions associated with poor gut health include not only common gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel...
Ten Reasons to Consider Breast Thermography
There is no exposure to ionizing radiation. Thermography is a type of medical imaging that looks at heat patterns on the skin that may be indicative of underlying dysfunction. Because there is no radiation exposure, thermography is safe for women of all ages....
How the Bredesen Protocol™ Can Help You
For many patients, Alzheimer’s disease is a very real risk that can begin to take hold far before they notice any signs. That’s why you should know about the Bredesen Protocol and how it can help you and your loved ones prepare for and prevent cognitive loss at any...
Why You Should Meditate
Why You Should Meditate With all the proven reasons to meditate, it might be easier to talk about reasons you shouldn’t meditate— except that there are very few. Meditation has been shown to be greatly beneficial to your entire body and mind with regular practice. If...
A simple program to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease…
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most devastating, feared diseases because it robs your mind and your memory and turns your family into caregivers for you. The disease is even more devastating to the family as they watch someone they love decline to the point that...
Is your brain foggy? Here are 8 things that can fix it fast.
One of the most common symptoms that I hear in my clinic is the complaint that "my brain doesn't work like it used to", such as mild memory loss (can't remember names, lose the car keys, etc...), difficulty concentrating, "foggy brain", and depressed mood. Most...
Tired and depressed? Make sure you don’t have this often missed vitamin deficiency…
Jack is a 50 year old successful business owner who came to see me complaining of fatigue and depression that had been going on for about 3 years. He feels uncharacteristically depressed and irritable and doesn't have the energy or desire to do any of the things that...
7 Steps to fighting insomnia
Sixty percent of adults get inadequate sleep and 10-30% of adults suffer from chronic insomnia. Inadequate sleep causes irritability, decrease in memory and learning, and a decrease in the body's ability to fight infection. When you don't get enough sleep, your body...
What prevents cancer, helps us lose weight, makes us look younger, and doesn’t cost a dime?
Sleep has a powerful impact on how fast we age. Sleep literally makes our bodies new. During sleep, those wonderful hormones that build and renew are released. At the same time, the stress hormones that break down our bodies decrease. Human Growth Hormone (HGH)...
The first step in controlling stress is understanding it
Last post we defined stress and described the fight-flight response and how it leads to disease. Now that we know how stress affects the body, what can we do about it? Let's talk more about the initiation of the stress response and how we can prevent it or and stop it...
How stress is killing us
"It is not the stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." -Hans Selye There has long been an unspoken misconception that when a doctor tells a patient that their symptoms are "probably just caused by stress" that this implies their symptoms are imagined. This...
How Do I Find a Doctor for My Busy Schedule? 5 Things You Should Know
“How on earth do I find a doctor for my busy schedule?” Questions like these are becoming increasingly common for patients in need of primary care, and not just because of COVID-19. For years now, appointment wait times have trended longer and longer, while facetime...
Here’s What To Do if You Have a Tight Schedule and Can Never Get a Doctor’s Appointment When You Need One
It’s becoming more and more difficult to get a doctor’s appointment quickly. According to recent studies, patients are waiting anywhere from two weeks to 18 days on average to actually get into their physician’s office. Once they’re there, facetime with their doctor...
If You Can’t Find a Primary Care Doctor for Your Busy Schedule, You Should Consider This Solution
If you’re in between primary care doctors, the road to finding a new physician can seem like a long one–and, depending on how you go about your search, it can be. With increasing patient complaints about long appointment wait times, short facetime with physicians, and...
Too Busy For The Doctor? Here’s How You Can Make Sure You’re Taken Care Of
There’s never a convenient time to be sick, and if your schedule is already jam-packed, it can be difficult to find a good time to see a doctor in the first place. It’s no secret that, generally speaking, patients have plenty of gripes with the traditional healthcare...
What you will not hear during the presidential debates: 3 inevitable consequences of Obamacare…
With the election coming up a a few weeks, I think this subject is worth another re-visit. Let me just preface this blog by saying that I am not opposed to Obamacare. Back in July after Obamacare passed, I wrote about my perspective as a physician of the reform. There...
One physician’s opinion on health reform…
After much deliberation, I have decided to blog in response to the timely topic of health reform. I hesitated to blog about this topic because of the political "hot button" nature; however, I decided it was important because (1) it has such a tremendous impact on both...
11 Things that medicine has taught me about health insurance…
1. The reason health insurance is so costly is that we don’t use it like insurance which is to protect against uncertain losses. We expect insurance companies to pay for everything, including routine, predictable care. If our car insurance paid for oil changes and new...
Would free medical school shift the medical workforce to primary care?
I think most would agree that we have a looming "perfect storm" in medicine which will result in a huge shortage of primary care physicians. This oncoming perfect storm will be due to an influx of patients because of health care reform and the aging baby boomers...
Concierge/Direct-Care is a symptom of the broken health care system
I read with interest the family medicine chat a couple weeks ago about the ethics of concierge medicine. Some argue that concierge medicine is unethical and a failure to uphold the medical profession. I missed the chat so I would like to throw in my "2-cents". After...
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