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Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
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Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
Affordable Concierge Medicine is More Attainable Than you Think
Insurance-based healthcare might be the standard for healthcare in the United States, but it doesn’t work for everyone. It’s not uncommon to struggle with appointment times or to have your health issues dismissed. However, concierge medicine allows you to have access...
Are You Getting Enough of this “Good Carbohydrate” that is Essential to Your Health and Longevity?
Dietary fiber is a type of carbohydrate found in plant foods (in grains, beans, nuts fruit and vegetables). Although you can’t digest it, fiber performs many critical functions in the body and is protective against many diseases including Type 2 diabetes, colorectal...
Supplements 101… Assessing Supplement Quality, Top 5 Supplements, and How to Avoid the Fish Oil Scam!
2 Steps to Assess Supplement Quality:I often hear from people how they got a great BOGO deal on multivitamins at a big-box pharmacy or wholesale store. Inexpensive vitamins contain the cheapest forms of each vitamin and a plethora of additives, preservatives, and...
Starting Your Health Journey in Your 30s Can Pay Unseen Dividends Later In Life
Who wants to spend all their time working towards retirement and not be able to enjoy it? By starting your health journey now, you can enjoy a happier, healthier life now and in the future. Make Health a Priority Now When you’re in your 30s, you’ve lived through a...
Don’t Ignore Those Lingering Symptoms, Get Answers for Your Undiagnosed Health Issues With Specialized Testing
If you know something is wrong with your health, don’t ignore it. Undiagnosed health issues can only lead to stress and worsening health. Get answers and solutions with specialized testing. Struggling with Undiagnosed Health Issues It can be frustrating when a doctor...
Need Help Battling “Holiday Overwhelm”? We’ve got you covered!
I will never forget what one of my patients said to me many years ago. She said starting in early November you just “press go” meaning, it’s a big push from Thanksgiving planning on through New Years. For some of us, this is a wonderful time. From the moment we press...
Are you sabotaging your health goals? 5 mistakes & how to fix them!
Mistake #1 - Ditch the scale! Then scale is not your friend. Instead use a tape measure and photos of your progress. Inches lost are much more important than pounds lost. Fat loss and muscle gain should be the goal. Per pound, muscle is much more compact than fat so...
Your Metabolism Changes as You Get Older. Functional Nutritional Testing Can Show You What You Need to Be Your Healthiest.
“My metabolism isn’t what it used to be” is a tried-and-true saying among adults of virtually every age, and its implications abound. Does everybody’s metabolism move at a similar rate–or, at least, do we all experience a slowing down of our metabolisms at roughly the...
Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
Affordable Concierge Medicine is More Attainable Than you Think
Insurance-based healthcare might be the standard for healthcare in the United States, but it doesn’t work for everyone. It’s not uncommon to struggle with appointment times or to have your health issues dismissed. However, concierge medicine allows you to have access...
Starting Your Health Journey in Your 30s Can Pay Unseen Dividends Later In Life
Who wants to spend all their time working towards retirement and not be able to enjoy it? By starting your health journey now, you can enjoy a happier, healthier life now and in the future. Make Health a Priority Now When you’re in your 30s, you’ve lived through a...
Don’t Ignore Those Lingering Symptoms, Get Answers for Your Undiagnosed Health Issues With Specialized Testing
If you know something is wrong with your health, don’t ignore it. Undiagnosed health issues can only lead to stress and worsening health. Get answers and solutions with specialized testing. Struggling with Undiagnosed Health Issues It can be frustrating when a doctor...
How State of the Art Medical Testing Can Improve Your Health Beyond a Normal Checkup
Preventive care is the best way to ensure you’re not just healthy now, but also healthy in the future. Put your future first with state of the art medical testing to improve your health beyond a normal checkup. Put Your Health First More than ever, patients are aware...
Early Cancer Detection is the Key to Successful Treatment
An early diagnosis is one of the most useful tools a person and their medical team can have in the fight against cancer. The sooner cancer is detected, the more options are available to mitigate its harm, reduce its spread, and successfully achieve remission. Today,...
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...
Robinson M.D. offers individualized concierge medicine services. Here’s what that means for your schedule and your health.
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 the pain points that patients experience...
Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
Affordable Concierge Medicine is More Attainable Than you Think
Insurance-based healthcare might be the standard for healthcare in the United States, but it doesn’t work for everyone. It’s not uncommon to struggle with appointment times or to have your health issues dismissed. However, concierge medicine allows you to have access...
Are You Getting Enough of this “Good Carbohydrate” that is Essential to Your Health and Longevity?
Dietary fiber is a type of carbohydrate found in plant foods (in grains, beans, nuts fruit and vegetables). Although you can’t digest it, fiber performs many critical functions in the body and is protective against many diseases including Type 2 diabetes, colorectal...
Supplements 101… Assessing Supplement Quality, Top 5 Supplements, and How to Avoid the Fish Oil Scam!
2 Steps to Assess Supplement Quality:I often hear from people how they got a great BOGO deal on multivitamins at a big-box pharmacy or wholesale store. Inexpensive vitamins contain the cheapest forms of each vitamin and a plethora of additives, preservatives, and...
Your Metabolism Changes as You Get Older. Functional Nutritional Testing Can Show You What You Need to Be Your Healthiest.
“My metabolism isn’t what it used to be” is a tried-and-true saying among adults of virtually every age, and its implications abound. Does everybody’s metabolism move at a similar rate–or, at least, do we all experience a slowing down of our metabolisms at roughly the...
How State of the Art Medical Testing Can Improve Your Health Beyond a Normal Checkup
Preventive care is the best way to ensure you’re not just healthy now, but also healthy in the future. Put your future first with state of the art medical testing to improve your health beyond a normal checkup. Put Your Health First More than ever, patients are aware...
Your Nutrition is Different from Everyone Else’s. How to Know Your Ideal Nutrition Plan.
Nutrition is so often described in blanket terms–and, worse, it’s often advised about without much regard for scientific explanations, peer-reviewed study, or individual needs. The truth about nutrition is that it can’t be optimized for any one person by Instagram...
Early Cancer Detection is the Key to Successful Treatment
An early diagnosis is one of the most useful tools a person and their medical team can have in the fight against cancer. The sooner cancer is detected, the more options are available to mitigate its harm, reduce its spread, and successfully achieve remission. Today,...
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...
Why Annual Checkups Aren’t Enough
In American healthcare, annual checkups have become standard practice as benchmarks for doctors to check in on their patients’ preventative care efforts. However, annual checkups in traditional healthcare take only 15 minutes to focus on the bare minimum. We want you...
Your Metabolism Changes as You Get Older. Functional Nutritional Testing Can Show You What You Need to Be Your Healthiest.
“My metabolism isn’t what it used to be” is a tried-and-true saying among adults of virtually every age, and its implications abound. Does everybody’s metabolism move at a similar rate–or, at least, do we all experience a slowing down of our metabolisms at roughly the...
How State of the Art Medical Testing Can Improve Your Health Beyond a Normal Checkup
Preventive care is the best way to ensure you’re not just healthy now, but also healthy in the future. Put your future first with state of the art medical testing to improve your health beyond a normal checkup. Put Your Health First More than ever, patients are aware...
What Gene Tests like 23andMe Miss When it Comes To Your Health
23andMe is one of numerous genetic testing services that have taken the world by storm. With their user-friendly business model and intriguing value proposition, services like 23andMe have become increasingly popular with consumers. The issue, however, is that these...
Early Cancer Detection is the Key to Successful Treatment
An early diagnosis is one of the most useful tools a person and their medical team can have in the fight against cancer. The sooner cancer is detected, the more options are available to mitigate its harm, reduce its spread, and successfully achieve remission. Today,...
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...
Are you sabotaging your health goals? 5 mistakes & how to fix them!
Mistake #1 - Ditch the scale! Then scale is not your friend. Instead use a tape measure and photos of your progress. Inches lost are much more important than pounds lost. Fat loss and muscle gain should be the goal. Per pound, muscle is much more compact than fat so...
Your Metabolism Changes as You Get Older. Functional Nutritional Testing Can Show You What You Need to Be Your Healthiest.
“My metabolism isn’t what it used to be” is a tried-and-true saying among adults of virtually every age, and its implications abound. Does everybody’s metabolism move at a similar rate–or, at least, do we all experience a slowing down of our metabolisms at roughly the...
Your Nutrition is Different from Everyone Else’s. How to Know Your Ideal Nutrition Plan.
Nutrition is so often described in blanket terms–and, worse, it’s often advised about without much regard for scientific explanations, peer-reviewed study, or individual needs. The truth about nutrition is that it can’t be optimized for any one person by Instagram...
Cholesterol… The Enemy of the Heart or Essential to Life?
Cholesterol is our enemy right? It blocks our arteries and causes heart attacks. So you are told by your doctor that you have high cholesterol and “you need to improve your diet and exercise more”. Well, I have news for you, it is more complicated than that....
What is Fatty Liver Disease and Why Should I Care?
One of the most common conditions I see in my practice is fatty liver disease. It is so important to diagnose and treat this common illness as it may interfere with so many important functions in the body. What does my liver do? Your liver is largest organ inside the...
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...
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...
Are you sabotaging your health goals? 5 mistakes & how to fix them!
Mistake #1 - Ditch the scale! Then scale is not your friend. Instead use a tape measure and photos of your progress. Inches lost are much more important than pounds lost. Fat loss and muscle gain should be the goal. Per pound, muscle is much more compact than fat so...
Your Metabolism Changes as You Get Older. Functional Nutritional Testing Can Show You What You Need to Be Your Healthiest.
“My metabolism isn’t what it used to be” is a tried-and-true saying among adults of virtually every age, and its implications abound. Does everybody’s metabolism move at a similar rate–or, at least, do we all experience a slowing down of our metabolisms at roughly the...
What is Fatty Liver Disease and Why Should I Care?
One of the most common conditions I see in my practice is fatty liver disease. It is so important to diagnose and treat this common illness as it may interfere with so many important functions in the body. What does my liver do? Your liver is largest organ inside the...
What Gene Tests like 23andMe Miss When it Comes To Your Health
23andMe is one of numerous genetic testing services that have taken the world by storm. With their user-friendly business model and intriguing value proposition, services like 23andMe have become increasingly popular with consumers. The issue, however, is that these...
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...
Need Help Battling “Holiday Overwhelm”? We’ve got you covered!
I will never forget what one of my patients said to me many years ago. She said starting in early November you just “press go” meaning, it’s a big push from Thanksgiving planning on through New Years. For some of us, this is a wonderful time. From the moment we press...
Using Mindfulness to Combat Stress
What is stress? Stress describes your physical and/or emotional reaction to circumstances (often beyond our control) which trigger your flight-or-fight response. These stress hormones raise your blood pressure and blood sugar, cause muscle tension. interfere with...
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...
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...
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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