Dr. Greg Feinsinger
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Doctor’s Tip: Medications for high blood pressure
When large groups of people are studied, the subgroups with blood pressures of 110/70 or less have the healthiest arteries — which contributes to healthy hearts, brains and kidneys. Heart attack prevention doctors such as... → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: What to do if you have plaque in your arteries
February is heart month. In spite of almost all heart attacks being preventable, they remain the number one killer in America. Last week’s column discussed the importance of screening → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: How dental issues can cause heart attacks
Heart attacks remain the number one cause of death in the U.S., despite the fact that almost all of them are preventable. Brad Bale, M.D., and Amy Doneen, PhD., → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Peppermint for irritable bowel syndrome and more
Last week’s column talked about studies finally being done on some traditional folk medicines to determine if they are effective. One such remedy is ginger, the subject of last → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Medicinal uses of ginger
Various plants have been used in different cultures as “folk remedies” for centuries. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are effective or free of side-effects. Scientific studies have → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: How to avoid cancer of the esophagus
The esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. There are about 18,000 new cases of esophageal cancer diagnosed in the U.S. annually, → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: The importance of exercise in preventing Alzheimer’s
Last week’s column was an overview of Alzheimer’s disease, which affects 20 percent of Americans between 75 and 84, and 50 percent of Americans 85 and older. Today’s column → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Check your blood pressure regularly
Your heart pumps blood through your arteries to your organs and tissues, and blood returns passively to the heart through your veins. The higher blood pressure number (systolic) is → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Athletic performance and diet
More elite athletes are embracing plant-based nutrition. A few do it for animal rights or environmental reasons, but most do it to improve their health and to enhance their → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: ‘Pneumonia shot’ can prevent serious illness, death
Pneumococcal bacteria are present as part of the normal bacterial microbiome of the nose in many children and adults. However, in certain circumstances, such as when the body is → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: The many benefits of getting a flu shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that everyone older than 6 months get a flu shot by the end of October. Babies younger than 6 months should → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Under-appreciated but serious: central sleep apnea
The information in this column can improve your quality of life and even save your life. Apnea refers to absent breathing. Sleep apnea refers to periods of absent breathing → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Better medical record system could save lives, money
This is the last of a series of columns based on the insights of Robert Pearl, M.D., CEO of the Permanente Group and author of “Mistreated, Why We Think → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: What Obamacare did and didn’t do
During this time of political division and turmoil, it’s important to put politics aside and look objectively at what the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) did to improve the health-care → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: How you and your doc can fight drug costs
A column earlier this month discussed pharmaceutical companies and their resistance to fixing our broken and expensive health care (disease management?) system. People with insurance often aren’t aware of → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Physician specialization in the way of reform
In order to achieve optimal health, it is important to understand the intricacies of our current health-care system, and to help our country make the right choices if and → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: The healthiest way to eat, summarized
More than 2,000 years ago Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.” However, medical school is mainly about pills and procedures. It wasn’t → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: Avoid being a victim of the No. 3 cause of death
Most people who go into medicine do so because they want to help others. And all doctors are aware of the part of the Hippocratic oath that says first, → Read More
Doctor’s Tip: How to fight holiday weight gain
During the holidays, many people drink more alcohol than usual and eat more food, particularly calorie-dense food. News stories suggest the average American gains 7-10 pounds, and surveys indicate → Read More