by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Sep 1, 2022 | Obesity Medicine
Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability and a common reason that people stop daily exercise. The estimated incidence of knee OA is 22.9% over the age of 40. The 2020 worldwide incidence of knee OA is estimated to be between 565.6 and 745.6 million...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Jul 13, 2022 | Resource
Mounjaro is a new medication for diabetes with a powerful weight loss component to it. It is given as a weekly subcutaneous injection via a very small 32-gauge needle inside a fixed-dose auto-injection pen. This is not something you have to draw up in a syringe or...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | May 24, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Over the past few years, time-restricted feeding, a variant of intermittent fasting, has been touted as one of those amazing “magical” diets. The internet blurbs and even some national speakers told us, “Just don’t eat till about 9 or 10 am and stop eating 8 hours...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Apr 1, 2022 | Healthy Eating
Recent data from the Sleep Center of Excellence at Columbia University, shows that when we redmuce sleep by about four hours per night, for four nights, that it led to an increase in eating. The increase in eating amounted to 300 calories per day. The increase is...
by Craig Primack MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA | Jan 24, 2022 | Obesity Medicine
High Blood Pressure is also called hypertension. You and your physician should be concerned about your blood pressure being elevated because, over time, it puts you at risk for many serious health problems, including: Heart Disease Heart Attacks Stroke Heart Failure...
