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Cell Phone Addiction, Your Health, and Erectile Dysfunction

Let’s start with the basics guy: Are you Addicted to technology?

We are all familiar with substance addiction to alcohol and narcotics, but what about the addiction to a specific behavior? Addiction is characterized by the inability to refrain from rewarding experiences consistently.

Today a great majority of Americans own at least one smartphone designed to make their professional and personal life efficient, entertaining, and easy. Today’s use of phones do, for many, what personal assistants used ...

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6
JUN

Categories: Uncategorized

Go-To Meditations for this Pandemic Time

By Kevin Kunkel, MA, CMT, CYT, LMFT,

This year’s Men’s Health Month comes amidst the unprecedented stressful times of this pandemic. Staying healthy both physically and mentally has never been more important, and more challenging. Social isolation, disrupted routines and exercise regimens, financial losses, unemployment and ruined businesses, fear paranoia and divisive politics, all make it likely that everyone is struggling now more than ever. While everyone is stressed, and stress is a normal reaction of this crisis, men may be extra ...

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2
JUN

Categories: Cognitive Health

Tags: meditation

Eating For Your Erections

Dr. Rachael Ross MD, PhD

Your penis will be happier if you add the snacks listed below into your rotation. We have all spent so much time at home lately, and it’s admittedly hard to stave off cravings. Your time at home means that you likely fall into one of two categories. 1. You have done everything right and look like you have been away at a mega spa for the past two months, or 2. You did the exact opposite ...

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2
JUN

Categories: Men's Health

Tags: erection, penis, sex

Newsletter: The Five Wishes

Bren Boston, MD

May is Women’s Health Month. As the emotional conduits for many families, women are well-suited to start some difficult but important conversations within their families about health-related decisions, including how each family member wants to be cared for at the end of life. For most of us, the dying process will be just that – a process, and not a sudden event. And while we all are guaranteed to experience the sunset of life, we might all have very different ...

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4
MAY

Categories: Uncategorized

Does your Autoimmune Disease Increase Risk for COVID-19?

Maggie Ney, ND

Many of my patients with an autoimmune disease have asked if it puts them at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or developing more serious complications if they were to get COVID-19. Other patients worry if their autoimmune disease puts them in the immunocompromised category of individuals that need to take extra precautions. Not all individuals with an autoimmune disease are immunocompromised, however, certain medications used to treat some autoimmune diseases can be immunosuppressive.

There are several medical terms ...

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4
MAY

Categories: Uncategorized, Women's Health

Tags: autoimmune disease

Self-Care for Women Amidst a Pandemic

Danél Lombard, MPT, MA, E-RYT

We find ourselves in the second month of quarantine and stay-at-home orders here in LA. As we celebrate women’s health and Mother’s day this month, I want to turn the focus of this article to women, especially moms, and how to take care of themselves during this pandemic.

Women are often the primary caretakers of the household. They embody Mother energy. They get up and start planning their day around the rest of the ...

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4
MAY

Categories: Women's Health

Tags: self care

COVID-19: Can Asymptomatic Carriers Spread the Virus? What’s the Truth-

Plus The World Health Organization warns about INFODEMIC (misinformation)

Edison de Mello, MD, PhD

FACT: When the first few cases of the coronavirus hit the U.S, many thought that our country would be able to contain it with simple preventative measures such as washing our hands and staying indoors. What we didn’t know back then, but discovered just last week, is that the virus can spread through asymptomatic carriers.

Why the rapid spread to all 50 states and territories? Because ...

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10
APR

Categories: Optimal Health

Tags: Covid 19

Home Exercise 101

Bren Boston, MD

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Californians are recommended to stay home to prevent the spread of the invisible virus which can be lethal for some patients. So, we’re all home and not able to attend to our normal exercise routines. Or, perhaps we previously had no time to exercise due to over an hour commute to work each way, and now we actually do have time to exercise…but we’re stuck at home.

Exercising (at home) is important to:

Maintain cardiovascular and ...

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2
APR

Categories: Exercise

Tags: home exercise

Covid-19 – Dispelling Rumors: A Science-Based Information Update

Edison de Mello, MD, Ph.D

How do I know if I am infected with Covid-19 (Coronavirus disease, 2019)? Signs include:

Significant breathing difficulty or shortness of breath (more pronounced than if a simple cold or flu or anxiety)
Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
Confusion or struggle with ambulatory movement

Bluish lips or face

Are Kids Immune to the Virus? Children can develop COVID-19. However, the symptoms tend to be milder (as fever, runny nose, and cough). Children with underlying health conditions are at increased risk ...

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31
MAR

Categories: Uncategorized

LATEST CoronaVirus Facts, Prevention Tips and More!

Edison de Mello, MD, Ph.D

Current Facts:
The Coronavirus may not show signs of infection for many days. Most people have recovered from it without any complications.The people at the highest level of complications are those over 65, especially if they have medical conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, etc. The treatment for people at the low-risk categories is not different than the flu; rest, increase hydration (room temp water, green tea or warm water with lemon), and Tylenol for fever. Ibuprofen ...

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19
MAR

Categories: Optimal Health, Uncategorized