For 1 in 250 people, a $15 lipid panel can be a life-changing test that improves health across generations. That’s because approximately 1 in 250 Americans has a condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), which [...]

The Department of Veterans Affairs is apologizing to a veteran who received a voicemail from a facility in El Paso Texas, in which VA employees can be heard speculating that the veteran was seeking to [...]

I was listening to Peter Attia’s last podcast on bone health with Belinda Beck and was hit by the idea of “osteoporosis as a childhood disease.” Wait, what? But it makes sense if you think [...]

Telemedicine in Africa: A Firsthand Experience This summer, I got to experience telemedicine as a patient in a way I didn't expect. While "competing"... okay, riding in the Migration Gravel Race in Kenya, I needed [...]

My family's story of an $800 doctor's bill and how healthcare is ripping us all off: It started with a simple doctor's visit for an asthma exacerbation. All my loved one needed was a chest [...]

What's the deal with the carnivore diet? Is it healthy? Maybe?  Over the years, I've fielded a fair share of questions about it—especially from Marines. Most people I've spoken with had already started the diet [...]

Today was one of those surreal days attending Harvard Medical School's Moral Leadership in Medicine symposium. Sitting in a room filled with leaders from some of the world's top hospitals, I texted my wife that [...]

Personalized medicine through genomics is considered the holy grail of modern healthcare—tuned to an individual's genetic makeup to address disease at its root. While we've made significant progress in understanding the human genome, individualized gene [...]

A young Marine sat in the exam room waiting for his final physical. He had failed multiple physical fitness tests and would receive an administrative discharge (general under honorable conditions) for falling below standards. He [...]

This might seem like an unusual topic for a physician's blog, but it shouldn’t be. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, and it’s likely that someone you care about will be affected. A [...]