A Fond Farewell

Doc Handal has always felt it her mission to share her medical wisdom and knowledge through media.  This June she will be retiring, relinquishing her medical licensure, and will no longer be taking to public media to empower you to seek the best possible medical care. Hopefully my posts have helped you to be your own advocate for your health and well-being and that of others. May you continue to seek accurate, credible, science-based medical advice.

Doc Handal, M.D.

A long-standing believer in consumer education; she knows it does make a difference. Her thesis for lay education is that “we physicians need to come down to the consumer’s knowledge level to bring them up towards ours”.
Millennials Beware

Millennials Beware

New data showed young adults aged 20-44 years ( Millennials - born 1981-1996 (27-42 years old) in the United States need to beware! They more than ever are walking around with conditions that are placing them at high risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease and death. The...

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Stop, Hospital Infection Spread – New Guidelines

Stop, Hospital Infection Spread – New Guidelines

Update based on research hopes to improve and optimally stop the spread of infection in hospitals. Nosocomial or hospital-acquired infections (HAI) occur in one and 31 patients in a healthcare setting to the cost of $28.4 billion in additional medical care that these...

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The Mighty Potato

The Mighty Potato

A recent study evaluated the benefits of a benefit of a low in energy but high in density diet specifically one with either potatoes or beans. The endpoint was to evaluate insulin resistance as you know when there is sugar in your blood your pancreas makes insulin to...

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