Doc Handal, M.D.
A Important New Year Resolution – Take Care Of Your Bones
Make this one of your top resolution for 2023! Bone Health is up to you! It makes sense, given that 20 percent of American women ages 50 and older have osteoporosis and that more than another 50% have detectable bone loss (osteopenia). For men, the respective figures...
Direct Your Neurocognitive Health
Dementia is an evergrowing diagnosis, in 2050 it is estimated that 152 million worldwide will be living with this neurocognitive impairment. Well, there are many causes, including hereditary genes, you can do much to avoid this diagnosis. Doc Handal's current podcast...
Dangerous Device Interference
By the year 2023, the number of individuals with pacemakers and defibrillators is expected to increase to 1.43 million units worldwide. So do these patients or for that matter, any of us need to be concerned about the potentially dangerous effects of portable...
Lucrative Healthcare, My Insight
America spends over $3.8 trillion a year on healthcare (2019)—and more per capita than any other country in the world, despite that our life expectancy is 76.1 years at birth - the lowest level since 1996. BTW South Korea boosts 83.5! So you will not be surprised as...
Alzheimer’s Epic Numbers
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 6.5 million Americans who happened to be over 65 years. Senility is sometimes used by the uninformed. Sadly, the number just continues to grow. This makes me wonder if there is something in our...