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Uncomplicate: Longevity Medicine
Why longevity medicine isn’t overkill but simply proactive. Recently, a popular doctor with crazy fan following on social media asked me "Why do you have to do longevity? Is it ethical? Why can't we help more people with the resources?" And ironically the same day, a patient who walked in said, "My HbA1c has been slowly rising. I asked my doctor and he told me to come back once I get diabetes." And there it was , the modern healthcare paradox. The system isn’t designed to pro
Wisdom, Science, Convenience & Commerce
Why modern medicine isn’t the villain and ancient medicine isn’t the hero Yesterday I spent nearly an hour with a patient living with Parkinson’s disease. We didn’t talk about miracles. We didn’t talk about reversal. We talked about slowing progression. We talked about dopamine, D1, D2, acetylcholine balance. We talked about mitochondria, redox stress, neuroinflammation, gut signaling, network resilience. In other words, we talked about modern science. Over the next two days
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Feb 134 min read
Can Exercise Cure Depression?
She came to me with a label. Depression. Her PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores (these are not diagnostic, but are used to to score mental health issues) were high enough to justify it. An SSRI had already been started. On paper, everything looked appropriate. Symptoms present, diagnosis made, treatment initiated. Then why did she come to me? She wasn’t collapsing, but she wasn’t herself either. Flat. Foggy. Slightly disconnected from life. The scores nudged down a little, but not enough
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Jan 104 min read
Women's Health is not men's health + extra hormones
Women’s health is not just men’s health with estrogen and progesterone sprinkled on top. If only it were that simple. Instead, it’s a...
Doc Waz
Mar 5, 20255 min read
Your Body's Language
Your body has a language of its own. It doesn’t send emails, it doesn’t call, and it certainly doesn’t hold up a neon sign saying, “Hey,...
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Feb 27, 20254 min read
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