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By Jennifer Engels, MD
While October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we need to be constantly aware of this insidious disease that afflicts millions of women worldwide. In the United States, it is the most common type of cancer among women, besides skin cancer. It accounts for about 30% of new...
By Jennifer Engels, MD
Our bodies undergo various changes as we journey through life, especially as we reach our golden years. Recognizing and addressing the most common chronic diseases affecting individuals over 65 is important. In this article, I will explore these conditions and explain how...
By Jennifer Engels, MD
It’s possible you’ve never encountered the word “mycotoxins” before and are unaware of the threat they can pose to your health. So, I think a good way to begin is to give a brief explanation of what mycotoxins are, what harmful effects they can have...
By Jennifer Engels, MD
By this time, most of us have seen television ads for Ozempic, the widely-prescribed drug used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. And in a by-the-way sort of fashion, the commercials also mention that the drug may also help you lose weight.
By way of background, Ozempic...
By Jennifer Engels, MD
There are few words more dreaded than these two, Alzheimer’s disease. First identified in 1906 by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Dr. Alois Alzheimer, this malady attacks the brain without warning, has no known cure to date, and progresses through devastating...
By Jennifer Engels, MD
Osteoporosis - a word that means porous bone - affects tens of millions of Americans. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 54 million Americans are at risk of developing osteoporosis, and that number will only increase as our population ages.
In understanding...
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“I was absolutely fascinated,” Engels says, “by this new style of medicine that saw the patient as a whole biological system rather focusing on only one organ system at a time, such as Cardiology. This was a complete paradigm shift from conventional medicine and how I was trained.”