Grow Onions With Your Concierge Doctor

September 24, 2014

Your concierge doctor invites you to enjoy fresh sweet onions Onions are good for you. The help prevent cancer, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, protect the heart, increase bone density, decrease inflammation and prevent infection. Onions have been called the chef’s assistant”. Look through cookbook and you will see that almost any soup recipe and…

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Helpful medical website links

September 8, 2014

Good medical website links: American Academy of Family Physicians www.aafp.org American Association of Poison Control Centers www.aapcc.org American Cancer Society www.cancer.org American Diabetic Association www.diabetes.org American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare www.medicare.gov Web MD – a reliable site for health information www.webmd.com Harvard University…

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Your Concierge Physician Has a FLU SHOT for YOU

August 20, 2014

The new flu shots are available. Please call the office 310 373-5566 and let me know when you would like to come in. If you are under 65 I am giving the quadrivalent, preservative FREE flu shot. This has 2 strains of A and 2 strains of B. The old shots had only 1 strain…

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Your Concierge Doctor Shares 12 Tips for a Happy and Meaningful Life

July 24, 2014

My brother, Owen Griffith, shares his insights on attitude and spirituality on his blog spirituallyteaching.BlogSpot.com. This is his post. Please visit his blog for other interesting and helpful information. I hope you all are having a good summer A Summer Spiritual Tune-Up – 12 Tips for a for a Happy and Meaningful Life Well, we…

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Your Concierge Physician’s Newsletter Part 4 Beach Safety

July 6, 2014

ENJOY OUR BEACHES We are fortunate to have beautiful beaches locally. With just a few precautions you can have a safe and enjoyable day at one of our beaches. Currently we have an abundance of stingray. I have seen several patients who have had stingray injuries. If you get a stingray wound you should irrigate…

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Your Concierge Physician’s Summer Newsletter Part 2 – Sunscreens

July 6, 2014

PROTECT YOUR SKIN FROM SUN DAMAGE Long days and hot weather encourage us to enjoy being outside during the summer. A little knowledge and simple precautions can keep you healthy and safe while you were swimming at the beach, sharing a picnic, biking or reading a good book by the pool. Everyone knows the importance…

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Your Concierge Physician’s Summer Newsletter, part 1

July 6, 2014

I hope the Summer 2014 Newsletter finds you all well and happy. It is hard to believe that a year has passed in my new concierge practice.  It has been gratifying to help many of you through difficult issues knowing that the standard medical system would not have been able to. You never know what…

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