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Osteopathic medicine is a “whole person” approach to medicine—treating the entire person rather than just the symptoms. With a focus on preventive health care, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) help patients develop attitudes and lifestyles that don’t just fight illness, but help prevent it, too.
Telemedicine uses video cameras and monitors to connect you to health care providers who are not located near you, meaning you don’t have to travel to get the care you need. You will be able to see, hear, and talk to a doctor or other health care professionals at their clinic through video-conferencing, allowing you to be at a medical facility, your home, or another location. Just like with any face-to-face appointment, you can have a family member, care provider, or friend accompany you if you wish.
A telemedicine appointment is just like a regular appointment. You will sit in front of a camera where you will be able to see yourself and your health care provider on the screen once your session begins. Virtual patient appointments are also called virtual visits or telehealth visits. You can use a cell phone, desk top, laptop, or ipad to log on to your telehealth appointment with Dr. Fortino.
Telemedicine is safe, secure, convenient, and efficient. Telemedicine and telehealth appointments allow our mmp patients to meet with our doctor in the comfort of their own home. Patients do not have to worry about directions, traffic, or parking their car with a telehealth appointments.
There is no additional cost for a telemedicine new patient appointment. You will be billed for your telemedicine appointment the same as if you were seeing your health care provider in person.
Yes, you should. More people are overweight today than ever before. In fact, almost 70 percent of Americans aged 20 and older are overweight. And of those, about one third are considered obese. Unfortunately, the problem has become much more common in children, too. Surprisingly, 17 percent of children aged 6-19 are obese, and 10 percent of children aged 2-5. Excess body weight and obesity have been associated with increased risks of developing other medical conditions such as:
Research has shown that even a 5 to 10 percent loss of the initial body weight can greatly reduce health risks and improve general well being.
Being overweight or obese are both terms for having more body fat than what is considered healthy. Both are used to identify people who are at risk for health problems from having too much body fat. However, the term “obese” generally means a much higher amount of body fat than “overweight.”
Everyone needs some body fat for energy, heat insulation, and other body functions. But having too much can lead to serious health problems. The more body fat you have, the greater your risk for diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, and other problems.
The most common way is to figure out your body mass index (BMI). BMI is a quick and simple way to help identify people who are overweight or obese. It allows you to compare your weight to what is considered “normal” for an adult with your same height. Dr. Fortino will determine your BMI on your first medical evaluation.
Yes. If your excess weight is mostly around your middle or apple shape, you are more likely to develop health problems than if the weight is around your hips or pear shape. The greater your waist size, the greater your health risk.
Yes. Experts agree that even a modest weight loss can help prevent or control many health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. The closer you are to a normal weight, the greater the health benefit.
No, you should not feel hungry. We teach you to eat “real” food without counting calories or points.
Your body breaks carbs into sugars during digestion. Sugar can raise your blood glucose levels, which produce more insulin. This hormone tells your body to store fat instead of burn it. When your body burns good nutrients in place of fat, you feel hungry. This creates a bad cycle that can lead to issues, such as type 2 diabetes. If you eat a low-carb diet, you can reduce your insulin. Doing this can prevent type 2 diabetes, or even reverse the effects if you already have type 2 diabetes. We have been successful in helping many patients with type 2 diabetes.
Multiple regression tells us that on average, for every 8.5 pounds lost, people dropped an inch off their waist. Every 10 pounds lost can be accompanied by 1.18 inches of waistline reduction on average.
In some cases, just a small amount of weight loss can have a significant impact on your health. Even losing only 10 pounds can help you to look and feel better.
A low-carb diet means that you eat fewer carbohydrates and a higher proportion of fat. This can also be called a low-carb, high-fat diet (LCHF) or a keto diet.
For decades we’ve been told that fat is detrimental to our health. Meanwhile low fat diet products, often full of sugar, have flooded supermarket shelves. This has likely been a major mistake, that coincided with the start of the obesity epidemic. While this doesn’t prove causation, it’s clear the low-fat message didn’t prevent the obesity increase, and it is possible it contributed.
Studies now show that there’s no reason to fear natural fats. Instead, on a low-carb diet fat is your friend. Simply minimize your intake of sugar and starches and you can eat all the fat you need to feel satisfied.
When you avoid sugar and starches, your blood sugar tends to stabilize and the levels of the fat-storing hormone insulin drop. This helps increases fat burning and makes you feel more satiated, thereby naturally reducing food intake and promoting weight loss. Studies show that a low-carb diet can make it easier to lose weight and to control your blood sugar, among other benefits.
The main reason most people start to eat a low-carb diet is that they want to lose weight. People often say that they have tried a lot of different diets and exercises but nothing has worked. At least not for more than a couple of month.
The main reason a low-carb diet is successful for a lot of people is that it’s simple and sustainable. It becomes a lifestyle more than a diet because you can enjoy amazing food and don’t need to count calories or go hungry.
Depending on your current health, lifestyle, and the changes you make once you start, it’s possible to lose several pounds the first week as your body loses water weight. That being said, the recommended weekly rate of weight loss is two -three pounds. Losing weight slowly and steadily ensures your body is losing fat and not lean muscle mass.
Phentermine is a prescription appetite suppressant medication that helps patients curb their appetite so they can lose weight. Phentermine doctors prescribe this medication to help the patient eat less food while changing their food choices, modifying their behavior, and exercising more.
Phentermine is an FDA-approved drug intended for weight loss. Its chemical structure is similar to that of the stimulant drug amphetamine, and it’s available only with a prescription. Phentermine is the most commonly used appetite suppressant prescription medication. Most weight loss doctors prescribe Phentermine as the first line of therapy for treating obesity.
Phentermine prescriptions are approved for use in adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater (obese) or adults with a BMI of 27 or greater (overweight) who have at least one weight-related condition such as high blood pressure (hypertension), type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol (dyslipidemia).
Semaglutide is a Glucagon Like Peptide-1 receptor agonist, (GLP-1 RA) used for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, (T2DM). Semaglutide has been studied for its weight loss effect in patients with and without diabetes by effecting appetite control and gastric emptying.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 is an incretin secretory molecule. Incretins are hormones that help decrease blood glucose levels. Effects of GLP-1 RA include glucose control, body weight loss, protection of islet β cells of the pancreas, promotion of islet β cell multiplication, and minimal side effects of hypoglycemia.
Studies have found that the GLP-1 receptor is widely distributed on pancreatic, lungs, kidneys, central nervous system, cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and the vagus nerves. When activated, the GLP-1 receptor causes multiple biological effects, such as reducing neuroinflammation, promoting nerve growth, improving heart function, suppressing appetite, delaying gastric emptying, regulating blood lipid metabolism, and reducing fat deposition as well as activating the metabolism of brown fat. Moreover, GLP-1RAs have neuroprotective, anti-infectious, cardiovascular protective, and metabolic regulatory effects.
GLP-1RAs have demonstrated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events by decreasing the blood pressure, improving microvascular function, and reducing inflammation. Further, GLP-1RAs play a neuroprotective effect by stimulating the differentiation of nerve cells and inhibiting neuroinflammation and inhibiting liver inflammation.
Obesity, as a chronic recurrent disease, is known to increase the risk of developing T2MD, hypertension, dyslipidemias, CVDs, fatty liver disease, and other diseases, leading to poor quality of life and increased mortality. Obesity is related to increased appetite, changes in the levels of gastrointestinal hormones, increased fat mass, and disorders of satiety and satiation mechanisms.
Semaglutide has shown to reduce body weight in obese patients that are both diabetic and non-diabetic. It was found that Semaglutide could regulate food preference, as well as reduce food intake and body weight without reducing energy consumption.
For over twenty years, Dr. Fortino has earned his reputation as the Philadelphia areas Premier Weight Loss Doctor. His Philadelphia and South Jersey weight loss clinics have become the “go to destination” for people seeking safe and effective medically supervised weight loss treatments. It’s easy to get started. or call our Philadelphia weight loss clinic @ 215.336.8000 or our New Jersey weight loss office @ 856.318.4100.
Semaglutide injection is used along Dr. Fortino’s diet and exercise program to help with weight loss in overweight adults who may also have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol.
For over twenty years, Dr. Fortino has earned his reputation as the Philadelphia areas Premier Weight Loss Doctor. His Philadelphia and South Jersey weight loss clinics have become the “go to destination” for people seeking safe and effective medically supervised weight loss treatments. It’s easy to get started. or call our Philadelphia weight loss clinic @ 215.336.8000 or our New Jersey weight loss office @ 856.318.4100.
Someone who has a thyroid cancer, diabetic retinopathy, history of pancreatitis, kidney failure, stomach motility problems, history of hypoglycemia, pregnancy or planning a pregnancy, breast feeding, a previous allergic reaction to Semaglutide
For over twenty years, Dr. Fortino has earned his reputation as the Philadelphia areas Premier Weight Loss Doctor. His Philadelphia and South Jersey weight loss clinics have become the “go to destination” for people seeking safe and effective medically supervised weight loss treatments. It’s easy to get started. or call our Philadelphia weight loss clinic @ 215.336.8000 or our New Jersey weight loss office @ 856.318.4100.
Insulin and other Diabetic medications. Dose adjustment to your diabetes medication may need to be made if your blood sugar falls too low.