by Miko Loseo | Blog, Rheumatology
The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare, to set on fire. In the context of our immune system, heat, redness, pain and swelling form as a reaction to either injury, or a perceived threat in the body. If you’ve ever hit your thumb with a hammer, you...
by Miko Loseo | Blog, Rheumatology
If you are overweight or obese, you are not alone. But what you might not know is just how negative being overweight is for your body and its ailments. The first reason is that the fat we have on our belly, butt, and thighs is not just flab that weighs down your...
by Dr. Lisa Gold | Blog, Gut Health, Rheumatology, Women's Health
GMOs (genetically modified organisms) have genes from another species transplanted into their DNA. This is done to increase production or yield or add some other previously nonexistent quality to the organism. These experimental organisms have so far been mostly...
