What is Preventive Medicine?

Preventive Medicine means seeking out and treating diseases, conditions and risk factors early on - before they become bigger problems that are more difficult to treat - and achieving lifestyle changes that decrease risk factors and the risk of diseases. This would include:

• Preventive Cardiology (preventing heart conditions by treating abnormal lipids (cholesterol, others), inflammation, high blood pressure, diabetes/ pre-diabetes/ insulin resistance, obesity/ increased weight/ increased body-mass index, and “metabolic syndrome”)
• Preventive Neurology (by delaying or decreasing the risk of memory loss, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and other chronic brain conditions)
• Preventive Oncology (decreasing the risk of future cancer or finding cancer early when small and easier to cure)
• Preventive ‘Musculoskeletology’ (decreasing muscle loss and bone loss, while maintaining joint integrity and mobility, while avoiding or minimizing arthritis and back and neck pain)
• Preventing or Minimizing Decline in 'Quality-of-Life' & 'Healthspan'
• Optimizing energy levels, vitality and productivity
• Maintaining sexual health
• Maintaining skin health (elasticity and appearance)
• Maintaining normal body weight and composition (maintaining normal muscle, bone and fat mass)
• Optimizing exercise capacity
• Optimizing sleep quality
• Maintaining mental health (avoiding depression, anxiety, mood swings)
• Avoiding or improving urinary incontinence (involuntary loss of urine)