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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in a World of Excess
It’s called the Plenty Paradox: an affluent environment with easy access to substances or behaviors perceived as pleasurable has actually been a key contributor to our national mental health crisis. So posits Dr. Anna Lembke, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine,...
Sustainable Eating: The Planetary Healthy Diet
The Lancet Planetary Health Diet Is there a way to eat that not only reduces the risk of disease and promotes well-being, but is also sustainable? Could a certain diet provide enough food for the 9.8 billion people estimated to be living on earth by 2050? This was the...
Reflections on My First Year as a Concierge Physician
Dr. Jenifer Drummond From the Fast-Paced World of Hospital Medicine to the Rewarding Practice of Concierge Care Making the change from inpatient hospitalist at a busy facility to concierge physician at a small private practice has proven to be dramatically different...
Every Walk is a Step in the Right Direction
“If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.” – Socrates No one has a negative word to say about the benefits of walking. Accessible to most, with no special equipment or training needed, stepping out regularly...
AI in Healthcare: An Early Look at the Power, Promise and Peril of Tech’s Latest Tool
Whether you are an enthusiastic adopter of virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, and apps to monitor everything from glucose to sleep patterns— or consider them error-prone and intrusive—it’s impossible to ignore the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Doctors of Distinction – Outstanding Team Winners
Congratulating our own Doctors of Distinction! The two-woman team at Darien Signature Health - Amanda Collins-Baine, MD and Jenifer Drummond, MD, FACP – earned the prestigious Doctors of Distinction award from Westfair Business Journal. At the tenth annual...