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-Our mission is to provide the highest level of evidence based preventive care, in collaboration with you. 

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-Appointments are made in advance .

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-Management, prevention and reversal of heart diseases that can begin taking place long before symptoms occur. 

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-Management and prevention of other chronic diseases including weight loss, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes and metabolic disease.

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-Diagnosis and treatment of medical problems, with reversal and prevention as goals.

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-Whole person care.

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-Promotion of  lifestyle, especially diet changes, might be the top thing you can do, and that takes initiative by the patient, and conversation.

 

-Although lifestyle changes can be done on your own,  it is hard to make sense of it all, and it is nice to have a health partner who is on your side who can illuminate resources you might not find, and who can support  the human side of your health. People are not robots, there is a stress or mental side of health.  This should be part of the practice of medicine. Mental health and medical providers exist too much in silos, and considering stressors should be part of the practice of medicine. 

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-Making America Healthy Again is long overdue, the obesity/ chronic disease epidemic can not be solved by medicines alone.

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Call 911 and get to an emergency room if you have any life threatening symptoms:

Chest Pain or pressure, worsening shortness of breath, feeling of dread, nausea and vomiting associated with chest tightness, cold sweat, weakness of a limb or facial droop, problem speaking, shooting pain down the limbs or other heart attack or stroke symptoms.

 

From Blue Cross of NC, here is a list of things to look for if you think you might have an emergency:

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"Many times we mix up “urgency” and “emergency” – meaning, if we think there’s an urgent reason to head to the doctor, it feels like an emergency. And so, before we even consider alternative options, we find ourselves waiting in the ER.

This is why it’s important to know what is considered a health emergency, and what is not. Here’s a list of life-threatening emergencies that qualify for a trip to the ER:

• Loss of consciousness, including fainting

• Sudden loss of vision, numbness, or difficulty speaking

• Severe trouble breathing

• Severe abdominal pain

• High fever with stiff neck, mental confusion or difficulty breathing

• Coughing up or vomiting blood

• Head trauma

• Seizures, convulsions

• Major broken bones

An easy way to remember when to go to the ER? If the health scare is life-threatening, it’s time to go to the ER."