Preventative Medicine

Natural Ways to Prevent the Flu

Flu season is upon us and even if you have protected yourself from infection by getting your flu shot, you may want to take extra precautions to ensure a healthy cold and flu season this winter. Adding these natural ways to prevent the flu into your

The Dangers of Grilling

The staff at Enhanced Medical Care is enjoying the warmer Boston weather and hope you all are too. The summer is in full swing and backyard barbecues are fired up! Even when taking every precaution about being outside (applying sunscreen, using insect repellent and checking

Demystifying Nutrition: Healthy Weight-loss Guidelines

The field of nutrition is an overwhelming vat of information. Most nutritional recommendations are intimidating and very often are confusing and conflicting. We are here to help steer you in the right direction and hopefully take a bit of the guesswork and anxiety out of

Integrative Testing: Personalized Nutritional Evaluation

  As an educated patient, you know that nutrition is important. You know that the foods you eat affect your health. However, the nutrients you do not consume, but perhaps need, may also have a huge impact on your body. Nobody’s diet is perfect, but

Allergies Ahead! What Allergies Mean for Your Personal Health

Spring is the time when people are most aware of the affect exposure to allergens can have on our body  (cue the thoughts of the layer of pollen that coats everything outside) BUT allergies affect us all year long and can cause a slew of problems that

Natural Relief From Seasonal Allergies

It’s that time of year again! While the blooming flowers and new greenery certainly are beautiful, the pollen has many of us walking around feeling like our heads may explode. Although allergies are stressors that your body deals with all year round, the extra seasonal burden

Improve Heart Health by Knowing Your Recovery Heart Rate

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most significant but preventable offenses against modern health. Enhanced Medical Care focuses on optimizing health and wellness by making suggestions to protect patients against heart disease on many fronts. Exercise, nutrition and other lifestyle interventions greatly affect how our hearts function.

Preventative Medicine: Identifying and Treating Chronic Inflammation

When people think about inflammation, the swelling of a twisted ankle or a bruised body part that usually comes to mind. While these examples certainly represent an inflammatory response, they do not encompass the complexity of this branch of immune defense. The steps of the

Will the Flu Shot Make You Sick?

Flu season is just around the corner. The CDC says that in the United States, on average 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from seasonal flu-related complications. Many of our patients at Enhanced Medical Care will come to us with