Amy Shoenthal is the author of The Setback Cycle, a book about how today's most extraordinary founders and leaders persevere through setbacks.
When a 50-year-old woman attorney noticed some chest pressure and had trouble maintaining endurance during regular exercise, she initially sought counsel from two doctors: her internist and her gynecologist. Both reassured her that she was experiencing perimenopausal symptoms along with the stress of a high-powered job.
Her approach targets the specific “biochemical and genetic underpinnings” of depression, anxiety, and related metabolic health factors, which enable her to provide hyper-personalized treatment plans for her patients. But if we are told we are prone to things like depression or anxiety, will we subconsciously bring them on? Is too much information potentially detrimental? Consider our culture’s current fascination with longevity, with a crop of“The biggest con to these full body scans is that they can sometimes pick up false positives,” says Dr. Kraker.
In one session, Kraker had connected the dots of various minor ailments that I had brushed off, pointing out that the mystery swollen joints from a decade ago is actually related to the recent metabolic shift and hair loss. Dr. Kraker recommended a few dietary changes and supplements to address the issue, but armed with this new information, I felt extreme clarity on issues I had long abandoned seeking answers to.
Once that diagnosis was confirmed by a medical professional, O’Hara was finally able to manage her condition, eventually going on to create aDr. Schwartz believes earlier intervention might be possible with more advanced diagnoses and better education, but warns that education alone might not be sufficient. “We also have to engage the medical community in conversations about lipedema so that they can recognize, diagnose, and treat the condition effectively and much sooner,” he says.
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