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Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Men's Health on July 19, 2024

Have you ever found yourself following a rigid dietary and exercise plan all week long – giving up sweets and desserts, focusing hard on portion sizes, and spending hours sweating in the gym – only to jump on the scale at the end of the week and discover you have actually gained weight?! Or perhaps… Read More

Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Men's Health on April 30, 2024

When it comes to health and well-being, it’s easy to wax poetic about the virtues of long-term thinking. But there is a big difference between knowing something is important and doing something about it. Just ask any retirement planner. At Men’s Health Boston, we prefer to emphasize problem prevention with our patients. And the unfortunate… Read More

Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Men's Health on November 6, 2023

Is Finasteride Safe? Post-Finasteride Syndrome, and Why It Has Urologists Drawing Battle Lines. Finasteride has received a lot of publicity lately – and not necessarily the good type. The widely prescribed “male-pattern hair loss” medication has increasingly come under fire for associated reports of sexual dysfunction, with purported side effects ranging from erectile dysfunction and… Read More

Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Uncategorized on June 28, 2023

Science is a complex and dynamic field, filled with uncertainty and ongoing discoveries. As medical providers, we confront this reality every day. Rarely do we possess definitive, all-encompassing answers to the questions we get asked. Instead, we rely on phrases like “The current thinking is…” or “The best evidence at the moment suggests…” in an… Read More

Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Uncategorized on April 26, 2023

Vitamin D supplementation is all the rage these days. In Part 1 of this series, we addressed the discrepancies amongst intake recommendations, with some experts criticizing the widespread use of vitamin D and others recommending far more than the RDA of 600-800 IU daily. If you haven’t read that piece, we highly encourage you to… Read More

Vitamin D is a hot topic in the post-COVID-19 era. With links to everything from bone health to immune defense to depression, it’s tempting to view Vitamin D supplementation as a sort of panacea, a “cure-all” medicine – and judging by the number of news articles published since 2020, that’s exactly what is happening. In… Read More

“Oh! Oh! Oh! Oooh-zeeemmmmpic!” If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past 6 months, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the advertisements. From TV to TikTok, Ozempic and its sibling medications Wegovy and Saxenda (referred to collectively as GLP-1 receptor agonists) have stormed onto the public scene. Here at Men’s Health Boston,… Read More

In Part 1 of this series, Men’s Health Boston registered dietitian nutritionist Zach Wehmeyer shed some light on why many New Year’s Resolutions fail in the long-term. We highly recommend reading that write-up before proceeding below. _________________________________ In today’s article, I want to walk you through the process that I use regularly with patients to… Read More

The upcoming New Year provides a natural inflection point for lifestyle design. And since we know everyone wants to hit the ground running, we asked our in-house lifestyle coach and registered dietitian nutritionist Zach Wehmeyer to shed some light on how he recommends approaching New Year’s Resolutions if the goal is to create change that… Read More

Posted by: Men's Health Boston in Uncategorized on November 15, 2022

High blood pressure, a condition known medically as hypertension, is a massive drain on both the health and the economy of the U.S. According to CDC statistics, hypertension affects roughly half of the adults in the U.S., totaling nearly $131 billion dollars per year in treatment costs. As one of the dominant drivers for long-term… Read More