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Rebecca Berens 9/12/25 Rebecca Berens 9/12/25

COVID Vaccine Updates for 2025: what’s new, who can get one, and how to avoid the runaround

Learn about updates to COVID vaccine labeling and access for 2025

Rebecca Berens, MD 8/9/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 8/9/25

What You Need to Know Before Taking Supplements

Rebecca Berens, MD 7/25/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 7/25/25

Prediabetes and Carb Cravings: Why They Happen and How to Manage Them

Anushree Kumar, MD 7/20/25 Anushree Kumar, MD 7/20/25

Turning 40 and Feeling Off? How to Recognize Perimenopause Before the Hot Flashes Hit

Rebecca Berens, MD 7/20/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 7/20/25

How Exercise Helps Manage Prediabetes (Even Just Walking)

Rebecca Berens, MD 7/9/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 7/9/25

What Lifestyle Medicine Gets Wrong: You’re Not Fully in Control

Rebecca Berens, MD 6/26/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 6/26/25

How to Manage Prediabetes with Food (What Actually Works)

Anushree Kumar, MD 3/20/25 Anushree Kumar, MD 3/20/25

Preparing for Your Perimenopause or Menopause Evaluation: What to Expect and How to Get the Most Out of Your Appointment

Rebecca Berens, MD 1/3/25 Rebecca Berens, MD 1/3/25

Understanding “Christmas Mastitis”: A Guide for Breastfeeding Moms

Rebecca Berens 8/26/24 Rebecca Berens 8/26/24

Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Rebecca Berens 6/28/24 Rebecca Berens 6/28/24

Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Rebecca Berens, MD 3/28/24 Rebecca Berens, MD 3/28/24

Is a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist right for me?

Over the last few years, there has been near non-stop media and social media coverage of the "new weight loss drugs," GLP-1 receptor...

Rebecca Berens, MD 12/1/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 12/1/23

How to manage your cold/flu/RSV/COVID symptoms at home

Flu and RSV and COVID, oh my! It may feel like everyone you know is sick right now- and it is true! There are a LOT of different viruses...

Rebecca Berens, MD 9/8/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 9/8/23

What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and how might it affect me?

Often when a patient comes to me wanting to improve their health, they have put most of their focus on making changes to their …

Rebecca Berens, MD 6/29/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 6/29/23

How your mental health can affect your physical health

Often when a patient comes to me wanting to improve their health, they have put most of their focus on making changes to their diet and…

Rebecca Berens, MD 4/27/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 4/27/23

Why is sleep so important for your health?

Often when a patient comes to me wanting to improve their health, they have put most of their focus on making changes to their diet and…

Rebecca Berens, MD 4/4/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 4/4/23

How can you improve your relationship with food?

As a primary care physician, I see many patients who struggle with their relationship with food. In the US, we live in a society where…

Rebecca Berens, MD 3/1/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 3/1/23

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

This week, February 27-March 5, 2023, marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. As a person who has recovered from an eating…

Rebecca Berens, MD 2/1/23 Rebecca Berens, MD 2/1/23

5 things you can do to improve your health that have nothing to do with dieting

As a family physician, I spend a lot of time with patients focusing on how to best take care of themselves to prevent or manage chronic…

Rebecca Berens, MD 6/29/22 Rebecca Berens, MD 6/29/22

A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

I want to respond to the many strong emotions and fears expressed by many of my patients...