SEASIDE’S HEALTH NEWSLETTERS

Welcome to the Seaside Medical Practice blog! Here you will find information from me, Dr. Nasime Yazdani, as well as other excellent providers and staff here at Seaside Medical Practice in Santa Monica, CA. We look forward to your feedback and comments on the blog, and look forward to serving you in any way we can!

An Unexpected Love Story

On my Wednesday rounds at the dialysis center, one of my patients, we shall refer to as Mr. H said to me, “I’m not happy where I am.” He was referring to the nursing home he was discharged to after a prolonged hospitalization. Approximately 1 year ago, Mr. H suffered...

Enriching Your Diet with Iron Rich Foods

It is imperative that we consume iron rich foods every day in order to keep our iron storage or ferritin level at a healthy range between 50-150. An essential nutrient, iron assists the body to detoxify, boosts immune functions, and helps create proteins and enzymes....

Seaside’s Testosterone Therapy Study Lands PubMed

It was by mere chance and great curiosity early on in my practice that I embarked on the adventure of learning about hormones, which eventually led to development of Seaside’s Healthy Aging Program. At the time nearly a decade ago, the demand for testosterone therapy...

Patient Compliance- A Medical Management Conundrum

A 65 year old patient I began seeing few years ago started out in our first encounter proclaiming that she is as healthy as one can be. She exercises regularly, eats a balanced diet, has a positive outlook in life, and has never been told she has any medical...

Iron Deficiency Anemia: The Lowdown on Low Iron

Iron deficiency anemia is a condition where your blood lacks healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells are important because they transport oxygen to your body’s tissues. Approximately 2 billion people in the world are anemic, and more than half due to la lack of iron....

Top 3 Anti-Aging Medications

US Pharmacopia, the manuscript of all drugs manufactured nationwide, has hundreds of thousand drugs listed for every imaginable disease out there, of which I have chosen three to discuss in this month’s newsletter for their effects on the aging process. These drugs...

A Better Alternative to Neosporin

Mothers, take note. When your child falls and scrapes her knee or bruises her arm, how do you console her? After hugging her and kissing the ‘ouchie’ away, do you take out the Neosporin, and put a band-aid on it? Do you really believe a petroleum based antibacterial...

In-depth View of Body Composition When height and weight are not enough

by Nasimeh Yazdani, M.D Seaside Medical Practice is proud to announce acquisition of the leading body composition analyzer, Seca mBCA 514, a medical grade scale that measures detailed body composition with impedance technology in less than 20 seconds. Tested by...

The Role of Meat Consumption on the Water Crisis

by Stacy Matthews Branch When many of us think of a water crisis, we tend to think of desert conditions, scarce rainfall, or sanitations problems affecting the availability of clean, potable water. In states such as California with water scarcity issues, governments...

A Deeper Look into Sexual Dysfunction – Can the Cure Lead to a Longer Life?

Patients often gloss over the topic when asked to talk about their sexual health. Almost always, providers have to initiate the conversation, as patients are either uncomfortable or unwilling to bring up the subject. I’m always amazed me when I hear the sad response,...