Kelly Freeman

Some of my favorite moments have been at past Hail Lifestyle Medicine Conferences — incredible people, incredible mission. Counting down to the 5th! 🤍 @Amanat_Hail @FahadAlJalajel @sultan_n_am @hailhealth @dr_marwa_samed #LifestyleMedicine

Six Things I See in My ‘Strongest’ 80-Year-Old Patients I am 63 now, and after three decades as an orthopedic surgeon, I have examined thousands of people in their eighties. Some arrive frail and afraid, others walk in straighter and more confident than patients half their age. They’re still skiing, still gardening, still picking up grandchildren without a second thought. The gap between those two groups is not luck, and it is rarely genetics alone. The same patterns keep showing up in those who are thriving. Here is what they have in common. The most important reasons are lower down in the list…

Please join us in welcoming Kelly Freeman, NP to Riverview Health Prairie Lakes Family Medicine! Kelly is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with a passion for guiding adults toward healthy aging. Learn more: bit.ly/47rB652

Post-infectious fatigue syndromes are the real deal. Great to see this described so well by an unlikely source -- an orthopedic surgeon! (No offense intended, Dr. Luks! It's just pretty notable, that's all.)

I am genuinely sick of seeing this nonsense. If you didn’t pass basic physiology, please, just shut the f up about optimizing your health. Let’s talk biology: Vitamin C and B-complex vitamins are water-soluble... the second you shove 25 grams of C into your veins, your kidneys start working overtime to flush it out. You aren’t 'loading your system'; you are literally paying to produce the most expensive urine on the planet...! And don’t get me started on the NAD+ IVs. It’s an expensive biochemical fairy tale. NAD+ is a large, fragile molecule. It gets chewed up by enzymes in your bloodstream long before it ever touches a cell membrane, let alone enters the cell to 'recharge' your mitochondria. It makes me so angry because it’s not just a harmless trend, it’s a grift that prays on people who don't know the difference between a real medical intervention and a wellness scam.

When healthcare feels overwhelming, look for one concrete thing you can do. Right now, the Department of Education has opened a public comment period on a proposed rule that would remove nursing from the “professional degree” classification. That sounds technical. It isn’t. If this change goes through, nurses and advanced practice providers could lose access to certain federal loan programs that make advanced training financially possible. That affects who can afford to become a nurse practitioner. It affects who stays in the workforce. It affects access to care. As a reconstructive microsurgeon, I cannot care for the volume of women I serve without the nurses and nurse practitioners on my team. They are not assistants. They are licensed, credentialed professionals practicing at the highest level of their training. They are the backbone of American healthcare. If you care about access to safe, high quality care, this matters. The public comment period is open and closes on March 2nd. Here is how to leave a comment. It takes five minutes: 1. Go to regulations.gov 2. Type into search “reimagining and improving student education” 3. Click “Submit a Formal Comment” 4. Write a short statement. It can be simple. For example: “I support recognizing nursing as a professional degree. Limiting access to federal loan programs will worsen workforce shortages and reduce access to care.” 5. Enter your information and click submit You do not need to be a doctor or a nurse to comment. You just need to care. Small actions matter. Words matter. Please take a few minutes to support recognizing nursing for what it is: a profession.

Patients deserve an easy way to discover the lowest price to pay. I applaud the President in bringing attention to drug costs. But if you want a one stop shop for low prices, TrumpRx isn’t it. ⁦@costplusdrugs⁩ ⁦@GoodRx⁩ and others are much more comprehensive.

Nearly half of the databases that the CDC used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates — have been paused without explanation, according to new research. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…

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So a 2 min video about cervical cancer prevention and it doesn’t mention the HPV vaccine once. Curious.

Consensus & Confusion While the '25–'30 Dietary Guidelines repeat familiar messages like eat more veggies & fruits, they also overemphasize protein, downplay fiber, muddy guidance on processed foods, and send mixed messages on saturated fat. My take: med.stanford.edu/nutrition/n…