Preventative Medicine Clinic in Crabtree Valley - Raleigh, NC

The best way to treat an illness is to prevent it from occurring. Preventative medicine is an important aspect of anti-aging medicine where physicians focus on optimizing health, slowing the aging  process, and preventing the body from going into a disease state. Preventive medicine can help patients avoid serious chronic disease through:

• Frequent screening
• Early diagnosis
• Modern laboratory testing methods
• Latest medical imaging technologies
• Clinically verified treatments
• Prompt intervention

If you can reduce or eliminate significant risk factors, you can avoid future diseases and prevent chronic illness from developing. These body and mind stressors include:

• Tobacco smoking
• Excessive alcohol use
• Poor nutrition
• Fast and unhealthy foods
• Improper cholesterol levels
• Sugar consumption
• Prescription medicine
• Illicit drugs
• Environmental toxins
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Pollution
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Lack of exercise
• Unmanaged stress

A preventative medicine physician will help you identify your personal risk factors and design a customized treatment to avoid getting sick. By optimizing health, improving nutrition, and making positive adjustments to your lifestyle, you can minimize the risks of major diseases:

• Cardiovascular disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Cerebrovascular disorders
• Dementia
• Alzheimer's disease

Preventive and anti-aging medicine focuses on optimizing health, maintaining wellness, reducing known risk factors, preventing diseases, preemptive testing, and stopping and reversing age-related diseases. Preventive medicine emphasizes:

• Frequent screening and testing
• Early detection and intervention
• Balanced diet
• Regular exercise
• Hormone balancing
• Vitamin and dietary supplementation
• Detoxification