Preventative Medicine Clinic in Wilkesboro, 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
AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center
Address
1604 Lamons LaneSuite 202
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 482-8711
www.awaremed.com
Hours
Mon:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm