Dr. Zeina Moukarzel

Dr. Zeina Moukarzel My Story With Medicine
Between 1995-2013, I have practiced as anesthesiologist and critical care physician (ICU/Burns’ Center) at Hopital Libanais-Geitaoui.

👩🏻‍⚕️Certified in Lifestyle Medicine (LM) | Former ICU doc
🌿I help women 45+ live healthier, longer, and calmer through the 8 pillars of Lifestyle Medicine.
🩺 In Person, Online & Workshop.
📍Lebanon

♥️ Narrative Medicine, Mindfulness & Zentangle In 2005, and till I quit, I was nominated Chief of Department of Intensive Care Unit/Burns Center. In 2013, I decided to quit; taking care of chronic pat

ients had become emotionally exhausting for me. Since, I had continued to practice medicine as General Physician, Smoking Cessation Specialist, Addiction Counseling (Teens, youth and their mothers), either face-to-face or virtual sessions. However, my medical practice was interrupted by my frequent travels to USA and Canada, to visit my daughters. I had also other professional activities, like expert for Lebanese Hospital Accreditations, Public Health writer and consultant (Middle East Strategic Perspectives), health education and awareness, medical blogger (In 2014, I founded, a not-for-profit LAMSA (Lebanon) (www.lamsaleb.org) (Social Media: ). Adding to that, I have followed in 2016 the 8-weeks training in Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction at McGill University. Since, I personally practice this technique on a daily basis and I teach some of the exercises to my patients as stress reduction coping technique. January 2020, I moved to a new office in Brazilia-Baabda, but the Covid19 pandemic had emerged. With the lockdown ease, I am back to work for now as Smoking Cessation Specialist for youth (18-25 years old), privileging however the virtual sessions. Zeina Assaf Moukarzel, MD, MPH, MHA
Lebanese Order of Physicians Registration Number: A/571
Social Security (CNSS) Registration Number: 42/2002
Private cell phone: +961/3-341133

19/04/2026

🫀 The New Lipid Guidelines Are Here, and They’re Practice-Changing

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have just released updated dyslipidemia management guidelines (published in JAMA, March 2026), replacing their 2018 recommendations. The shift is significant, here are the key takeaways:

📉 Lower LDL-C Targets Are Back
Specific cholesterol goals are fully reinstated, with targets as low as

Happy 33rd birthday Paul 🎂.I love you more than words can ever say. ❤️
13/04/2026

Happy 33rd birthday Paul 🎂.

I love you more than words can ever say. ❤️

*World Parkinson’s Day 2026 | 11 April*Parkinson disease (PD) is a *progressive brain condition* affecting movement, men...
11/04/2026

*World Parkinson’s Day 2026 | 11 April*

Parkinson disease (PD) is a *progressive brain condition* affecting movement, mental health, and quality of life. While more common in older adults, it can occur at any age.

*Key facts:*
📊 8.5M people lived with PD in 2019
📈 Disability and deaths linked to PD are rising rapidly
⚠️ Cause is unknown—risk increases with family history and exposure to air pollution, pesticides, and solvents
💊 Levodopa/carbidopa is the most effective treatment, but not accessible everywhere

*Common symptoms:*
🔹 Tremors and painful muscle contractions
🔹 Difficulty speaking and walking
🔹 Sleep disorders and mental health challenges

*Care & support:*
🩺 While there is no cure, treatments can help manage symptoms
🏃 Rehabilitation can improve daily functioning
🤝 Support for families and caregivers is vital

❤️‍🩹 Behind every diagnosis is a person navigating daily challenges—your voice matters.

‎Health News Update: Health under attack in the Middle East‎🚨 The conflict across the Middle East is putting *millions a...
11/04/2026

‎Health News Update: Health under attack in the Middle East

‎🚨 The conflict across the Middle East is putting *millions at risk*, with over *4 million people displaced* and rising injuries and deaths.

‎As medical facilities and infrastructure are hit, people are *losing access to the care they need to survive.*

‎*Key health impacts:*
‎🏥 Attacks on health care, nearly *3 per day in Lebanon*, affecting hospitals, ambulances and health workers.
‎💧 Damage to water systems, up to *70–100% of drinking water depends on desalination* in some countries.
‎🏠 Displacement, overcrowded shelters, limiting access to care and increasing infections.
‎🧠 Rising mental health needs due to violence, loss and instability.

‎✊ *Health care is not a target. It must be protected.*
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‎⁦‪ ‬⁩ ⁧‫ #لبنان‬⁩ ⁦‪ ‬⁩

10/04/2026

Not just good, but this diet pattern improves our cardiovascular 🫀 health.
Your heart works 24/7 for you, return the favor.

Small shifts in what you eat can make a big difference for your heart health. The American Heart Association says it all comes down to a few key habits:

✅ More fruits & veggies
✅ Whole grains over refined
✅ Healthy fats, less saturated fat
✅ Cut back on added sugar & sodium
✅ Ditch the ultra-processed stuff

No extreme diets. No perfection required.
Just consistent, simple choices that your future self will thank you for.

Be Mindful.

💬 Which of these is your biggest challenge? Drop it below 👇

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001435 #:~:text=The%20features%20of%20a%20heart,grains%3B%20(4)%20choosing%20healthy

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250 did not come home yesterday.I need to sit with that number. Not only read it. Not let it become a statistic in a new...
09/04/2026

250 did not come home yesterday.

I need to sit with that number. Not only read it. Not let it become a statistic in a news cycle that will move on by next week.

250 people woke up yesterday morning.
Some of them had coffee.
Some of them were already at work,
already at the hospital,
already in the street living the ordinary minutes that none of us know are the last ones until they are.

250 people whose families are now sitting in rooms that feel permanently wrong.

And 800 wounded.

800 people whose bodies have been rewritten by yesterday.
Who will wake up in pain,
in bandages,
in the particular confusion of someone trying to locate themselves after the world has moved without their permission.

And then there is the rest of Beirut.

The ones they will not count.
The ones with no visible injury,
not bed in a hospital,
no file,
no record.

We are all wounded yesterday.

Yesterday broke something in us.
And we are not yet sure how to carry it.

📸 April 8, 2026: strikes on Beirut.

#بيروت #لبنان

07/04/2026

🔸 What healthy ageing really looks like

I chose this topic for World Health Day because we talk a lot about living longer, but not enough about living well.

Healthy ageing isn’t about looking young.

It’s about being able to stand up from a chair on your own.

Carry your groceries.

Walk to where you need to go.

Do the things that matter to you, without asking for help.

And here’s what science keeps reminding us:

✅ Regular movement protects our strength and balance
✅ A balanced diet fuels how our body actually functions
✅ Sitting less, even in small breaks, adds up

⚠️ Chronic stress is one of the biggest environmental drivers of early ageing and disease, it damages cells, disrupts sleep, and wears the body down quietly.

Some 80-year-olds are more functional than people half their age.
That gap isn’t just genetics, it’s daily habits and the environments we live in.

So, Ageing is not the problem. How we prepare for it is.

This World Health Day, let’s shift the conversation, from surviving old age to building the capacity to live it fully. 🧡

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Not everything you see online about health is true, misinformation spreads fast.

➡️ choose facts over misinformation.

➡️ share evidence-based information your community can trust.

Because better information leads to better health decisions.

This , Be Mindful, and stand with science!
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06/04/2026

It’s World Day of Physical Activity.

World Health Organization (WHO) definition:
“Physical activity is any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.”

Option A:
Holding water bottles
Requires muscle engagement and energy expenditure, qualifies as physical activity (light intensity).

Physical activity ✓

Option B:
Dumbbell strength training
Planned, structured, repetitive movement to improve muscular strength — this is exercise, a subset of physical activity.

Exercise (structured PA) ✓✓

WHO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SPECTRUM

🚶🏽‍♀️Everyday movement: walking, climbing stairs, housework, carrying groceries

🚴‍♀️Active recreation: dancing, cycling, gardening, swimming

🏋🏽‍♂️Structured exercise: gym training, running programs, strength workouts

⚽️Sport: competitive or organised sport activities

WHO weekly recommendation for adults:
150–300 min of moderate-intensity, or 75–150 min of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, plus muscle-strengthening on 2+ days per week.

This is what physical activity actually looks like, not just the gym, but every movement that challenges your muscles and burns energy.
Start wherever you are.

Be Mindful.

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My Story With Medicine

Between 1995-2013, I have practiced as anesthesiologist and critical care physician (ICU/Burns’ Center) at Hopital Libanais-Geitaoui. In 2005, and till I quit, I was nominated Chief of Department of Intensive Care Unit/Burns Center. In 2013, I decided to quit; taking care of chronic patients had become emotionally exhausting for me.

Since, I had continued to practice medicine as General Physician, Smoking Cessation Specialist, Addiction Counseling (Teens, youth and their mothers), either face-to-face or virtual sessions. However, my medical practice was interrupted by my frequent travels to USA and Canada, to visit my daughters.

I had also other professional activities, like expert for Lebanese Hospital Accreditations, Public Health writer and consultant (Middle East Strategic Perspectives), health education and awareness, medical blogger (In 2014, I founded, a not-for-profit LAMSA (Lebanon) (www.lamsaleb.org) (Social Media: @lamsalebanon).

Adding to that, I have followed in 2016 the 8-weeks training in Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction at McGill University. Since, I personally practice this technique on a daily basis and I teach some of the exercises to my patients as stress reduction coping technique.