East Valley Internal Medicine

08/28/2025

Body mass index, or BMI, is a screening tool to identify whether an adult is at a healthy weight or at risk for heart diseases or stroke. If based on your height and weight you are at moderate or high risk, losing weight and keeping it off can help. Start with small steps, like moving more and sitting less every day.

08/26/2025

Moving more, eating well, and limiting or avoiding alcohol are simple but effective ways to manage high blood pressure. The High Blood Pressure Hub offers patients guidance for living with and monitoring high blood pressure, including downloadable infographics on the basics of blood pressure measurements and more.

Visit the hub and share these resources with your patients: https://bit.ly/4lxWqtP

08/25/2025

Are you getting enough Vitamin D? A few minutes of sunlight on your skin provides vitamin D. skin. Just a few minutes a day on your hands and face should do the trick. But you can also get it from food. https://wb.md/45uc58H

08/22/2025

Fruit has fiber and other nutrients you need -- but, it also has natural sugar, and some have more than others. Find out which ones have the most and least sugar. https://wb.md/4lvdLnd

08/20/2025

Dory says just keep swimming… we say just keep walking! 👣

Daily steps below the recommended 10,000 were still associated with lower risk for major heart-related events, even among people with hypertension, researchers reported.In addition, 30 minutes of walking with a faster cadence was associated with lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, in...

08/20/2025

Important Reminder! 📣 East Valley Internal Medicine will be closed on Monday, September 1st in observance of Labor Day. 🛋️ We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday! We'll be back to serving you on Tuesday, September 2nd. 📆 If you have any urgent medical needs, please visit your nearest emergency room or urgent care center.

08/20/2025

Learn the symptoms that may occur if there's an infection in the urinary tract. Also find out what can cause a UTI and how the infection is treated.

08/19/2025

Your nerves and muscles -- including your heart -- might not work the way they should if you don’t get enough potassium. https://wb.md/4mIjCGB

08/18/2025

Grief is a natural part of life, but it can cause some health issues, at least for a while. Find out how grief can affect your body and what you can do about it: https://wb.md/3V15jkC

08/15/2025

We're expanding our health insights with free A1C testing — commonly used to screen for diabetes and prediabetes — for all who successfully give blood through Aug. 31. (One test result per donor in a 12-month period.)

08/15/2025

08/14/2025

Get your blood pressure checked at least once a year and understand what the numbers mean. Severe high blood pressure combined with symptoms such as chest pain or trouble speaking may be a hypertensive emergency, according to the new high blood pressure guideline, and you should call 911 immediately.