Dr. Michele H. Leder, MD, FACP

09/15/2025

It seems that we need to use restraint with home fragrances.

Who doesn’t love coming home to a house that smells like chocolate chip cookies? Or fresh herbs like lavender? You can even recreate your favorite scent memories like the beloved white tea-cedar-vanilla scent made famous by The Westin Hotel and Resorts in your own home.

09/14/2025

Get your flu shot this season!

Have you (or someone you know) sworn off getting a flu shot because it didn’t work? Sometimes, flu shots aren’t 100 percent effective, but they are considered the best method of flu prevention, lowering your risk of getting sick between 40 and 60 percent. Why aren’t flu shots completely reliab...

05/27/2025

Avoid ultraprocessed food!

Processed foods have gotten a bad rap over the last decade. Most of the food we buy at the supermarket is processed to some degree. Breads, pastas, frozen vegetables, dairy products and spices — even baby carrots — are processed.

05/14/2025

Try to avoid ultra processed foods.

Ultra-processed foods, although more affordable than whole foods, may be linked to cancer. Prioritize your health by exploring this study by The Lancet.

05/11/2025

Keep your sugar intake, in any form, as low as possible.

Discover how harmful excessive added sugars can be to your diet. Explore how much sugar should be consumed based on your lifestyle and read expert tips.

05/07/2025

Rest well.

Here’s a little secret about your heart: Your ticker loves it when you sleep.Good, consistent sleep is great for our heart. Poor sleep, not so much.Sleep helps everything from our immune system to our mental health. But our heart also benefits.Let’s start with blood pressure. When we sleep, our ...

04/20/2025

More reason to eat healthy and keep your weight optimal as well.

Metabolic syndrome is the term used to describe a cluster of risk factors – obesity (particularly excess abdominal fat), high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low good cholesterol (HDL), and insulin resistance -- that raise the risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, kidne...

04/13/2025

Taken other look at your resolutions.

As an internal medicine physician for 36 years, I was never fond of New Year’s resolutions. They always seemed artificial and destined to fail. And if you’ve ever made one, you probably know what I’m talking about. In fact, about 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year,...

04/09/2025

Eating for your hair and heart. Just don't eat too much of any good thing!

Discover 7 foods that you can incorporate into your diet daily to promote healthier hair. Learn about the key element to healthy hair and how to achieve it.

03/29/2025

Good advice!

03/18/2025

Our voices must be heard!

Leading physician groups express serious concern at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) decision to terminate grants to study vaccine hesitancy and uptake. This action is a dangerous intrusion into critical work. Read the full statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - ACOG, and American College of Physicians: https://bit.ly/3DDrNTJ

03/18/2025

Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.