Kim will be starting with us on Jan 18, 2016.

Kim has been a provider since 2002. She went to Midwestern University. She has worked in Family Practice and Sports Medicine. Kim has worked with many athletes from GCU, SCC, Phoenix Suns, and Phoenix Mercury.

She has a lot of experience working with women’s health including hormone replacement.

Kim has worked very closely with Dr. Fereidouni for the past 7 years, for the treatment of Diabetic patients and others.

Please let us know if we can schedule you an appointment with her for any future appointments or any sports related injuries.

Results of Kim Brabentz’s Patient Satisfaction Survey:

Remember to check your cholesterol levels and maintain them within desirable limits.

• Eat a healthy diet. Avoid saturated fats and trans fats, which tend to raise cholesterol levels. Other types of fats, such as polyunsaturated fats, can actually lower blood cholesterol levels. Eating fiber also can help lower cholesterol.
• Exercise regularly. Physical activity can help lower cholesterol. The Surgeon General recommends that adults engage in moderate-intensity exercise for 2 hours and 30 minutes every week.
• Maintaining a healthy weight. Being overweight or obese can raise your cholesterol levels. Losing weight can help lower your cholesterol.
• No smoking. If you smoke, quit as soon as possible.

What is Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs. But when you have too much in your blood, it can build up on the walls of your arteries and form blockages. This can lead to heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.

There are two kinds of cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL). HDL is also called “good” cholesterol. LDL is called “bad” cholesterol. When we talk about high cholesterol, we are talking about “bad” LDL cholesterol.

Seventy-one million American adults have high cholesterol, but only one-third of them have the condition under control. September is National Cholesterol Education Month—a good time to resolve to get your cholesterol screened.

Immunization helps prevent dangerous and sometimes deadly diseases. To stay protected against serious illnesses like the flu, measles, and pneumonia, adults need to get their shots.

Help spread the word by talking to friends and family, encourage others to get a flu shot, listening to doctors about important vaccinations. Read more about it on http://www.immunize.org/reports/

Stay healthy, stay hydrated, get vaccinated, your future depends on it.

ABI (Ankle-Brachial Index)

The most common symptom of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the lower extremities is a painful muscle cramping in the hips, thighs or calves when walking, climbing stairs or exercising.

The pain of PAD often goes away when you stop exercising, although this may take a few minutes. Working muscles need more blood flow.

If there’s a blood-flow blockage due to plaque buildup, the muscles won’t get enough blood during exercise to meet the needs. The “crampy” pain (called “intermittent claudication”), when caused by PAD, is the muscles’ way of warning the body that it isn’t receiving enough blood during exercise to meet the increased demand.

Many people with PAD have no symptoms or mistake their symptoms for something else

Symptoms of severe PAD include:

Leg pain that does not go away when you stop exercising

Foot or toe wounds that won’t heal or heal very slowly

***If you have questions about the test or would like to know if you are a candidate please call to schedule an appointment.

On February 5, Anthem Health Insurance was the target of an outside security breach that resulted in the theft of 80 million patient records.  Hackers gained access to Anthem’s IT infrastructure using custom malware.

Both previous and current insurance customers are affected. Anthem reports that credit card or medical history related information were breached. Here is what was stolen:

•  Name
• Birthday
• Medical ID/Social Security Number
• Address
• Phone Number
• Email Addresses
• Employment Information
• Income Data

Anthem will be contacting those directly affected and offering free credit monitoring and identity protection.

Measles can be spread by an infected person who coughs or sneezes. The droplets can remain suspended in the air for up to two hours.

Measles starts with a fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and sore throat, followed by a rash that spreads all over the body.

Once infected with the measles, a person is infectious for four days before and four days after the appearance of a rash.

One in 1000 thousand people infected by the Measles die.

In the United States, widespread use of the measles vaccine has let to a greater than 99% reduction in measles cases.

Recently, a wealth of misinformation has led to parents choosing not to vaccinate their children. This resulted in an outbreak of the Measles when un-vaccinated children were infected by international travelers that were infected with the Measles.