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Let’s talk about the silent crisis in healthcare—midlife women’s health. I’ve heard it too many times to count:“If I were someone else, they’d be taking this more seriously.” And you know what? You’re not wrong.This week on Medical Disruptors, I sat down with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz—a board-certified OB/GYN, trained at Cedars-Sinai, who left the traditionalContinue reading “Midlife Women’s Health is Being Ignored by a Broken System”

Hi, I’m Dr. E—and if you’ve ever felt like health protocols don’t work for you, you’re not alone. The supplements, the saunas, the green juice… they all promise to “cleanse” your system. But what if I told you the real issue isn’t your “detox”—it’s your drainage? In this episode of Medical Disruptors, I sat downContinue reading “How Blocked Drainage Pathways Silently Sabotage Your Health”

Starting your career as a nurse practitioner is exhilarating, empowering—and sometimes terrifying. You’ve worked hard to get here, but the transition from student to independent provider comes with a new level of responsibility. Among the many fears that new nurse practitioners quietly carry, one stands out: medical errors. We all want to believe we’ll neverContinue reading “Turning Medical Errors Into Growth: A 7-Step Guide”

When I first met Dr. Camille, I knew we were going to have a layered, eye-opening conversation. Not just because she’s a board-certified ER physician turned functional medicine practitioner—but because she’s lived through the same kind of medical gaslighting so many of our patients face. Her own body broke down while she was doing everythingContinue reading “The Hormone Imbalance in Women That Conventional Medicine Overlooks”

Imagine needing to see a doctor but hesitating—not because you don’t care about your health, but because the exam room doesn’t feel safe. For many LGBTQ+ individuals, that hesitation is a daily reality. It’s not about being careless or stubborn; it’s about trying to avoid being misgendered, misunderstood, or dismissed. I recently appeared on theContinue reading “Affirming Care Isn’t a Bonus—It’s the Baseline”

“They don’t even know that testosterone matters.” That sentence hit me like a freight train during my conversation with Dr. Camille. And not because it was shocking—because it was familiar. She’s a board-certified ER doctor. I’m a nurse practitioner. And we’ve both spent years inside a system that regularly ignores hormone health in women. ThisContinue reading “Testosterone Isn’t Just For Men—Why Women Need It Too”

If you’re a healthcare provider today, chances are you’ve felt the weight of charting and paperwork tug at your clinical day. For many clinicians—especially nurse practitioners—medical documentation challenges have become a silent contributor to burnout, inefficiency, and patient dissatisfaction. Fortunately, virtual scribes are reshaping how providers handle documentation. By offloading time-consuming administrative tasks, virtual scribesContinue reading “10 Medical Documentation Challenges and How to Overcome Them”

As a nurse practitioner, I’ve seen more and more patients struggling with fatigue, brain fog, and low resilience. Their labs are often “normal.” Their symptoms don’t point to a clear diagnosis. And yet—they know something feels off. Sometimes the issue is hormonal. Sometimes it’s stress, inflammation, or poor recovery. And sometimes—it’s simply the passage ofContinue reading “What Is Cellular Aging—and how do we slow it down?”

In today’s complex healthcare environment, nurse practitioners are increasingly expected to balance two powerful—and sometimes competing—forces: clinical autonomy and collaboration. Both are essential. Both can be tricky. And finding your groove between the two isn’t always intuitive, especially when you’re newly credentialed or navigating a new clinical setting. So what does this balance actually lookContinue reading “4 Ways Clinical Autonomy Strengthens Interdisciplinary Care”

I’ve interviewed dozens of clinicians on Medical Disruptors, but this episode hit different. My guest, Dr. Lakeischa, is a board-certified OB/GYN who was trained to guide women through menopause—but never expected to experience full-blown perimenopause at 40. Not only was she blindsided by the symptoms, but when she ran her own labs, they showed somethingContinue reading “Perimenopause Can Start at 35—Ask Me How I Know”

At EG Healthcare, we believe that everyone deserves high-quality, compassionate, patient-centered care—no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation. As a primary care practice, we’ve seen firsthand how LGBTQ-affirming healthcare isn’t just a matter of courtesy or inclusion—it’s a critical factor in improving health outcomes and building trust with some of the most underserved communitiesContinue reading “LGBTQ-Affirming Healthcare Saves Lives—and Improves Care for All”

As a nurse practitioner, I’ve seen so many patients who did everything right on paper—clean diets, high-quality supplements, proper testing, even mold remediation. But despite all that effort, some of them still weren’t getting better. That’s when I knew we had to start looking somewhere else. Somewhere deeper. This week on Medical Disruptors, I hadContinue reading “Nervous System Regulation Isn’t Optional—It’s Foundational”

Starting out as a nurse practitioner can feel like trying to drink from a firehose. The transition from RN to NP is exciting, rewarding, and—let’s be honest—completely overwhelming. You’re expected to lead patient care, make diagnostic decisions, and navigate new levels of responsibility, all while adapting to a different clinical identity. If you’re feeling aContinue reading “New NPs: What NOT to Do in Your First Year”

I thought I’d seen it all. As a nurse practitioner working in the trenches of chronic illness, I’ve run the labs, followed the protocols, and dug deep into root cause medicine. But in this week’s episode of Medical Disruptors, I found myself leaning in harder than usual. Because my guest, Dr. Kate Masterson, took usContinue reading “When “Normal” Labs Don’t Explain Your Symptoms—Could Muscle Testing Be the Missing Link?”