The Optimal Health Blog
Exploring the 3X4 Genetics Test: A Tool for Personalized Health Insights
Written by Melissa Reade, MS, CDN, CNS, BN-HWC, medically reviewed and edited by Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly. At Bojana MD, we take an individualized approach to health, recognizing that genetics play a key role in how each person responds to nutrition, lifestyle,...
What All Women Should Know About Cardiovascular Health Dr Vivian Kominos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hQsqhCntM While men are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to women, cardiovascular disease is the number 1 killer in both men and women, and there are disparities in care and outcomes of cardiovascular...
The Role of CGM’s in Personalized Nutrition: Useful Trends or Misleading Data?
Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) are becoming an increasingly popular tool for assessing and optimizing individual health and nutrition. However, a recent study, "Imprecision Nutrition? Intraindividual variability of glucose responses to duplicate presented meals in...
Improving Healthspan by Reducing Cardiovascular Risk at BOJANA
At BOJANA MD, we continually strive to enhance patient care by closely observing our patients’ health outcomes in response to our modalities of care. Among other areas of internal and integrative medicine care, we provide medical care and health coaching to...
The Role of Spirituality in Mental Health, Healing and Coming to Your Authentic Self
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw6hkKa39-Y In my next episode of BOJANA MD podcast, I speak with a dear friend and colleague, board certified psychiatrist, Dr. Anna Yusim. In addition to being a best selling author, executive coach and clinical assistant professor at...
Integrative Surgery: Lessons from the OR in Healing, Patient Care and Self-reflection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfbtUF4LOE In this episode on integrative surgery, Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly speaks to Dr. Elizabeth Raskin, colorectal surgeon and Surgical Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Hoag Hospital. They discuss the trauma...
Iron Deficiency: Why Is It Important, Why More Women Have It, and How Do We Diagnose and Treat It?
What causes iron deficiency? When we find that someone has iron deficiency, first, we determine what caused the deficiency. A nutrient deficiency is generally a result of insufficient intake or absorption, excess loss, or a combination of these factors. ...
Thriving in Menopause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPj-G-lPCBE In our last newsletter, we discussed the prolonged history of lack of evidence-informed modalities and inadequate care for women during perimenopause and menopause. Fortunately, times have changed. In this week’s video, we...
Thriving in Perimenopause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ul7gapPYps Perimenopause and menopause are often considered the dreaded time periods in a woman’s life. If you search up images for either word (as I did while preparing one of my PowerPoint presentations last month), you’ll realize...