Our Medical Services
Mary Eldridge, M.D. uses an integrative, holistic approach to help her patients extend their lifespans and healthspans, optimize their lifestyles, and decrease atherogenic, or plaque-promoting, cholesterol.
Her special interests include the following:
- longevity
- non-statin treatment of high cholesterol
- intermittent fasting
- ketogenic & low-carbohydrate diets
- comprehensive testing for thyroid disease & thyroid dysfunction
- weight management and non-pharmacologic interventions for obesity
- prediabetes & diabetes prevention
- assessment of inflammatory markers and endothelial function
- Alzheimer's disease prevention
- precision medicine & personal genomics
- heart disease & stroke prevention
- familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
- elevated lipoprotein(a)
- mindfulness meditation for heart health
- smoking cessation
Reasons to make an appointment with include the following:
You . . .
- Want longer visits with a medical doctor
- Desire a preventive approach to medicine
- Are interested in extending your lifespan and healthspan
- Need a low-carb and keto-friendly physician
- Are interested in advanced lipid & inflammatory marker testing
- Have high triglycerides or LDL-cholesterol
- Have a personal diagnosis of or a family member with familial hypercholesterolemia or elevated Lp(a)
- Have a genetic disorder of cholesterol metabolism
- Have a personal or family history of early heart disease, strokes, diabetes, or kidney disease
- Take multiple lipid-controlling medications
- Have a history of muscle pain, memory problems, or other side effects while on cholesterol medications
- Smoke tobacco or recently quit
- Have insulin resistance, diabetes, or prediabetes
- Have metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, or abdominal obesity
- Are a woman between the ages of 18 & 55 with elevated cholesterol
- Have been told that you should lose weight before a cosmetic surgical procedure
- Are a woman with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
- Have an autoimmune disorder
- Want to be tested for thyroid dysfunction
- Have symptoms of thyroid dysfunction
- Have had a heart attack and would like to decrease your risk of having another heart attack or a stroke (secondary prevention)
- Have had genetic testing & you would like help interpreting the results
- Are interested in precision medicine, epigenetics, & personalized medicine.
"Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided." ~ Philipus A. Paracelsus