Dr. Jennifer Rooke
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- Dr. Jennifer Rooke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. She recently joined the faculty at Morehouse to start a lifestyle medicine clinic. Lifestyle Medicine is the use of interventions such as evidenced-based nutrition, physical activity and stress management to treat disease. Dr. Rooke has practiced medicine for over 27 years and is board certified in both Occupational Medicine and Public Health/Preventive Medicine. Dr. Rooke is a fellow of both the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Rooke serves as adjunct faculty in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University. Contact the author or visit her website www.advancedlifestylemedicine.com
Posts by Dr. Jennifer Rooke:
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Fit does not mean healthy
The Running Man photo (Wikipedia) My personal trainer had a heart attack. He was....
Laughter as medicine can relieve chronic pain
(Robin Williams plays a doctor in the movie Patch Adams makes a child....
Healthy eating in New Orleans
Travelling and eating in restaurants are challenges to staying on a healthy diet. The....
Remembering Nikolai Anichkov this holiday season
(Dr. Anichkov, in his office in 1945, (Courtesy of the Anichkov family.)This image....
Do carnivores need Vitamin B12 supplements?
People who defend eating animal products as necessary for health have two swords,....
USDA says don’t wash chicken before cooking, but is cooked bacteria good for you?
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research shows that washing raw poultry actually increases....
Bacon for breakfast?
When you think of breakfast, what foods come to mind? Even if you don’t....
Should we all be vegetarian?
“Should we all be Vegetarian?” This was the title of an “invited commentary” that....
How to reduce hypertension globally
Heart attacks and strokes are the most common causes of death worldwide in....
If a chef makes food that leads to clogged arteries, do you call the chef a good cook?
I recently gave a talk about lifestyle changes to prevent heart attacks and....
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