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Frustrated with Weight Loss Medication Shortage?

Sep 3, 20237 min read

Frustrated with Weight Loss Medication Shortage?

Many people experienced the benefits of weight management medications, only to find that all the pharmacies are out of them everywhere....

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Apr 1, 20234 min read

Erythritol in the News

A recent article published in Nature Medicine reported an association between erythritol and cardiovascular events in humans as well as a...

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DBT: Healthy Habits for the Mind (& Body)

Valerie Sutherland, MD

Feb 11, 20233 min read

DBT: Healthy Habits for the Mind (& Body)

One’s mind is just as important to their overall health as their body. In some cases, a healthy mind is a necessary component for a...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jan 25, 20232 min read

Big Benefits from Modest Weight Loss

Have you ever been told that you should lose so much weight that it seemed too daunting to even try? Has a doctor ever told you that you...

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Mindfullness Meditation: Harnessing your Inner Power

Valerie Sutherland, MD

Oct 30, 20224 min read

Mindfullness Meditation: Harnessing your Inner Power

If humans are mostly creatures of habit, as noted in the acclaimed book, “The Power of Habit”, and much of our health and wellness (and...

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Medications vs. Lifestyle in Weight Loss

Valerie Sutherland, MD

Oct 8, 20225 min read

Medications vs. Lifestyle in Weight Loss

There is a recent “news cycle” in weight loss medication. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) was approved to treat Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on May...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Sep 24, 20222 min read

An Ounce of Prevention

Preventive and routine care is care that helps prevent health problems or finds them before they become serious. Examples of common...

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Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs

Valerie Sutherland, MD

Aug 20, 20224 min read

Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs

August is glorious in the Pacific Northwest! Many people enjoy travel and special events. It is hard to believe that Fall and Back to...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Aug 13, 20222 min read

Trauma, Abuse and Obesity

After finally reaching a healthier weight after having obesity for decades, some people have unexpected reactions to their new bodies....

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Aug 6, 20223 min read

Sitting is the New Smoking

Last week, we read about making over the home environment to be conducive to a healthy lifestyle, especially healthy food, limited screen...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jul 30, 20226 min read

Healthy Home Makeover

Before the pandemic, I would have said that many people spend as many waking hours at work as they do at home. Now, many people spend a...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jul 23, 20225 min read

Alcohol & Health: Friend or Foe

Alcohol has somehow managed to take a significant place in our society. Primarily in the form of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), it has occupied...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jul 16, 20224 min read

Making Yourself “Hard to Kill”

Part of healthcare is preventative, or trying to keep people from getting sick, and another part is treatment once a person is sick or...

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The Double Epidemic: Mental Illness & Obesity

Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jul 4, 20225 min read

The Double Epidemic: Mental Illness & Obesity

What is the link between depression and anxiety? If you are concerned about both, how do you address them both at the same time? Which...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jun 26, 20224 min read

Stress: Hidden but Harmful

Stress: it seems to have become an omnipresent thing in so many people’s lives for the past two and a quarter years or more. While stress...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jun 18, 20223 min read

Shame, Anxiety & Weight Bias

Yesterday, it hit me once again; I failed my patients. In April 2020, faced with the start of the Covid pandemic, school closures, and...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jun 4, 20226 min read

Body Image, Disordered Eating & Obesity

Obesity is a medical disease characterized by a chronic metabolic dysregulation of energy in which there is a higher than normal weight...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

May 21, 20223 min read

Ending Weight Cycling, Part 2

Very Low Calorie Diets using meal replacements have been well studied as a medical protocol for both non-surgical treatment of obesity...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

May 7, 20225 min read

Out with the Old: Ending Weight Cycling

For better or for worse, managing weight is a lifetime journey. Obesity Medicine is the specialty of diagnosing and managing the chronic...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Apr 30, 20224 min read

Exercise: Balanced is Best!

Exercise is very exciting because it so quickly changes how you feel and how your body works. While all types of exercise provide...

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Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions. We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results. We are a medical program, not just a prescription.

Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions.
We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results.
We are a medical program, not just a prescription.