Yuri Choi, MD Blog

  • April 13, 2026

Weight Regulation, Your Metabolism: “What am I doing wrong?”

I hear it every single day in my practice. A patient sits across from me, looking exhausted and deeply frustrated, and says, “I’m doing everything. I’m eating salads. I’m...

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  • April 9, 2026

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

In my practice, I’ve noticed a pattern that keeps coming up. People feel burned out, foggy, slow to recover, and just not like themselves, yet their standard labs often...

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  • April 7, 2026

What Your Cholesterol Numbers Really Mean

Understanding Your Lipid Panel A lipid panel is one of the most common blood tests in primary care, but for many people, the results feel abstract. You’ll often hear...

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  • April 4, 2026

Why We Put Off Checkups

What I’m noticing in clinic Lately in clinic, I’ve noticed that even very health‑minded people still put off routine check‑ins. Not because they don’t care. Usually it’s because life...

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  • April 2, 2026

From Burnout to Balance: How I Became My Own Patient

I still remember the exact moment I knew I had to leave. As a female primary care physician in an outpatient setting in Manhattan, my days started before 8:00...

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