The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new weight loss drug in June that has some physicians, including Palomar UC San Diego Health Board-Certified Physician Pegah Mashayekhi, DO, excited about its potential. The Wegovy drug is receiving much publicity because it is the first drug approved for chronic weight management in adults with ... Read more

To char or not to char, that is the question. Some love the taste of charred food, others don’t. In case you’re not sure of the difference, burning your food allows the proteins and sugars within it to reach a carbonized state. Char is much the same but the burn is stopped at the point ... Read more

Now that summer is here, many of us will be spending more time in the sun, which exposes not only our skin, but also our eyes to potentially harmful ultraviolet light. Sunglasses are the sunscreen for our eyes. However, the wrong pair of sunglasses can do more harm than good. Palomar UC San Diego Health ... Read more

You’ve probably heard the horror stories, perhaps embellished, about getting a prostate exam. You’ve probably seen it lampooned in a movie. It may be the reason you haven’t had an exam and are putting yourself at risk for discovering prostate cancer too late to save your life. However, horror stories are overblown and one of ... Read more

Palomar UC San Diego Health Weight Management Center patient Hailey Decker could be on the cover of People Magazine’s “Half Their Size” edition. She has gone from a peak of 330 pounds at five foot 8 inches tall to her current weight of 160 pounds at age 27 in about two years. The tool that ... Read more