“Weight-loss is the best medicine,” Dr. John Adams, a general physician with Alexander City’s Total Health Care told the group gathered to hear a presentation on osteoarthritis and obesity Thursday afternoon at Russell Medical Center. “It can fix just about everything.”
Adams was speaking on one approach to conquering obesity, the Ketogenic diet, after a presentation by Dr. Paul Goldhagen on osteoarthritis, obesity and surgical treatments for arthritis, which often results from obesity.
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