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I’m 53. I work emergency medicine shifts at a hospital in the Chattanooga area and run a metabolic health practice out of Signal Mountain. I treat men my…

There is a new, higher dose of Wegovy — semaglutide 7.2 mg — and with it a side effect most patients have never heard of: dysesthesia, an odd tingling…

I see the same search pattern in my own analytics: “is semaglutide safe long term,” typed at 11pm, 1am, 2am. Patients in Chattanooga starting the…

“Microdosing” has become a buzzword in the weight-loss world, and patients at Summit Metabolic Health in Chattanooga ask me about it constantly. Some have…

If you are a woman in your 40s or early 50s in Chattanooga and you have done everything right — cut calories, added exercise, tried every plan — and the…

If you had gastric bypass or a sleeve years ago and the weight is creeping back, I want to say this clearly first: it is not a failure of willpower, and…

I’m Dr. Paul Miranda, a board-certified physician practicing here in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In my ER work at Parkridge, I see the downstream consequences…

If you’re over 40 and feeling like your body has quietly changed the rules, you’re not imagining it. The weight that used to come off with a little effort…

It’s one of the best appointments I have: a patient at Summit Metabolic Health in Chattanooga reaches the weight they’ve been chasing for years. And then…

Many patients come to Summit Metabolic Health in Chattanooga focused entirely on the scale — and are surprised when I bring up their sleep. But…