Frank Lipman MD, is the founder and director of the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC a center whose emphasis is on preventive health care and patient education. His personal blend of Western and Eastern Medicine combined with the many other complimentary modalities he has studied, has helped thousands of people recover their energy and zest for life. He is the author of the recent SPENT: End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again (2009) and Total Renewal; 7 key steps to Resilience, Vitality and Long-Term Health (2003)

Apart from his interest in world medicines, he has a passion for world music and is a frustrated DJ.

For more information, visit www.drfranklipman.com

Blog Entries by Dr. Frank Lipman

Vitamin D: What You Need To Know

26 Comments | Posted October 7, 2009 | 08:37 AM (EST)


Hardly a day goes by without some groundbreaking news about Vitamin D. Originally known for it's crucial role in maintaining calcium levels for bone health, it is rapidly becoming apparent that we have vastly underestimated Vitamin D's significant importance for our overall health and wellbeing. In short, judging by what...

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Swine Flu: What To Do?

322 Comments | Posted September 25, 2009 | 08:40 AM (EST)


Summer is over and the question I am being asked most frequently in my practice is, "what do I do about Swine flu?" My patients are wondering whether or not they should get vaccinated and the simple answer I give most of the time is ..NO!

From what you may...

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True Health Care Reform: 10 Missing Pieces

183 Comments | Posted August 25, 2009 | 08:22 AM (EST)


I applaud President Obama for his efforts. I too believe that everyone deserves proper healthcare and that access to healthcare must be a right for all. But I think Washington is barking up the wrong tree. They're busy arguing about what amounts to health insurance reform, while what this country...

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How To Stimulate Your Placebo Response

4 Comments | Posted July 20, 2009 | 11:26 AM (EST)


After finishing my Internship at Baragwaneth Hospital in South Africa almost 30 years ago, I went to apprentice in a busy General Practice in Johannesburg. At the hospital, I had been treating acutely ill patients with pneumonia, broken bones and heart failure. Now, patients were coming to see me with...

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2 Questions To Ask That Are More Important Than A Diagnosis

54 Comments | Posted June 25, 2009 | 08:45 AM (EST)


After 30 years of practicing Medicine, I have learned that for any chronic illness or ailment, treating underlying imbalances and dysfunctions is more important than making a diagnosis and naming the disease. Ultimately, asking the right questions is more important than giving a label to a set of observations.

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10 Ways Your Food Can Bring Out the Best in Your Genes

2 Comments | Posted May 22, 2009 | 10:53 AM (EST)


Most of us believe that age related diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, adult onset diabetes, stroke, cancer, etc are the inevitable consequences of aging, but we are now finding out that this is not necessarily true. We actually have a lot more control over how we age...

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Feeling Spent? 5 Easy Ways To Overcome Exhaustion

17 Comments | Posted May 12, 2009 | 05:57 PM (EST)


First, a confession. I love music and have been obsessed with rhythm from an early age. I grew up in South Africa, where music and its ritual use are a very important part of the way of life in traditional African cultures. In my home, music was always playing...

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