Mila McManus MD, Medical Detective
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TWIHW has been serving the community since 2004. Dr Mila McManus and her highly trained team at The Woodlands Institute for Health and Wellness are winners of numerous awards, including Living Magazine Best Of Readers’ Choice awards over the years: Best Functional Medicine Practice, Best Weight Loss Center, Best Bio-identical Hormone Practice.
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Sodium: Is it Really A Villain?
by Mila McManus MD Reduction of dietary sodium is the conventional wisdom offered to solve a number of health problems including high blood pressure. This wisdom is grossly oversimplified and is often a problematic approach to any number of health [...]
Whole Fat Dairy: From No-Low to Yes Whole!
by Mila McManus, MD PURE, the international Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological study collected data from five international trials encompassing more than 240,000 people to determine the food categories that were found to be most protective against cardiovascular disease. As [...]
Sleep Apnea – Don’t Be Fooled – It’s Sneaky
by Mila McManus, MD It's a common assumption that sleep apnea is frequently associated with middle aged, overweight, thick-necked males who snore. While there is truth in this assumption, it's important to know that many thin, non-snoring men and women [...]
Myopia, Dry Eyes, and Mac D, Oh My!
by Mila McManus, MD You may not realize it, but increased usage of electronic screens results in significantly increased risk for myopia, aka nearsightedness. Nearsightedness is when close objects appear clear but distant objects are blurry. Excessive use of computer [...]
BMI Loses Primary Status
by Mila McManus, MD Over the last two decades of my practice, it has been clearly proven to me that the Body Mass Index, or BMI, is an inadequate way to define all people as underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese, [...]
Kisspeptin – Missing Your Frisky?
by Mila McManus, MD Two promising studies are suggesting that a reproductive hormone called kisspeptin may be a treatment option for low sexual desire in men and women. In 2022, a randomized clinical trial of 32 premenopausal women with hypoactive [...]