Dr. Samuel Warren, MD

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Wise Patient Internal Medicine is a startup medical clinic that will open in Seattle in 2012. We will raise the bar on disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Our vision includes helping people be physically, emotionally, and intellectually prepared to take control of their health.

Sam Warren, MD MSc is board-certified and fellowship-trained in internal medicine, with additional training in epidemiology and public health genetics. He received his medical degree from Stanford University in 1999, and completed his residency at the University of Washington Medical Center. He has worked as an internist within six of Seattle’s hospitals. He served as Associate Director of Emergency Services at Harborview Medical Center from 2005 through 2009, during which time he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington Medical School. At Harborview, his responsibilities included patient care, teaching medical students and residents, and coordinating exceptionally complex care for patients referred in from all over this region. In 2009, he accepted a two-year National Research Service Award Primary Care Research Fellowship in General Internal Medicine in order to “study with an incredible group of University of Washington faculty who have dedicated their academic careers to improving the quality of primary care medicine in the nation”. During his fellowship, he also earned a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology with an additional Certificate in Public Health Genetics. His primary research projects have focused on optimizing a community’s response to sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Warren also holds an appointment as a Hospitalist physician at Northwest Hospital, and is Medical Director of Vashon Island Medic One.

In his spare time, Dr. Warren enjoys gardening with his wife Neala, running with his dog Lulu, and sharing meals and music with friends.

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    WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations -- so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands.

    Men with a certain mutation of the FTO gene had an 87 percent greater ...Full Article

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    WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- New Italian research offers some cautionary advice for patients with high blood pressure: The next time you take a blood pressure reading, turn off your cellphone.

    The reason: Answering a cellphone call during a reading may cause a temporary but signi...Full Article

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    WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- High-salt diets have long been linked to high blood pressure, but new research finds that those with the condition may have a far greater preference for salty foods than those with normal blood pressure.

    In a small study of ...Full Article

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    MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Primary care doctors should screen all adults for drinking problems, and offer them counseling if needed, new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggest.

    Based on years of research, there is enough evidence that a quick screen at the...Full Article

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    SUNDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Your blood may be able to "smell" that fresh coffee or cinnamon bun, a new study suggests.

    Scientists have found that blood cells have the same receptors for sensing smells as the nose, and they said there is increasing evidence that these odor receptor...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the soldiers who served in the first Gulf War suffer a poorly understood collection of symptoms known as Gulf War illness, and now a small study has identified brain changes in these vets that may give hints for developing a test for diagnosing the c...Full Article

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    MONDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The teenage children of people who suffer chronic pain are at higher risk of suffering from such pain themselves, a new study finds.

    The study tracked more than 5,300 teens (aged 13 to 18) in Norway and their parents and found that teens were more likel...Full Article

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    THURSDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of older Americans take the blood thinner warfarin, and many may also take one of a widely used class of antidepressants called SSRIs.

    Now, a new study finds that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- which include Celexa, Paxil,...Full Article

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    TUESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new blood test may help identify a woman's risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer, a new study suggests.

    The test, which measures levels of a substance called proneurotensin, may also spot an increased risk of early death, the re...Full Article

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    Samuel Warren, MD of MDLIVE answered:
    Which diet works best?
    For weight loss, I agree with Andy (above). Weight loss boils down to calories consumed versus...  Full Post
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    MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Results of medical tests done just before patients leave the hospital often go unread and are not acted upon, posing health risks to a significant number of patients, Australian researchers have found.

    And the situation also exists in the United States...Full Article

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    Samuel Warren, MD of MDLIVE answered:
    Which diet works best?

    For weight loss, I agree with Andy (above).  Weight loss boils down to calories consumed versus calories burned.  I cannot think of a healthy way to loose weight that does not prioritize physical activity.  Aerobic physical activity is an excellent appetite suppressant as well.

     

    To learn the first pr

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    What is differential diagnosis?

    A differential diagnosis (aka “differential”) is simply a list of possible medical causes behind your symptoms (complaints) or signs (physical findings).

     

    In medical school, we are first taught to order this list by likelihood, or probability, given specific clues discovered through interviewing and

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    How can I make exercise a regular part of my life?

    Choose a Minimum amount of daily physical activity to include in your daily lifestyle.  Your Minimum is the opposite of a goal.  It is a floor: part of your base level of well-being below which you refuse to go no matter what may try to interfere.  Take no days off from your Minimum

    Sound difficult? 

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    What are the risks for testing of genetic disorders?

    The risks associated with "presymptomatic" genetic testing for disease risk in adults are social, legal, financial, emotional, and those that relate to misinterpretation of results.  Each quickly becomes a lengthy and personalized topic, but for starters:


    Legal discrimination against you in life, disability,

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