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Will Resveratrol help me live longer?

If you are a lab rat, the answer is...

It is that time of year. Spring flowers accompanied with pollen that can trigger sneezing and itching for many of us. Often times we will reach for the antihistamine, but did you know that Benadryl can stimulate obesity?
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After a 17 year long hiatus, The East Greenwich Athletic Hall of Fame inducted it's first group of athletes on Saturday May 2. Among those honored was Dr. Petteruti. Check out the awesome write up from "The Patch" featuring his athletic achievements below....

We were honored to have Alison Bologna from WJAR NBC10 in our center discussing The Drip Bar and our Vitamin Infusions. Some of our Drip Bar patients spoke with Channel 10 about why they choose to drip and about how they feel since beginning the IV Infusions. Learn more about the drip bar and w...

Happy Patriots' Day!

On the day when tens of thousands ran the Boston Marathon, my thoughts turn to the impact of exercise on our longevity and our health in general.

Being Americans, we naturally think that if a little is good, more is better. This seems to be the prevailing wisdom regarding exercise. Why exercise when you can "shred?"  Why should you pursue moderate exercise when you should "go hard, or go home?"  It turns out that the ancient Greek axiom of moderation in everything may hold true for exercise as well.

A...

With the coming of spring our thoughts turn to the pleasures of summer. Unfortunately, with the greening of the landscape comes  a horde of Ticks ready to make us miserable.  

Here are some facts worth knowing about regarding tick-borne disease. 

1.  Lyme should be considered in any "flu like" illness that occurs in the spring or summer. Fever, chills and headache should be considered possibly Lyme in origin

2. Only one half of Lyme disease cases have a history of a tick being removed.  This is because the disease can be...

I remember watching my first Boston Marathon. It was 1980. I was a student at Tufts University. I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about a marathon. Watching a bunch of skinny dudes with numbers on their tank tops jogging by didn't seem like a bunch of fun, but my friends were Bostonians and insisted it was an experience not to be missed. 

It was a perfect New England spring day. Deep blue sky spotted with fluffy clouds. A light breeze.  I couldn't believe the crowd. Eight deep in some sections. Everybody was smiling, talking to each other. Every now...

Everybody will eventually die, but does that mean we have to age?

Throughout the span of human history we have accepted the decline of physical and mental abilities as the inevitable consequence of aging. This type of aging has been termed the "Gradual decline" into varying degrees of infirmity before dying. 

SCIENCE CHANGES AGING!

Rapid advances in our knowledge about the factors that cause physical and mental decline are enabling us to neutralize their effect. In addition to a healthy lifestyle, we now know that oxidative...

It's found in every cell of the body, diligently guarding against the corrosive effect of free radicals. Without it, you are more likely to descend into ill health with frequent infections, cancer, muscle and cognitive breakdown.

Glutathione is simply the most important antioxidant in the body. Fortunately, many people are born with the genetic tendency to have low levels of glutathione.  In other cases, illness or injury can knock the levels down. This makes us more susceptible to on going poor health.

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