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Toni Brayer MD

Mar 1
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The Microbiome Revolution

Did you know that more than half the cells in your body are not human...they are microbes. These microbes make unique molecules that...

Toni Brayer MD

Feb 15
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Questions To Ask Your Doctor

I've written about this before, but it's important enough for a revisit after all these years. For patients that take prescription...

Toni Brayer MD

Feb 1
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Waging War on Warts

Warts are those tiny, annoying, unwelcome intruders that appear out of nowhere and turn our skin into their own personal playground. ...

Toni Brayer MD

Jan 24
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This is Why You Can't Find a Doctor

I'm in a global private physician facebook group and I learn a great deal about health care, both good and bad from other doctors. ...

Toni Brayer MD

Jan 15
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It's Time to Step Up for Black Mothers

I started my day today (ironically Martin Luther King Day) reading yet another tragic story about a young black mother who hemorrhaged to...

Lloyd Austin's Mystery with Prostate Cancer

Toni Brayer MD

Jan 10
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Lloyd Austin's Mystery with Prostate Cancer

The events surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization are just starting to emerge. Physicians at Walter Reed...

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If you’ve ever tried to follow a healthier diet, you know how hard it is to ignore cravings. In a study published in the journal Appetite, 97 percent of women and 68 percent of men reported experiencing food cravings. Read more from me on How to Combat Your Food Cravings:

Contributor: Toni J. Brayer M.D. Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation

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Enjoy a better, healthier you through Dr. Toni Brayer’s integrative approach to holistic healing.

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Meet Toni Brayer, MD

Hi! I am an Internal Medicine physician who has practiced for over 36 years in Northern California. One of my favorite things to do is work with patients directly and help them stay healthy and live long and well. Optimal health comes from mind, body and spirit and I address all of that with my patients.

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How I Made It Through Medical School As a Single Mom
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Sutter Health, one of the region's largest health systems, named Dr. Toni Brayer as CEO of the 260-doctor Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, officials ...

Surviving an Assault and Saving a Life, All On Overtime

I was all alone in my medical office, hours after closing. Overhead, the fluorescent light was harsh. It was dark outside. Only a few years past residency, I wanted nothing more than to be home drinking a glass of red wine with dinner. Link to full article

How My Patient's Resilience Helped Me Find My Own

Mr. Hester wore a coat and a tie year-round, carrying himself with European formality. Standing just over five feet, with thinning grey hair and hand tremors, he appeared both fragile and resolute in strength; he was one of my first patients in my new practice of internal medicine in 1987. He called me “Dr. Brayer” in a heavy Polish accent. I called him, “Mr. Hester.”

AIDS in Haiti: A Secret Too Scary To Tell

For a country with such poverty, lack of health care and lack of education, it is not a surprise that HIV/AIDS remains a significant problem in Haiti. Worse still, the disease carries a stigma and HIV infection is kept secret.

By Dr. Toni Brayer, Contributor

Doctor working with Partners In Health in Port-ua-Prince, Haiti