Last Updated: November 23, 2011

Welcome to DrGily.com!

Hello, I'm Dr. Gily. I am pleased you stopped to visit my site.

Feel free to use the menu on top and the links on each page to access the major sections of my website.

A Brief Overview

I see everyday patients that suffer from chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, arthritis and so on. There is a lot that can be done to prevent the impact of these diseases if we make early and lasting lifestyle changes. This is the primary reason for and the foundation of this website.

A regular regimen of moderate intensity physical activity can go a long way to prevent or even reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. I am a big fan of exercise, and I wish more of my patients and people in general would tap dailiy into this veritable fountain of youth. As you browse my site, you will discover a lot of resources meant to help you exercise more.

Next to regular exericse, a healthy diet is the most powerful prevention tool against chronic disease we have. We know today that at last 25% of coronary heart disease and heart attacks, for example, could be prevented if people would eat a plant-based diet. This is why I dedicated a whole section to Nutrition.

I have a passion for health calculators, and I have created or adapted a a number of such tools - from diabetes and heart attack risk calculators to basal metabolic rate and calories burned through exercise estimators. You will find these calculators under the Health eTools tab above.

Excessive weight and obesity is becoming fast the number one public health issue in the western world. Every other patient that I see is overweight or obese. Weight loss regimens have discouragingly low rates of success. To assist my visitors who have trouble with excessive weight, I have created an online weight loss program. I wish I had more time to invest in it. The way it stands now, it allows the creation of a personalized account which in turn allows tracking calorie intake through diet, calorie expenditure through exercise, and weight monitoring. Time permitting, I am planning to incorporate educational and motivational features into this program in the future. You're welcometo try it on an "as is" basis right now.

I have also included a section for health professionals. Practicing physicians everywhere use diagnostic codes developed by the World Health Organization (ICD codes) to document their patient encounters and procedures. I have developed several ICD code search tools that may come in handy for those interested.

Finally, feel free to use the comments section at the end of each article to leave your comments or suggestions.

Dr. Gily.