How To Self-Administer Testosterone Injections
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James Staheli D.O.
Advisory Board Member
Preventative Medicine
Education: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Expertise: Metabolic and nutritional medicine, Anti-aging, Functional medicine
Dr. James R. Staheli is the Medical Director for Broad Health, Hone Health’s affiliated medical practice and a family medicine doctor in Atlanta, Georgia. An advocate for preventive health and nutrition with a focus on the prevention and reversal of the reversal of disease, Dr. Staheli is a current fellow on metabolic and nutritional medicine, anti-aging, metabolic, and functional medicine.
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