Two Worlds, One Truth: The Wake-Up Call About Aging and Quality of Life

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health It was the early 1980s when I had my wake-up call—one that felt like I was seeing into the future. I had just completed my paramedic training and was responding mostly to non-emergency calls. Nearly 90% of the time, we were assisting elderly individuals—helping them off the […]

Understanding Endothelial Dysfunction: The Missing Link in Heart Disease

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health If you’ve experienced a heart attack, had a stent placed, or undergone coronary bypass—and your coronary calcium score is elevated along with lipoprotein(a)—you are dealing with endothelial dysfunction. This means the inner lining of your arteries is damaged, which is the true reason plaque forms and eventually […]

Creating an Epiphany in Modern Medicine

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health At Scala Precision Health, our mission is simple but powerful — to create an epiphany. An epiphany is a moment of sudden, profound realization that changes one’s understanding forever. Our goal is to bring that moment to both patients and physicians — helping them see health through […]

Why Women Get Lost in Traditional Medicine

Women often find themselves with nowhere to turn when hormonal deficiencies begin between the ages of 30 and 60. Symptoms can appear suddenly — uncontrollable sweating, brain fog, anxiety, and depression — yet most physicians never run lab work to evaluate hormone levels. Instead, the first line of treatment is usually antidepressants, which only mask […]

Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

Mental and emotional stress can cause physical symptoms that might make you think you have a mental health issue when all you have is a dysregulation of your nervous system. Unfortunately, friends and family members that have never been though a traumatic event may lack the empathy and understanding of human metabolism to help you. […]

Medication Nation: Is Taking Multiple Medications Extending or Ending Your Life?

In the US, the richest country in the world, 60% of adults have at least one chronic disease like heart disease, diabetes, obesity or dementia. Today, the only solution conventional medicine has to offer is more drugs. Seventy percent of Americans are taking one or more pharmaceuticals. With prophetic clarity, we all can see what’s […]

Cancer: The Immortal Serial Killer

Imagine your phone rings and it’s your doctor’s office. The nurse on the other end says your test results have come back positive, you have cancer! There’s a long silence, then the nurse says, “We have an opening in three weeks for you to meet with the doctor. Can I schedule you?” You say yes, […]

Sudden Death in Bodybuilders and Endurance Athletes

I was in the ICU at Florida Hospital. My good friend, a super-fit triathlete, almost died from a heart attack. I was stunned. “This can’t be!” I thought. The next day, I scheduled an MRI for my heart. For three days, I was scared shitless waiting on the results, just knowing I did the same […]

When Good Cops Go Bad

I watched the news with disgust when it showed Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes, killing him and setting off riots across major cities in the US. As a paramedic attached to a police SWAT team, I’d observed terrifying, sick behavior when good cops go bad. We […]

I’m No Lifesaver: The Obesity Epidemic

John weighed about 370 pounds when we found him barely conscious in his bedroom, which was filled with empty bags of Oreos, Ding Dongs and Ho-Hos. There was an empty pizza box on the floor. In front of the bed was a big screen TV. John was wearing an Adidas XXXL warm-up suit and was […]

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