Fox 29’s Dr. Mike Cirigliano Tells the Audience to Focus on Staying Healthy

Christine Wilson, cancer survivor, shares her experiences from the Abramson Cancer Center’s 2012 Focus On Melanoma Conference In this blog, she recaps the conference. You can view the conference in its entirety, including presentations here.

In addition to running a very busy internal medicine practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Mike Cirigliano, MD, also appears regularly on Fox 29 Philadelphia as Dr. Mike.

At a recent Focus On Melanoma conference, he added his strong voice to the growing sentiment that the best approach to a better health care system is a healthier lifestyle for most Americans.

Dr. Mike kept it simple, and often humorous, in his talk. He pointed to not smoking, getting enough sleep, getting exercise, and maintaining a normal body weight as the most effective and obvious ways to stay healthy, feel good and reduce health care costs.

The chronic diseases that negatively impact our health and raise our health care costs are all heavily impacted by our behaviors. These include diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.



Dr. Mike urged people to eat more fruits and vegetables, and fewer calories overall, and to avoid supplements, hormones and pills as much as possible.

He also noted the growing body of evidence that getting adequate sleep, eight hours a night, is critical to maintaining good health, and avoiding weight gain.