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Doctor Reveals Secrets for Saving Money on Your Prescriptions in Bakersfield

In this recent episode of the Jaz McKay Radio Show your family doctor in Bakersfield Dr. Jan Mensink, M.D. revealed several secrets to help you and your family to save money on all of your prescription medications, month after month. Here is the radio program in mp3 format: There can be an amazingly large mark-up […]

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Relief for Irritable Bowel Syndrome : Your Bakersfield Family Doctor on KNZR

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief About 16 percent of adults suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In this video Dr. Jan Mensink MD, the senior physician at The Practice in Bakersfield will share warning signs, red flags, and also great foods to eat and other tips to help control and relieve your Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Irritable Bowel […]

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Learn How to Live to be 100 with Your Family Doctors in Bakersfield

Blue Zones are the 5 areas of the world where there are the highest concentrations of people living to be 100 years old or older. There are 9 health habits that lead to longevity. In this video Dr. Jan Mensink and Jaz McKay discuss the nine health habits that people who live to be 100 […]

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3 Reasons to Get Flu Shot Today

3 Reasons to get your flu shot now in this brief video produced from the Jaz McKay Radio program with Dr. Jan Mensink MD in Bakersfield, CA. Dr. Jan Mensink MD is the senior physician at “The Practice” providing quality family medical care to patients of all ages. Mensink tells the listeners to this radio […]

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Three Reasons to Get Your Flu Shot and Testosterone Supplements Today

On the Jaz McKay Radio Extravaganza in Bakersfield, CA for November 10, 2026 This is a great program! You can listen on the mp3 below, or listen via the video streaming from YouTube. Listen to the mp3 here: Dr. Jan Mensink, MD discusses the importance of everyone getting a flu shot now in preparation for […]

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Overcoming Depression

Depression is a very painful condition that can have biological roots, emotional roots, stress or grief or loss can trigger it, and it can have spiritual roots. Complicated. Painful. But depression can be overcome. This is a lecture by Dr Mensink of Bakersfield, CA at a church on Depression. He approaches this painful situation from […]

Mensink Named as Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Mensink Appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Dr. Jan Mensink, M.D., the senior physician at The Practice in Bakersfield, CA has been appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine effective July, 2015 at Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. According to Gary Gugelchuk, Ph.D. the Provost and Chief Operating Officer of the Universtiy, the […]

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A Quick Story About Car Insurance to Help Us Understand Health Care Today

What If…? Here is a little parable about Health Care, and Health Insurance: What if your auto insurance company covered everything about your car? What if you could buy your gas with your auto insurance? Or tires? Doesn’t that seem like that would be great? But wait a minute and let’s think this through. If […]

Mensink Travels to Longevity Medical Conference

Do You Want to Live Longer? Dr. Jan Mensink, Senior Physician at “The Practice” which is a “Concierge” Family Medical Practice in Bakersfield, CA, has left town to attend a conference of physicians studying the issue of “Longevity,” to help his patients live longer. While he is attending this conference he will be attending seminars […]