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Rita V. Linkner, MD DABOM MSCP

@ritalinknermd

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Double-boarded & Triple-certified: Dermatology • Obesity • Menopause
Aesthetics + Women's Metabolic & Hormone Health
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Expensive things that are worth every single cent #mytake taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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3 months ago

It’s all about OREXIN | Eli Lilly just spent $21B buying biotech — and the biggest deal wasn’t another GLP-1.
They paid $7.8B for orexin-2 agonists. Orexin does two jobs: keeps you awake AND activates your brown fat. Patients without it gain weight despite eating less.
This is the lever GLP-1s don’t pull. Lilly isn’t buying a sleep drug — they’re buying the next mechanism in metabolic medicine.
Save this. You heard it here first.
#GLP1 #OrexinAgonists #MetabolicHealth #ObesityMedicine #FutureOfMedicine taken in Upper East Side by @ritalinknermd

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5 months ago

My Lp(a) PSA | Lipoprotein little a is a sticky, inherited cholesterol particle your standard lipid panel doesn’t even measure. A landmark JAMA Cardiology study published January 2026 followed nearly 28,000 initially healthy women for 30 years and found that very high Lp(a) levels carry cardiovascular risk comparable to familial hypercholesterolemia.

I fall into this cohort which is why I am on two cholesterol medications: Repatha and Nexletol.

Lp(a) is genetically determined, stable over a lifetime, and requires only a single measurement. It is not checked on a common lipid panel.

However, US residents can get a free at-home Lp(a) test kit through the Cholestrol Connect Program at Familyheart.org.

No insurance required. No doctor’s order required. So get your free kit today.

#lipoproteinlittlea #womenshearthealth #CardiovascularRisk #PCSK9 #preventativemedicine taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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8 months ago

Rita V. Linkner, MD DABOM MSCP | GTFU WE ARE ADDING TO MY NAME’S ALPHABET SOUP OF MY CREDENTIALS again…let’s stay moist together!! #triplecertified #certifiedmenopausepractitioner #letsstaymoist #unavezmás taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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4 days ago

Five steps in my PM routine. Only one has new data tying it to your brain’s health.

Yup, keep flossing.

A recently published study in Stroke followed over 6,000 adults for almost 24 years. That’s a lot of people followed prospectively for a long period of time.

Anyone who flossed had a 23% lower risk of ischemic stroke and a 40% lower risk of the type of stroke caused by clots traveling from the heart.

AFib risk dropped 12% too. And the more often people flossed, the lower their risk went.

Craziest part…that benefit held up independent of brushing and dentist visits.

The working theory is inflammation. Plaque between the teeth and gums creates inflammation that travels systemically. THIS is also why you should NEVER have fillers injected the first few weeks after dental work.

One caveat, this is observational data, so yes flossers may simply have better/healthier habits.

I floss every night anyway. It costs almost nothing. It’s not a NO brainer. It’s all for my brain!!

And the other steps…

CoQ10 prevents my gum recession. My heated red light eyelid wand prevents chalazions. And my favorite PM skincare must is Ritanew which uses DNA repair enzymes to correct that day’s UV damage to my skin.

#strokeprevention #oralhealth #brainhealth #inflammaging taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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5 days ago

Aspenmaxxin!!

He’s almost up to my eyelashes #beanstalk

When the Foliagophile meets her match

Evan and the dog he never wanted

Once a tomboy…always a tomboy

When the Moxi peaks right before fam photo day @iliabeauty warm nude eyeshadow palette for everyone asking

Those ☁️☁️☁️

Best tongue in the game

Don’t believe me…

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Always ready for the weather

Must must must do The Bells in the Fall

A perfect @goyardofficial match

Yes you need purple fur in your closet

As of this year I have been with Ev more years of my life than I have been without him

Big Piece of Mom Advice: TAKE YOUR KIDS EVERYWHERE WITH YOU

It’s an elk/not a deer

Struttin’

Just like in SB!!

And give me a bone/💛 for this GOLDEN SHOT taken in Aspen, Colorado by @ritalinknermd

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7 days ago

What should The Four Skins podcast cover?? taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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14 days ago

Four derms. One group chat. Zero chill. 
Guess the name of our group chat and win a $500 RVL Skincare gift card. Hint 1: We are all Board-certified derms. Hint 2: We were all nerds in high school. 
First correct comment wins. And if no one hits it by Sunday 10.04.26 at 5pEST…I’ll gift it to my FAVORITE guess!! taken in Manhattan, New York by @ritalinknermd

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15 days ago

TFW the nanodose minox PEAKS out #thickandcurvy #minox #bananaclip taken in Upper East Side by @ritalinknermd

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17 days ago

Your makeup brushes and your nipple covers are a Petri dish.

Leftover makeup oils mix with dead skin cells and give staph and yeast a place to grow. Every use in between cleanings seeds bacteria right back onto your face.

I’m very very prone to chalazions, so this one is a personal Dirty Little Secret.

My routine is a weekly chlorhexidine wash, rinsed WELL, then a quick mist of hypochlorous acid after every use in between. Your white blood cells make this exact molecule to kill bacteria, and as a Board-certified Derm I rec this commonly in my eczema-prone patients to protect damaged skin from staph superinfections.

Same exact routine for nipple covers. Air dry sticky side up.

#dirtylittlesecret #makeupbrushes #hypochlorousacid #dermatologist #skinhygiene taken in Greenwich, Connecticut by @ritalinknermd

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The pixie cut is the hardest haircut in the universe for a woman to pull off. When you see a good one, it’s unforgettable. There is a trifecta of features a face needs in order to pull off the pixie and the same goes for men’s version of a pixie.

Send this to your pal who needs to visit the hair stylist to make the most of his/her face card. #facialanatomy #zendaya #pixiecut taken in Upper East Side by @ritalinknermd

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a month ago

That first day, the day after Labor Day in 2015, was absolutely brutal.

I left for work that morning and my two month old, Asher, was still asleep. I saw a grand total of two patients that day. I had to run down the street to get a patient to consent to a biopsy, because in my flurry of a first day of having a wide open schedule, I forgot all the basics.

I cried twice that day, both times while I was pumping breast milk at my desk. And to top it off, I got home and Asher was already down for the night. I bawled myself to sleep that night.

I regretted all those 10 years of training. The sacrifice. For what?! To never ever see my kids??

But I did what I was always taught to do. I showed up on Day 2. I saw five patients. I caught Asher in the morning and at night that day as well. Day 3 was even better than the day before, so on and so forth.
So here I am today, happy as a clam. In my own space. Doing my own thing. It’s amazing really when I think about how far I have come in 21 years.

But it’s all part of the Master Plan. I got 11 years left and then onto my next Era.

Almost there.

I am not sure where you are in your 32 year arc, but take this advice from me: Tomorrow will be better than today.

#womeninmedicine #physicianmom #dermatologist taken in Upper East Side by @ritalinknermd

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