Downtown-level care without the downtown drive.
Hardcore Health provides personalized online care for eligible adults in Fort Lauderdale exploring medical weight management, hormone health, testosterone support, peptide therapy, recovery, and everyday wellness. Meet privately with Brittany Zaretsky, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, and receive a plan shaped by your symptoms, health history, medications, and labs when clinically appropriate.
Available to eligible patients throughout Florida and Arizona.
Explore personalized care for the goals that matter to you.
Treatment
Medical Weight Management
A structured approach that may include nutrition and lifestyle guidance, follow-up care, lab review, and prescription medication when clinically appropriate.
Treatment
Hormone Health for Women
Personalized evaluation and support for women experiencing symptoms that may be associated with perimenopause, menopause, or changing hormone levels.
Treatment
Testosterone Health for Men
A complete evaluation for men experiencing changes in energy, strength, recovery, focus, body composition, mood, or libido.
Treatment
Peptide Therapy
Provider-guided options for qualifying patients exploring support for recovery, sleep, performance, body composition, or general wellness.
Care that fits a Fort Lauderdale schedule.
Between Las Olas, the airport corridor, and the port, most Fort Lauderdale days already have enough driving in them. Online appointments let your visit happen from home, the office, or the road, and follow-ups take minutes instead of half a day.
Learn more about how care works or read about our approach.
What care looks like in Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale patients often work long, unpredictable hours in hospitality, marine, aviation, and real estate, which makes a weekday clinic appointment hard to keep. Because visits are virtual, you can meet from a condo downtown or a home in Victoria Park, and any lab work your provider orders can be drawn at a collection site near Broward Boulevard or Federal Highway.
Areas we serve nearby
- Las Olas and downtown Fort Lauderdale
- Victoria Park and Flagler Village
- Rio Vista and Harbor Beach
- Coral Ridge and Wilton Manors
- Oakland Park and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Appointments are virtual and available to eligible patients anywhere in Florida and Arizona.
Who qualifies for care in Fort Lauderdale.
Your provider makes the final determination during your visit. In general, care is a good fit if the following are true.
- You are an adult located in Florida or Arizona at the time of your visit
- You can share an accurate health history, current medications, and any past treatment
- You are willing to complete lab work when your provider orders it
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding if you are considering weight or hormone medication
- You do not have a condition that makes the treatment you are asking about unsafe
- You are looking for ongoing, monitored care rather than a one-time prescription
What a visit costs.
First-time patient
$150
A full intake review, symptom and history discussion, and a personalized plan with next steps.
Follow-up visit
$75
Progress review, lab interpretation when applicable, and adjustments to your plan.
Lab work and any medication are billed separately and are not included in the visit fee. See membership options or lab testing.
Local listing
Hardcore Health, Fort Lauderdale
Serving Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding area. There is no walk-in office to visit, care is delivered by secure video to eligible adults located in Florida, and lab work is drawn at a collection site near you when your provider orders it.
- Business type
- Telehealth medical practice, online visits only
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm ET. Weekend appointments available on request.
- Appointments
- Secure video visits, booked online
- Consultation fee
- $150 first visit · $75 follow-up
- Provider
- Brittany Zaretsky, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
- Languages
- English
Booking opens our secure scheduler. For anything urgent or an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
A clear, four-step process.
Complete a private intake
Share your symptoms, goals, health history, and current medications.
Meet with Brittany online
Discuss what you are experiencing and ask any questions during a secure telehealth visit.
Review your personalized options
Brittany explains what may be appropriate based on your health and goals.
Continue with follow-up care
Ongoing visits help monitor progress and adjust the plan when clinically appropriate.
Treatment and prescriptions are provided only when determined to be medically appropriate.
Your care is personal
Meet with Brittany Zaretsky, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Brittany is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and the Director of Clinical Services at Hardcore Health.
She takes time to understand your symptoms, medical history, medications, lifestyle, goals, and lab results when clinically appropriate before recommending next steps.
Fort Lauderdale patients work with Brittany directly, the same provider at your first visit, your lab review, and every follow-up. Meet your provider.
Questions from Fort Lauderdale patients.
No. Hardcore Health is an online practice. Eligible Fort Lauderdale patients meet with Brittany by secure video, and the only in-person step is a lab draw at a nearby collection site when one is ordered.
Yes, as long as you are physically located in Florida or Arizona at the time of your appointment. Many Fort Lauderdale patients schedule follow-ups around travel rather than pausing their plan.
Your visits are with Brittany Zaretsky, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, the board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Director of Clinical Services at Hardcore Health. Fort Lauderdale patients see the same provider at the first visit, the lab review, and every follow-up, so your history and plan never restart with someone new.
Hardcore Health provides online care. Eligible patients located in Fort Lauderdale can meet privately with Brittany through a secure online appointment.
A first-time consultation is $150 and a follow-up visit is $75. Lab work, medication, and any additional services are billed separately and are not included in the visit fee.
Yes. Consultations and follow-up appointments are generally completed online. Lab work or other in-person services may be required depending on the treatment being considered.
Eligible patients may explore medical weight management, hormone health for women, testosterone health for men, peptide therapy, recovery, and wellness support.
Care is available to adults located in Florida or Arizona who can share an accurate health history and current medications, complete lab work when ordered, and do not have a condition that makes the requested treatment unsafe. Eligibility is always determined by your provider during the visit.
Lab work may be requested based on your symptoms, medical history, current medications, and the treatment being considered. When labs are ordered, they can usually be drawn at a collection site near you.
No. Treatment or a prescription is provided only when it is determined to be medically appropriate.
Hardcore Health provides online care to eligible patients throughout Florida. Availability may depend on provider licensure, patient location, clinical needs, and applicable regulations.
More on our general FAQ page.
What people in Fort Lauderdale search for most.
Explore each area of care.
Planning a budget? See weight loss program costs or TRT costs.
Reading before your consultation.
GLP-1 & weight loss · 6 min read
Telehealth vs in-person for weight loss and hormone care in South Florida
Remote care handles more of this than most people expect, and less than some clinics imply. Here is the honest split.
Read the article →
Hormone therapy · 7 min read
The labs that matter before weight loss or hormone treatment
Lab work is not a formality. It is how a provider separates a metabolic problem from a thyroid problem from an iron problem before anything is prescribed.
Read the article →
Hormone therapy · 6 min read
Weight that will not move: GLP-1, hormones, or both?
Midlife weight gain often has two drivers at once. How a provider sequences the workup instead of guessing which lever to pull first.
Read the article →
More education on GLP-1 therapy, testosterone, and hormone health in the Hardcore Health blog.
We also serve areas near Fort Lauderdale.
Location
Pompano Beach
Online care in Pompano Beach
Location
Plantation
Online care in Plantation
Location
Davie
Online care in Davie
Fort Lauderdale is part of Broward County. We also treat eligible patients anywhere in Florida and across Arizona.