Category: Conditions
Proven Ways to Protect Your Heart
Paul D. Tortland, D.O.
As the name implies, Preventive Medicine strives to be proactive, rather than reactive, with regard to health. Re [...]
The Gaps Diet: Natural Digestive Healing
By now, many people have heard of the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) program, especially those who are involved with autism. According to the [...]
Oncology Massage with Healing Hands
By Larry Joyner, LMT
Oncology Massage Therapist
The Power of Compassionate Touch is for everyone. People dealing with cancer have th [...]
Age Related Cognitive Decline
Cognitive decline has come to be expected as we age. The truth is that just because we gain years does not mean we need to lose our memory. With so ma [...]
Going Back to School and Staying Healthy!
September is back-to-school month! The family outings to buy school supplies and new clothes are very likely completed by now. School has already begu [...]
Menopause, A Hormone Balancing Act – by Dr. Deanna M. Cherrone
Menopause is not a dis-ease. It is a natural transition that occurs when a woman’s ovaries stop producing eggs. Women are not meant to be fertile fo [...]
BPA-Free Plastic: Is It Really Safer? Think Again. Plastics Manufacturers Are Substituting BPA with BPS.
Jon Ritz, N.D.
We have all grown used to seeing the term “BPA-Free,” right? We seem to think that if a water bottle or baby food con [...]
Four Ways to Age Gracefully
When it comes to anti-aging, the fountain of youth and life extension, we have been bombarded through media with quick fixes, from lotions a [...]
Balance Your Body with Sleep
When you are exhausted, do you admit it, or do you power through your day in denial? Are you the bringer of love and compassion to yourself when s [...]
The Root Cause of Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune disease is a diagnosis that, unfortunately, I see in my practice every day as a naturopathic doctor (ND.) The best modality of care for aut [...]
Debunking The Cholesterol – Heart Disease Myth
By Paul D. Tortland, D.O.
The Cholesterol “Problem”
Most everything we’ve been taught about cholesterol and heart disease is wrong.
The secon [...]
POST HOLIDAY DETOX-
DON’T LOSE WIEGHT WITHOUT IT!
After a season of celebrations, we often wake up on January 1st feeling bloated, sick and determined to start anew. [...]
Breast Cancer Risks & Prevention
The good news is that breast cancer is a disease of long duration, and we have daily opportunities over a lifetime to make decisions that will encoura [...]
Perspectives on 20 Years of Breast Cancer Awareness
As a 52 year-old-woman and a naturopathic physician who has specialized in women’s health for 20 years, I am acutely aware of how breast cancer affect [...]
ADHD-Nutritional Strategies for School Success
Another summer has drawn to a close and the stores have been displaying backpacks, study supplies and school ready clothes for a month. For children [...]
Raising Children Naturally
Introduction
In today’s world it is vital to make natural choices whenever possible. Making the natural choice is important for two reasons: 1. to [...]
Telomeres and Healthy Aging
Healthy aging is a topic that gets more and more vital each year. More than 40 million Americans are 65 years old or greater and the proportion the U. [...]
How to Augment the Immune System in response to childhood vaccinations
History of Vaccines
The vaccine controversy has been a source of heated debate amongst the natural and traditional medical and parenting communitie [...]
Words that Heal: Communicating with Kids
A teen boy was agitated with staff on a pediatric psychiatric unit – cursing, threatening, pacing – so he was sent to a small room to calm down o [...]
Autoimmune Disease and Naturopathic Treatment
It was not very long ago that I became interested in Naturopathic Medicine. I always thought if I was ever to become a Naturopathic Physician I would [...]
Chronic Cancer Pain: New Hope for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)
Pain is “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” IA [...]
Prostate Cancer: Structure, Screening, and Prevention
The health of a very small gland has received a very large amount of attention in recent years. The battles of celebrities such as Louis Gosset Jr., D [...]
Food Sensitivities
Millions of Americans suffer from food sensitivities. These sensitivities can cause a wide array of symptoms from rashes to bloating, from congestion [...]