Category: Prevention
The Yin and Yang of Autumn
As the humid days of summer give way to the brittle, dry air of fall, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners begin to turn their attention to the [...]
Maintaining Immune Health in our Children as they Return to School
The end of summer is always bittersweet… it’s been such a joy to watch our children run around carefree through the summer months… watching them get d [...]
The Truth About Non-GMO Soy: A Nutritional Powerhouse
No sooner did the FDA take the highly unusual step of allowing a health claim
to be made for soy as a food in 1999, than it came under attack by a v [...]
Can Diet Impact Our Genetic Lineage?
When does a patient become a parent? For me, as a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, this precious moment has nothing to do with [...]
Natural Remedies for Bumps and Bruises and Knowing When to Call Your Doctor
It’s finally summertime and the kids are outside biking, hiking, swimming, at the playground, and playing sports. With these activities can sometimes [...]
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) – The Critical Full-Body Protector
If you're older, your body becomes more and more challenged to
convert the oxidized CoQ10 to ubiquinol . . . Further, as you get
older your body l [...]
Harness the Power of Your Body!
Bad posture is a modern day health epidemic that is much worse than most people understand. More often than not, we find ourselves slouching at some [...]
Want to Increase Your Libido and Longevity?
The Chinese people and many Asian cultures have learned to tap nature’s marvelous resources for what some call Radiant Health. They have studied the e [...]
No Flu for You! Prevention Recommendations for Cold and Flu Season
The cold and flu season is here and will be with us for several months to come. No one can predict how bad this season will be, but there are some thi [...]
Keeping an Eye on Healthy Vision
The day we learned how to perform an eye exam in medical school was unforgettable. I walked into class expecting to see eye charts, to watch pupils di [...]
Integrative Health Care… The Future of Healthcare in America
I consider myself to be a typical medical doctor practicing traditional allopathic western medicine in America. I’ve taken care of thousands of patien [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
PMS: A Monthly Update
A woman’s monthly cycle is a direct barometer of how her body is feeling. Approximately 75 to 80% of women experience the following symptoms on a mont [...]
The United States of America – An Overmedicated Society
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - AN OVERMEDICATED SOCIETY
by Dr. Henry Sobo
Here are two important facts that you should know:
#1. Medication sid [...]
Cholesterol – Why We Can’t Live Without It
Written by Deanna M. Cherrone M.D., owner of Natural Health & Healing a Functional Medicine practice in Avon, CT.
Cholesterol is a fatty subs [...]
The Standard American Diet and Why it Makes us Fat – by Shoshana Levinson, MS., cDN.
The Standard American Diet that I’ll refer to as SAD, is one that has too many calories, too much sugar and refined carbohydrate, too little of the go [...]
Keeping Your Immune System Healthy – by Dr. David Johnston
Trying to keep your immune system healthy can be a daunting task these days. We are assaulted on a daily basis by foreign invaders entering our bodie [...]
Diet and Your Bones – By Desmond Ebanks, MD
As a doctor practicing integrative medicine, I find that education is as important to my patients as anything else I do. We focus on maintaining healt [...]