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Fibromyalgia: Fact or Fiction
It seems that now more than ever we hear about diseases that baffle the medical community. One of the more common ones today is Fibromyalg [...]
Migraines Aren’t Just in Your Head
Symptoms of a migraine are hard to ignore. Migraine headaches have an onset of significant pain that can last hours even days. Typically these one-sid [...]
Soothing Support for Reflux
Heartburn: those who have experienced the extreme discomfort that can occur when acidic stomach contents move upward into the esophagus know how well [...]
Break Through to the Next Level with EMDR
Emotional baggage: we all carry it around with us. We think of it as our negative, neurotic thoughts that rear up and try to block our way or swipe at [...]
Walking- It’s Not Only For Exercise
The benefits of walking are well known by most people as a first rate exercise, but walking is also especially good for the little known and [...]
Everybody Needs A Body Sometime
Did you ever stop to ask why we are given bodies in the first place? They don’t last forever, tire easily, need sleep, cause much grief and pain, malf [...]
Giving the Gift of Story: Spoken Treasures for the Family
When I was a boy growing up in Central Pennsylvania, every summer my mother would pack up the station wagon and drive all five of us kids 100 miles so [...]
Your Behavior Can Affect Your Body
Have you ever wondered why you’re more prone to infection when sleep-deprived and sleepier when you have an infection? Do you know why people feel dep [...]
Can Love Survive Commitment?
Yes, Love CAN survive commitment and in the right environment continue to grow and flourish throughout our life span. Isn't that just such good news, [...]
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 [...]
Natural Approaches for Managing Head Injuries
We have all had the unfortunate experience of bumping our heads and seeing stars at least once in our lives. Head trauma, even from minor incidents, c [...]
Bugs: The Natural Way to Keep Them at Bay
Bugs! Do I respect them as part of Nature’s miraculous design…yes. Do I like them…not really. Despite daily intake of supplements reputed to be bug de [...]
Treating the Cause of Kidney Stones
Each year almost three million people will visit their doctor and more than half a million will go to the emergency room for the distinct severe flank [...]
When They Say There’s No Hope: Nutritional Approaches to Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune diseases tend to be viewed as separate entities. A broader perspective, however, may reveal that shared mechanisms are the cause of disease [...]
Toxic World Part 2: The Scary Statistics
My previous article on toxicity (Scary Statistics) reviewed some horrifying information about the prevalence of toxins in our environment and the dama [...]
“Secret” Solutions for Crohn’s and Colitis
Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis are chronic inflammatory conditions of the intestinal tract and together are known as Irritable Bowel Disease ( [...]
Not On My Shift
Now let me get back to the issue of death and loss. This is a subject that is not really confronted when you get a medical education. I struggled a gr [...]
No-Diet Weight Loss: The Virtual Gastric Band Program
The Virtual Gastric Band program is a Hypnosis technique that replicates the effects, results and benefits of traditional gastric band or gastric bypa [...]
Optimizing Athletic Performance: Identifying and Correcting Shortcomings for Runners and Cyclists
Every sport creates areas of strength and areas of imbalance and weakness for the athlete. This is mainly due to a select group of muscles working rep [...]
The Anti-Radiation Diet: A Sign of the Times?
First of all, let me say that my heartfelt prayers go out to all of those affected by the ravaging effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. In [...]
Men’s Health and Hormonal Balance
Men are often forgotten in the world of health when it comes to hormonal balance and the underlying factors that bring about ill health. Often they di [...]
Why We Get Fat and Stay Fat! Understanding Weight Gain and Loss
If the magazines on display at the supermarket checkout are any indication, we have an infatuation with weight. More accurately—and sadly—we have a re [...]