Literally....approximately 12% of Americans suffers from migraines, and about 20-40% experience insomnia. Recently, a connection between headaches and sleep has been revealed, making yet another reason, (besides brain health, memory, longevity) to get some shut-eye. ...
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Uh-oh, Money Can’t Buy Love OR Healthcare
Many people who are interested in Health Care Reform and Integrative Medicine are familiar with Gary Null's publication, Death By Medicine, a compilation of various studies on the state of healthcare statistics in the US. This publication, which cites references...
The Power of Anti-oxdiants
The Power of Anti-oxidantsI was fortunate enough to spend a lot of my time with my family and friends on the 4th. It was a great time. My very first mentor, who is an integrative chiropractor, was a wonderful surprise...
When Health Becomes an Obsession
As a Naturopathic Doctor (and Functional Medicine Devotee), I have been privileged to work with many people suffering from a variety of disease labels. The goal of treatment is always the same: to seek to restore optimal function of the...
Breast Cancer & The Power of Vegetables
According to the American Cancer Society, the current statistics for breast cancer are as follows:In 2009, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women, as well as an estimated 62,280 additional cases of in...
Heart Disease Related to Drugs?
Webmd recently posted an article associating the risk of common pain drugs to cardiovascular death. The original study, published by Circulation on June 8th, 2010, consisted of following 4,614,807 healthy Danish individuals from January 1997 to 2005. After controlling for...
Your thyroid, your health
According to webmd, approximately 25 million Americans have low thyroid function with about half being undiagnosed. The most common cause of hypothyroidism, low thyroid function, is related to an autoimmune disorder called hashimoto's thyroiditis. In this disorder, the body's immune...
Gluten on the Brain
Did you know that a food sensitivity to the most common foods and food additives, wheat, gluten, dairy, and soy, may play a role in your overall healing capacity? This is because improper digestion can lead to systemic inflammation, which...
De-coding Your Genes for Preventative Medicine- It’s now Becoming Mainstream!
The Link Between the Risk of Stroke and a Genetic VariantThis video from WebMD takes my previous post on single genetic polymorphisms (SNPs) to another level. It discusses the latest finding by a team of researchers associating the risk of...
The Truth About Peels
Recently, a client confided to me that she wanted to work on her fine lines, wrinkling and sun damage. I suggested that she have a Jessner peel. She explained to me that she'd gone to another spa and had a...