Skin Boosting Weapons Hidden in Your Kitchen
Candice Batista Winter time is the perfect time to take stock, especially when it comes to your beauty routine. The average women puts on between five and nine personal care products a day, that amounts to a lot of chemicals, about 175 in some cases. The best way to start the detox is a visit […]
How to Lose Holiday Weight and Make 2016 Your Healthiest Year Yet
Shelly Stinson With an abundance of homemade goodies available during the holiday season, it isn’t at all uncommon to gain a little (or a lot) of weight thanks to the extra fat and calories most of these contain. This may leave you entering the new year with the goal of creating positive habits so you […]
Men, Infertility, and Death
Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @drrichardmaurer I’m a guy and I appreciate the somber tone of my article title, but I am optimistically pessimistic toward men’s health. Let me explain. The researchers sober finding was this—men with infertility have more “hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, renal disease, pulmonary disease, liver disease, depression, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, heart […]
How to Use Coconut Oil: Ways to Incorporate It into Your Beauty Routine
Sophia Smith If you haven’t heard of all the health benefits of the majestic coconut oil – now is the right time. More and more celebrities are becoming advocates of this natural oil – Angelina Jolie stated she cannot start her day without a teaspoon of coconut oil, so did Miranda Kerr, who adds one […]
Is Our Current Approach to Medicine Insane? Part II
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLobisco Harmed by Treatment? Last month, I discussed the sad statistics on healthcare and the issues of basing diagnoses on labs and imaging. Now, it’s time to discuss the big elephant in the room. It’s based on the fact that the treatment, which uses the potential biased lab markers and imaging […]
Water Cure and the Iceman: Optimizing Your Circulation and Immune Function
Dr. Sarah King, ND @sarahhealthyfox With the weather turning colder, we tend to bundle up and turn up the heat. There isn’t anything wrong with comfort, but we shouldn’t overlook the power of cold temperature exposure. Naturopaths have been studying and using hydrotherapy for hundreds of years. In the 1800s an Austrian farm peasant by […]
Infant Colic
Dr. Thomas A Kruzel, ND Colic is a condition often encountered in infants, especially in the first few weeks of life. Colic is thought to be caused by a distention of the small bowel in response to a build up of gas produced by certain bacteria, irregular peristaltic activity, or due to a dysregulated autonomic […]
Lessons in Recovery from the Surgical Suite
Dr. Teri Jaklin BA, ND, IFMCP @WaterdownClinic Throughout life, my greatest lessons have come from personal observation. Medically speaking, mostly through the health care experiences of others. Early this fall, however, I was the star of my own medical tutorial: Major surgery with power tools, a total knee replacement. Just the thought of it still […]
Eczema: To Bathe or Not to Bathe?
Dr. Krystal Richardson, ND @NaturopathicFam The weather turning chilly. The air turning dry. The windows being closed up. What do all these things have in common? Eczema flares. This is the time of year that has parents and their kids coming into the office for help in treating their eczema flares. Eczema is becoming an […]
Vaccines for Seniors Part 1: Shingles Shot
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND The last time you went to the pharmacy you were probably met with a large ad showing a person clearly in pain, exhorting you to get your shingles vaccine. No one wants to be in pain like that poor person in the picture, but it also makes sense to get the […]