Dr Catherine Clinton, ND Cold and Flu Survival Guide: Top 5 tips to keep you and your family healthy during cold and flu season As the days get shorter and the weather turns colder, I start to see more patients wanting help preventing, or treating flu and colds. Many come for immediate help with respiratory […]
Dr Catherine Clinton, ND Ever heard of the MTHFR enzyme and how it can be mutated in a large percentage of people? MTHFR mutations can lead to many common health problems and diseases. More and more adults are being tested and appropriately supplemented for this genetic mutation but we don’t hear much about MTHFR mutations
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND This time of year people are looking to get healthy. There’s lots of talk about detoxes or cleanses and the talks range from utter nonsense to important steps you can take to address environmental pollutants. Industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides are major contributors to chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND First thing, let me say that the advent of antibiotics is one of the biggest miracles of modern medicine. They are an invaluable tool to combat bacterial infections. But… while antibiotics have their spot in our toolbox, we are experiencing an epidemic of antibiotic resistant bugs and chronic diseases associated with
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND Did you know that not all viruses are harmful? In fact, many are necessary for our health! We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the importance of a healthy microbiome. I’ve lectured and written many times about the impact that the balance of bacteria in the gut microbiome has on
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND Tylenol after childhood shots, or even before, is common advice to parents vaccinating their children. Tylenol has become synonymous with easing childhood pain and discomfort with the tagline the pain reliever hospitals use most. The idea is that the active ingredient in Tylenol, acetaminophen or paracetamol as it is called in
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND It is that time again. Time to start planning the extracurricular activities for the year. As parents in today’s world we are inundated with possibilities for our children. Music lessons, sports, chess club, swimming lessons and the list goes on and on. Extracurricular activities have become a major part of parenting
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND Antibiotic prescriptions have been the mainstay of modern life since they were put to widespread use in early 1940s. While antibiotics are an amazing addition to modern medicine, they also come with substantial risks. Public health agencies have warned medical professionals and the general public about risks associated with the excessive use
Dr. Catherine Clinton, ND We’ve grown up trying to get the dirt off our clothes, our counters and off of everything we can think of. In an effort to fight the germs we’ve learned to fear we may have been doing more harm than good. With an epidemic of allergies, autism, asthma and autoimmune conditions
Catherine Clinton ND, is a graduate of the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, Oregon. She is a board licensed naturopathic doctor currently practicing at her private clinic in Eugene, Oregon. Dr. Clinton is a speaker on integrative medicine and gut health and has authored several publications in those areas. She is founder
