Dr. Moshe Daniel Block, ND, HMC Just like in life, there is a choice we can make in selecting our form of medicine that reflects Shakespeare’s famous question “To be or not to be?” In life, to choose to be is to choose to be ourselves, who we really are. I call this our “I […]
Dr. Pamela Frank, BSc (Hons), ND For weight loss, patients often ask how many calories they should eat and what percentage of those calories should be composed of fat, protein and carbohydrate. That depends on a number of factors: type and level of physical activity, gender, age, body composition, how much weight you want or
Dr. Tamara Evans, ND It’s been on everyone’s lips this past month…”How concerned should we be about the measles outbreak that originated in California last December”? As a naturopathic physician, I believe my role is to look at all sides of a medical challenge and figure out the best approach to optimal health for my
Dr. Nichole Cain, ND, MA @DrNicoleCain Eloise grasps her sister’s hand as she sits across from me recounting her symptoms. She explains that she is desperately lonely and, she is so depressed and anxious, she is making herself physically ill. She has not stopped crying in 3 days, her stomach hurts so much she can
Dr. Katy Nelson, ND Recently, as I was standing and heating water on the stovetop for a cup of tea, I recalled watching a friend of mine heating water for tea in the microwave. She’s had cancer and as she popped each of our cups into “the box” and pushed the button I quietly wondered
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco Living In a Critter-Ridden World As if we don’t have enough to worry about with “Living In a Chemical Soup World,” in 2013 the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) issued a 114-page report, “Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013,” listing 18 superbugs classified as “urgent, serious
Dr. Karis Tressel, ND My neighbor looked at me in disbelief, exclaiming nasally through congested sinuses, “I want to feel better, not to get trench foot!” I smiled and shrugged, gently suggesting that he could remove the wet socks if they made him miserable but that I thought they would help with his head cold.
Karis Tressel, ND understands that your body is meant to experience abundant health. At the family practice she maintains in Bakersfield, CA, Dr. Tressel and her colleagues utilize natural therapies including nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, detoxification/drainage, water therapies and sensible lifestyle to address the root causes of disease, thereby assisting the body in healing itself and
Dr. Katy Nelson, ND ENDOCRINOLOGY (from the Greek Endon for ‘within’ and krinein, ‘to separate or secrete’)¹, is the medical specialty dealing with the functions and dysfunctions of hormone secreting glands such as the thyroid, the pancreas, the adrenals, the ovaries and the testes. Hormones are powerful chemical messengers made in these glands and distributed
