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Seizures / Epilepsy · August 6, 2014
Natural Remedies for Seizures in Women
I was at a marketing event this week and ended up having a conversation about a teenage girl who had epilepsy. Natural remedies for seizures came up in conversation. The seizures had begun about a year ago right around…
Environmental · August 5, 2014
Soda Stream Reviews: Why You Need to Get One
For years now I have written about the health dangers of chemicals in plastics such as BPA. It is clear that plastics are not good for your health. Here is how it went in my household… Being a very strong advocate for…
Obesity and Weight Loss · August 4, 2014
Skip Breakfast or Not? 4 Reasons it’s a Bad Idea
There has been some confusion in the media lately when it comes to eating breakfast, suggesting that maybe we don’t really need to eat breakfast. But rarely does the press report all aspects of a study, leading to…
Chiropractic Care · July 26, 2014
Chiropractic: The Red-Headed Stepchild of Injured Workers’ Care
As a practicing chiropractor here in sunny Mesa I can tell you that seeing injured workers in my office is a rare event. Even rarer is a patient who was injured at work who was sent in by his or her HR department to my…
Osteoporosis Cures and Bone Health · July 24, 2014
Complicated Calcium Confusion: What’s the Best Source of Calcium?
I can honestly say that I have never been a fan of calcium supplementation. Or at least maybe not for the last decade or so. It has truly been that long since the medical research began to change its opinion on using…
Drug Research · July 20, 2014
Drugs and Medical Treatment: How Powerful is the Placebo Effect?
You have heard of the placebo response and have a general idea of how it works. The reality is that few of us know just how powerful it is. This wouldn’t be a problem except that most drugs, when studied in clinical…
Heart Disease · July 19, 2014
Irregular Heartbeat Cures: Forget Meds and Rely on this Instead
I have covered the topic of irregular heartbeats like atrial fibrillation and what you can do to fix the problem in previous articles. A visit to your cardiologist will leave you with instructions to cut caffeine intake…
Vaccination · July 17, 2014
The Vaccination Debate Continues: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Facts You Need to Know
Vaccination is one of the most hotly debated health topics there is. But rarely do either side of the debate understand the details. The pro vaccine group has near-religious faith in the altruistic behavior of public…
Obesity and Weight Loss · July 16, 2014
It’s Got Fat, so it Must be Fattening….UGH!!!
Boy did the 90’s screw us up. The USDA’s disease-causing pyramid let to some pretty ingrained misinformation about what leads to weight gain. The emphasis on eating grains without any education about refined versus…
Healthy Pregnancy · July 14, 2014
Planning on Having a Baby? 3 Important Things You Need to Do First
Having a child can be one of the most rewarding experiences in your life. But to go into pregnancy blindly can lead to a lifetime of problems for your baby. This may sound a little drastic and maybe even a little…
Cholesterol · July 12, 2014
Low HDL Cholesterol? This Supplement Could Protect Your Heart
The cholesterol story continues, but the emphasis placed on total cholesterol is finally fading. Now the heat is up on HDL, or the “good” cholesterol. It’s almost sad that, after years and years of promoting high…
Environmental · July 10, 2014
Buying BPA Free Water Bottles? Critical Fact to Know
We live in a toxic soup. In an attempt to avoid at least SOME of the pollutants, many have become dilligent about avoiding Bisphenol A (BPA) in plastics. I first wrote about BPA in canned goods as early as 2001 and have…
Heart Disease · July 8, 2014
Critical Aspect of Heart Disease: It’s NOT Black or White
Medicine has created an imaginary divide between sickness and health. We described health as merely the absence of an identified disease. In other words, you have heart disease or you don’t. You have cancer or you…
Heart Disease · July 8, 2014
Critical Aspect of Heart Disease: It’s NOT Black or White
Medicine has created an imaginary divide between sickness and health. We described health as merely the absence of an identified disease. In other words, you have heart disease or you don’t. You have cancer or you…
Cholesterol · July 5, 2014
Take Drugs to Lower Cholesterol? Odds Are You Do This
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about how much statins suck, so I thought I’d throw another article about the side effects of statins out there. Basically, I just can’t figure out why we still use this class of…
Migraine · July 3, 2014
What Causes Migraines? The Answer is Decades Old
Looking over several Facebook pages related to migraines as well as some message boards, I am continually saddened by the continual search for treatments and lack of discussion on a cure. And maybe “cure” is not the…
Arthritis · June 30, 2014
Lower Back Pain Relief with Stretching – Timing is Everything
In seems inherent that treatments for lower back pain relief would include stretching. In general, flexibility is a good thing and that’s why activities like yoga are bad for a chiropractic business. One of the more…
Digestive Complaints · June 28, 2014
Surprising Cause of Heartburn and an Immediate Fix
Heartburn, reflux, indigestion. Regardless of what you call it, it sucks. Especially if it keeps you from eating the foods you like. Worse, there are few things that cause me to pull my hair out of my head (what’s left…
Chiropractic Care · June 24, 2014
Steroids and Your Tendons: Shocking Research
Most are aware that steroids are not good for us. Steroids are bad for bones. Bad for diabetes. Bad for tendons. But just HOW bad? The standard recommendation for steroid injections into a tendon, such as the shoulder…
Environmental · June 20, 2014
Scary Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity
I have covered the difference in “healthy” versus “unhealthy” fat in a recent article that can be read by clicking here. While rare in today’s society, it IS possible to have the purely storage form of fat (think…
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