Health Care
December 6th, 2009
Regular breast self-exam may be safer and more effective than mammograms.
Breast awareness is critical to the all-important early detection of possible breast disease. Men get breast cancer also, and it’s not rare in men, although it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, after lung cancer. [Read more →]
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December 1st, 2009
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November 26th, 2009
There has been a lot in the press lately about the utility and effectiveness of various types of screening tests for common cancers. This is not all bad news however, because some forms of cancer screening actually endanger patients, to the tune of millions of dollars annually. [Read more →]
Tags: Articles · Cancer · Health Care · News & Info · Women's Health
October 20th, 2009
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as is proliferationof the virus.
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Tags: Articles · Cold & Flu · Digestive health · Health Care · Infection · News & Info · Opinion - Editorials · Oral & Dental Health · Respiratory
September 30th, 2009
Overheard in the Healthfood Store
Two friends, Linda and Jenna, who work at Rainbow Foods in beautiful downtown Juneau, Alaska, agreed to pick out a few quirky popular requests from customers and pass them along to me. [Read more →]
Tags: Acupuncture · Articles · Chinese Medicine · Constipation · Digestive health · Health Care · Healthy Diet · Herbs & Supplements · Women's Health
September 30th, 2009
Q: I’m not sure I am absorbing my nutrition. I try to eat well; no alcohol, sodas or fried food. Despite that I continue to gain weight, become hypoglycemic easily, have low energy and sometimes break out in hives. My bowel function is all over the place. Please tell me what I’m doing wrong — I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors already!
A: Sounds like you may have “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” or IBS. [Read more →]
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August 13th, 2008
random clinical pearls from the 2008 Naturopathic Medicine convention in Phoenix, AZ
(Aug 13-17, 2008) on DIABETES management, the question of SOY, Vitamin D, kidney stone prevention… [Read more →]
Tags: Aging · Articles · Bone Loss · Cancer · Diabetes · Health Care · Healthy Diet · Men's Health · Women's Health
July 18th, 2008
Many of us have been incited to concern, even fear, about cholesterol levels. There has been an enormous media and medical push to reduce cholesterol levels in the past two decades. [Read more →]
Tags: Aging · Articles · Blood Pressure · Cancer · Exercise · Health Care · Healthy Diet · Heart Disease · Weight Management
June 5th, 2008
The adrenal glands are walnut sized, when healthy, and sit above the kidneys. That’s what their name means: “Ad” is Latin for above and “Renal” means relating to kidneys. The main secretion of the adrenal glands is adrenaline, also known as epinephrine. [Read more →]
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June 5th, 2008
There are 2 main types of anemia — iron deficiency, where the red blood cells are too small to “magnetize” sufficient oxygen to the cells, and so-called pernicious anemia, where the red blood cells are too big to fit through the capillaries, our tiniest blood vessels. [Read more →]
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