An estimated 6.5 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease today. This is nearly 11% of seniors in the US. The cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer’s is approaching $300 billion annually, which is greater than the economy of Finland. All cancer care costs in the US last year approached...
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Finding your best food plan and sticking to it will prolong your life and greatly increase your well being. It’s hard to be cheerful with a distressed gut. Gut and brain tissue originates from the same embryonic cells in utero. Healthy gut function includes a good appetite with an accurate sense of satiety to prevent...
Hello! I have been a primary care provider in Juneau Alaska for 30+ years, as well as a health writer, yoga enthusiast/instructor, musician and lover of the great outdoors. My professional focus is on wellness; I particularly enjoy helping patients achieve good health, with minimal or no medication if possible. “Anything that can be healed...
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Basic naturopathic principles for treating COVID 19 infection Help brain recovery (especially if already diagnosed, or at risk of, dementia): Lithium orotate, 20-50 mg daily DHA 1000 mg daily (eating fatty fish is also good) www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.557629/full Immune tonics (choose one or 2) Cordyceps Rhodiola Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) Bioflavonoids: Berberine, Curcumin, Quercitin, Resveratrol, Hydrastis (Goldseal)...
Opinion: Why I got vaccinated It’s the most responsible approach to the health of your neighbors and fellow community members. published in the Juneau Empire, Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:15pm A year ago, the Empire graciously printed my opinion piece “Why I’m Wearing a Mask.” I’ll tell you, one reason I got the COVID vaccines...
Courtesy of Solomon Alper: “Hear the one about the exploding cheese factory?” head-scratching pause… “Debris everywhere!”
As many of you know I am interested in optimizing health and healthy longevity. I am not interested in pushing my body to last for 150 or 200 years; however I want a long life with health and sufficient vigor until the end. Of course this is what I want for my patients and family...
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-pandemics-change-history?itm_content=footer-recirc Check out this excellent interview with Yale history of medicine professor Dr. Frank Snowden about pandemics, which have stopped and started wars, shifted political power balance, exposed inequalities and inadequacies to protect citizens, as well as bringing out the best in us: enormous bravery and sacrifice for the good of all. ”Spanish” flu and...