This fall’s predicted resurgence of the Swine Flu seems to be all over the media right now. My office is already getting many calls from patients asking when our Swine Flu remedy will be available. Usually our homeopathic treatment is ready when the FDA-approved flu shot is ready, since it is manufactured from the same [...]

A patient came into my office today afraid to take an upcoming vacation to China. He’s got poor circulation, and just read about the recent study showing even more evidence that long-distance travel can double your risk of developing a fatal blood clot. Obviously, this is a hot topic, with travel at it’s peak; even [...]

I recently had a patient come in who had six children, and several more pregnancies on top of that.  She’d nursed each child for many months. No surprise, perhaps, that she was seeing me for fatigue. Of course, lack of sleep and multiple demands on time and energy can contribute; but it cannot be overstated what [...]

What do Egyptian pharaohs, Italian grandmothers, the ancient Greeks, and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common? They all have trusted the healing properties of cupping therapy. Although cupping is perhaps most commonly associated with Chinese medicine, it’s a practice that has roots all over the world, dating back thousands of years. I remember my Eastern European grandparents coming to this [...]

Many of my patients come to me with thyroid problems – so many that I am going to be launching an online community for people with thyroid issues (more on that later). Those that take ArmourThyroid almost all get the same response from their pharmacist: “You’re doctor’s an old-timer, isn’t he?” ArmourThyroid was prescribed much more [...]

Most of my patients who are in pain simply want relief. They would take any medication if they could tolerate it, and if they were assured the drug was safe. But what makes some medications so potent can also make them tough to stomach (sometimes quite literally), as well as potentially dangerous.
A recent example – the FDA [...]

The latest study indicating red yeast rice’s ability to lower cholesterol levels surprised me – not because of the results (indeed it does work), but because the pharmaceutical companies have so much invested in statins, I’m surprised that a Chinese herbal remedy made it past the barricades!
First, if statins work to lower cholesterol, why go to an herbal supplement [...]

Before moving on to other blog topics (like what it’s like to try and find your sunglasses after 6 weeks) I want to pick up where I left off before the holiday weekend, and touch on a few of the aspects of Lyme that make it challenging to treat. These are complcating factors that many [...]

People often come into our Lyme clinic under a cloud of doom. They’ve read on the internet that Lyme never really goes away, and that they are never going to feel normal. Of course, I immediately try and reassure them that this does not have to be the case; if properly treated, Lyme can go [...]