As an integrative medicine specialist, I tend to see a lot of patients who have spent years trying to figure out what’s making them sick. With certain conditions like thyroid imbalance, or chronic Lyme, there’s often no easy answer to diagnosis or treatment. And even clear-cut diagnoses like Multiple Sclerosis can’t offer patients a single answer when it comes to [...]

There continues to be a lot of misinformation out there about the availability of Armour Thyroid. Pharmacists are telling my office today that supplies are back-ordered 6 months, which is not accurate.
I called the Forest Pharmaceuticals hotline this morning to get the very latest information. The 120 mg, 240 mg, and 300 mg doses are [...]

The latest study on kids and Vitamin D is truly astonishing, claiming millions of children between the ages of 1 and 21 exhibit dangerously low levels, potentially increasing their risk of heart disease, bone problems, diabetes, and other illnesses. Of course, we all know kids have too many reasons to stay indoors (I would have [...]

The sun is peeking out this afternoon, but when I came to work this morning it looked like another drizzly, overcast, damp day. We’ve had a string of them – most of the last 6-7 weeks have been damp. And that makes me think of the impact damp weather, and dampness in general, has on [...]

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 [...]