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The therapeutic order is key to the Naturopathic process.
...Using the least invasive treatment first allows the body to heal rather than just suppress the condition. Using natural approaches we help to stimulate the healing power of the body, the Vis. The Vis is often in need of support...
Moving in the right direction, with you.
As of the 17th of January, I'll be seeing patients, for this my house-call practice, full-time...
Dr. Larrow will be in and out of office towards the end of December.
This December, Dr. Larrow will be out-of-office from the 22nd, a Thursday, through the 27th, a Tuesday, and the 31st...
There are several things you can do to promote good cholesterol and reduce unwanted cholesterol.
...Cholesterol is also the backbone of the sex hormones, as well as cortisol, which is why knowing my patients cholesterol is important when I am trying to balance their hormones. Too low of levels can affect how a patient is doing hormonally. There are, of course, many more functions that cholesterol plays in the system...
Even if you don't have Celiac disease, there are sometimes benefits to going gluten free.
The bigger question is do I feel better because the gluten is gone or because I am eating less bread and cheese (dairy is another thing I have had to pull out)?...
Are supplements safe? Of course they are when used properly, and with guidance from a doctor.
...Yohimbe, is a powerful herb that is an alpha two adrenergic antagonist, appetite suppressant, and an aphrodisiac to name a few of its actions. However, its side effects include: nausea, vomiting, mydriasis, weakness, anxiety, panic, insomnia, loss of coordination, diaphoresis, increased heart rate, tachypnea, tremors, respiratory paralysis, or cardiac failure...
Food recalls, contamination at home, and what you can do about it.
...So it comes down to the question I posed earlier: how do we safely get food on our table? I don’t know the answer there, but there are things that we can do to help lower our risks of illness from foods...
New pap smear guidelines fly in the face of common sense medicine.
...I wish these “experts” would allow us, as doctors, to evaluate our patients needs, and do what is best for them, in turn. Instead, we are asked to follow “new guidelines” that are, unfortunately, black and white...
Water blog #2.
...Throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding water is important. As the baby is developing in utero, the female’s blood volume increases, and water is needed to help make sure this happens...
A new study from the NIH shows a low incidence, but an incidence none the less, of tumor formation in rats due to exposure to cell phone radiation.
...Even with this information we are, yet again, at a stalemate as to the safety of cell phones since the study in question only shows low incidences of cancer in the rats. However, let’s not gloss over that it shows an incidence of cancer in rats...
