No. However, the press does like to sensationalize issues whenever possible, and a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has many thinking antioxidants cause harm.
The type of study is called a meta-analysis, where the authors look at and select previously done human trials that have been completed and are relevant [...]
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Dr James Duke, PhD was one of the speakers at the Northwest Naturopathic Physician’s Conference held locally this weekend. There was a wealth of information and research from the conference, and here are a few herbal tidbits that are safe and likely useful to many:
1. Patients who are on cox-2 inhibitors for pain may find [...]
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Consistently, the page on weight loss in a shot here gets the most hits every day, so there must be interest in the use of B12, MIC (inositol, methionine, and choline), and AMP (myoden) as a trigger for weight loss.
I have used AMP many times in patients with chronic viral infections (including shingles, where the [...]
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The vast majority of the reading and research I do is from electronic copies of full-text articles published in the medical literature. However, today I have been reading a book that was published for the general public that was written by a psychiatrist.
With the plethora of books that are being published which are similar [...]
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Posted in Immune system, Nutrients, infections, tagged bird flu, echinacea, hydrotherapy, influenza, naturopathic medicine, ultraviolet blood irradiation, vitamin C, vitamin D on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, not too worried anyways.
Tamiflu undoubtedly can be very helpful as an adjunctive treatment, particularly in the very frail patients who are susceptible to serious complications and death from influenza.
That’s right, an adjunctive treatment! I would have to say that the naturopathic treatments should be primary, along with standard supportive care, in patients who have [...]
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There has been recent excitement amongst the compounding pharmacists who have been promoting various combinations of B vitamins (particularly B12 and B6) for use in weight loss. I first found out about this type of treatment about 5 years ago in Toronto, where one set up of clinics was using a combination of a very [...]
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Posted in Anti-aging, Nutrients, tagged aldosterone, andropause, bio-identical hormone replacement, hearing loss, HRT, menopause, naturopathic medicine, traditional chinese medicine on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Naturopathic doctors such as myself are often approached by patients who are interested in alternatives to conventional hormone replacement therapy. They are often scared off by their family doctors who suggest stopping synthetic estrogens and progestins in menopause since they seem to increase cardiovascular and cancer risk in certain groups.
There is some misconception by patients [...]
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Although naturopathic medicine is not simply the use of natural alternatives to drugs and surgery, I found an interesting article that considered the use of a green tea phytochemical in a surgical procedure.
For patients who have coronary artery disease and plaque build up in their arteries, a rupture of a plaque can cause clotting and [...]
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A new study out of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine has shown that honey beats over-the-counter cough syrups containing the common cough suppressant dextromethorphan. The researchers found that honey was able to calm down coughs and promote a longer, more restful, sleep for both children and their parents.
This has been common knowledge in traditional [...]
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Posted in Immune system, Nutrients on December 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Over the past few years, I have posted on the main site many different pages on the immune system, and on fighting infections. As a naturopathic doctor, I see many more patients with chronic diseases that have a component of chronic infection, compared to cases of acute illness such as the common cold or flu.
Recently I [...]
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