My niece got the chicken pox a couple of weeks ago.  She was pretty bummed out about it and her mom (my little sister) was wondering what to do about the other two kids at home.  My advice?  Have them all sleep together and throw a chicken pox party.  That’s certainly a different approach...
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As I’ve mentioned many times before, I believe at least 80% of my patients’ health conditions would resolve if they ate a healthy diet.  The thing is, it’s easy for people to get confused about what foods are healthy and what foods aren’t because of marketing by food manufacturers (you know, misleading phrases such...
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When a person suddenly collapses on the floor from cardiac arrest, time is of the essence. Without an effective heart to pump blood, the amount of oxygen being supplied to the heart muscle and the brain begins decreasing rapidly. After about 4 minutes without oxygen, brain and heart cells begin to experience irreversible damage....
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A recent ad featuring Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields caught my attention.  Not only did the talented mixed martial artist recently successfully defend his championship, but he did so without any meat in his diet – Shields has been a vegetarian his entire life. Eating meat was very important to me growing up in Alberta...
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A young student came to the clinic today as part of a work experience component of her high school education.  She was very bright and curious and wanted to learn about naturopathic medicine.  As we talked, however, I told her that despite all the fancy treatments and remedies that I have at my disposal,...
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A lot of my patients who are suffering from musculoskeletal pain come to me specifically for trigger point injection therapy.  Pain in these patients may result directly from injuries such as whiplash from motor vehicle accident or can be a result of unknown causes such as in patients with recurring headaches or fibromyalgia. Trigger points...
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