In case you missed The Oprah Winfrey Show the other day, Dr. Mehmet Oz was on the show talking about Americans being addicted to prescription medications. The show was primarily about pain-relieving, anti-anxiety and anti-depressant related medications; those being the primary drugs that people get addicted to.
It was an intense show and although I know that [...]
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One of the things about this time of year that bugs me is driving around San Antonio and seeing this sign on school signage:
“No Shots, No School, No Kidding”
The thing about it is, that in Texas, this is simply NOT TRUE. In 2003, Texas legislation passed changes to the statutes that give parents the right [...]
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Over the years, I’ve had countless women assume that because they are coming to “alternative” doctors, that we somehow have a crystal ball and can predict whether or not they will/will not get cervical cancer. It’s great that they have confidence in us, but foolish in thinking.
Case in point: I once had a 70 year [...]
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One of the things that I think is most important is that people accept responsibility for taking care of themselves. On the heels of the Oprah Show yesterday, for those of you that missed it, I want to talk about why it’s important to question everything that comes from any doctor. That includes alternative medicine [...]
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Over the years, I’ve had many patients ask if their organs can regenerate. It is well known that the liver will regenerate, given the right conditions. But I think most of us mistakenly assume that the body cannot re-grow limbs, tissue or organs. As a Naturopath, we’ve seen cases where tissue has regenerated, bone has grown [...]
