As an Integrative Physician I see patients spanning practically all ideologies and beliefs. Some of them prefer a more extremist approach to their health. They tend to reject a middle ground, and are quick to condemn the other end of the spectrum. But, I validate and respect patients’

Last month I blogged on the ill-effects of regularly exercising over ninety minutes a day. I hope nobody interprets it—and the report below—as excuses not to exercise. Hugo Rodier, MD Strenuous exercise may dampen libido in men The New York Times (2/22, Reynolds, Subscription Publicat

It’s been a year since I stopped taking health, fed up with a system that forces doctors to treat symptoms and overuse testing and drugs. Every day I read one or more articles about our Health Care system institutionalizing aggressive “standards of care,” and “defensive medicine” lead

  Most people have or have had insomnia at point in their lives. It can be a source of frustration and fatigue. Unfortunately, most resort to some kind of drug to address the problem, even when they may have discovered that they only treat the symptoms, not the roots of insomnia.

From time to time a single medical article encapsulates the simple concepts to which I have dedicated three decades of professional work. At first I got nothing but grief trying to pass on to others what I found in smaller journals. But, now that the best of journals (J. Nature Medici

We all worry about losing our minds. Of course, if you do there is nothing to worry about. In the last newsletter we reviewed how bad diets, toxic environments and inactivity are the main factors contributing to our brains aging poorly. The mechanisms involved are Toxicity, Inflammati

Americans spend over 9% of total health care expenditures on “complementary health” approaches out of their own pockets. “The NCHS study estimated that one in five Americans aged 4 years and over spent money on at least one type of complementary health approach, which could include me

My home state of Utah is wrestling with THC and CBD oil issues. Many here wish to legalize their medical use because there is ample evidence that they can help with some neurologic problems such as seizures. Utah is quite conservative as you know, so for the reddest state in the Union