Otitis externa, or “swimmer’s ear,” is a typical summer issue in both children and adults due to prolonged moisture exposure from swimming or bathing. This leads to bacterial or fungal growth in the outer ear canal. It can also be caused by inserting foreign objects like cotton swabs or due to underlying skin conditions such …
One in 2 men and one in 2.4 women will experience cancer in their life time. As you will see in the preceding article data is showing that these numbers will only increase as younger and younger people are being affected by cancer. By the year 2030 there is an expected doubling of the cancer …
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Generation X are outdoing baby boomers, but not in a good way. People born between 1965 and 1980 are getting cancer more often and at a younger age than their parents and grandparents generations. Gen X women have projected increases in thyroid kidney, rectal, uterine colon, pancreatic and ovarian cancers as well as leukemia and …
No pediatric newsletter should be written without discussing the issue of childhood vaccines. By the time a child reaches his/hers teenage years they are required to receive 72 vaccine dose. This is significantly more than when their parents grew up. The topic of vaccination is about as polarizing as American politics. Since most parents have …
From a very young age 8 year old Luke had always been moody, irritable and defiant. The moodiness and irritability his parent could handle. But it was his defiant behavior that caused his parent to bring him to see me. Almost without fault when his mother asked him to do something, whether it was to …
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Not too long ago I was reviewing lab results with a patient with stage III colon cancer whose oncologist was pushing her to start chemotherapy as soon as possible. As we went through her results I noticed all seven of her inflammatory markers were very high. I explained that we needed to get these markers …
Over the years that I have been practicing alternative/complementary medicine I have found the treatment of anxiety one of the more challenging health condition to treat. Homeopathy and acupuncture helped many patients. However, there seemed to be about 30% of the patients suffering from this debilitating illness whom I was unable to find the therapeutic …
A while ago I was watching NBC nightly news when a segment came on talking about an increase in depression in children. As I watched this special my thoughts went back to two young adults that I had treated for depression. I am sharing their stories to show that there is hope for a cure without …
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Eleven years ago I was very hesitant to treat cancer with alternative therapy. That is until Lupe, an in-law, came seeking help for her colon cancer that had metastasized to her brain, lungs and liver. With her strength depleted, her oncologists here and at the Cancer Treatment Center of America had given up hope on …
As I mentioned in my previous article titled “Lessons Learned from Managing Fever with Desert Iguanas” there is an inverse relationship between the number of fevers a person has had and the likelihood that they will get cancer. Taking this concept one step further, fevers can be an effective alternative treatment for cancers. This concept …
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