Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD, Author at Renaissance Health Centre

REVEALED HEALTH SECRETS FROM THE PAST LIFESTYLE CHOICE. SECRET 2

REVEALED HEALTH SECRETS FROM THE PAST – LIFESTYLE CHOICES: SECRET #2

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / August 8, 2022 August 12, 2022 / General, Yoga

PREVENTING SERIOUS ILLNESS THROUGH EXERCISE The noted 12th century physician and Jewish scholar known as “the Rambam” disclosed that a proper, healthy diet was the first of eight health secrets that prevent serious illness and disease. Naturally, his second secret shares a strong correlation with the first: adequate exercise. Building on his ancient analogy that …

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Revealed Health Secrets from the Past. Secret 1

Revealed Health Secrets from the Past – Lifestyle Choices: Secret #1

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / August 4, 2022 August 5, 2022 / Ayurvedic Medicine, General

PREVENTING ILLNESS THROUGH PROPER LIFESTYLE CHOICES Rabbi Mosche Ben Maimon, also known as the “Rambam” was a physician and one of the most influential Jewish scholars and philosophers of the 12th century. He was born in Spain as Europe was coming out of the dark ages and spent his adult life in Egypt, a part …

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Is Holistic Medicine More Effective AND Less Expensive?

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / July 11, 2022 July 11, 2022 / Acupuncture, General, Homeopathy, Osteopathic Medicine

Alternative Medicine Study Overview| Holistic Medicine A recent study sponsored by the government of Ireland concluded that alternative and complementary therapies not only offered significant health benefits for patients, but also saved the government-run health care system a significant amount of money. Patients involved in the study were referred by their local doctors typically when …

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GERD AND Heartburn Medications Not for Long Term Use – Part II

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / June 29, 2022 June 21, 2022 / General, Heart Health

Stress and anxiety are often the underlying causes of GERD and heartburn. Although it is usually triggered by emotional stress, it can also be triggered by physical stress. Stress and anxiety can decrease pressure on the lower esophageal sphincter, the band of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus that allows food and liquid to …

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The 300 Needles of Dr. Lok : Legalization of Acupuncture

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / June 22, 2022 June 22, 2022 / Acupuncture

THE LEGALIZATION OF ACUPUNCTURE Many people are surprised to learn that Nevada is the very first place in the world to legally recognize and regulate the practice of acupuncture as a medical modality. In 1973, Arthur Steinberg, an attorney from New York enlisted the help of Lok Yee-kung, a Chinese medicine doctor from Hong Kong …

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NATUROPATHIC SKIN CANCER PREVENTION

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / June 1, 2022 June 4, 2022 / Cancer Treatment, General

As summer quickly approaches, many people, especially those living in Las Vegas, begin to pay closer attention to the task of protecting their skin from the sun’s powerful and damaging rays – and rightly so. Skin cancer is so common that one in five North Americans will contract it within their lifetime. Fortunately, 97% of …

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GERD/Heartburn Medication: Not for Long Term Use - Part I

GERD AND Heartburn Medication: Not for Long Term Use – Part I

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022 / General

Prilosec, Pantoprazole, Nexium, and Prevacid are some of the more common names for one of the most prescribed medications in the U.S., a drug class known as PPIs, or proton pump inhibitors. These medications are only recommended for the short term use of several weeks, yet there are currently over 15 million people in the …

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Can Ear Acupuncture Help Cure Addiction?

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / May 4, 2022 May 12, 2022 / Acupuncture, General

In acupuncture, the term “microsystems” is used to describe areas of the body that bear representations of the entire human body upon them, such as the ear, hand and head. Ear acupuncture, also known as auricular acupuncture was first systematically researched in France in the 1950’s by Dr. Paul Nojier, the “healer from Corsica”. He discovered …

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MANY CANCER STUDIES CAN’T BE REPRODUCED

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / April 5, 2022 April 5, 2022 / Cancer, Cancer Treatment, General

After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded now. Their findings suggest that the diseases research has a replication problem. Cancer Experiments The group tried to replicate 193 experiments from 53 top cancer studies papers published from 2010 to 2012. However, only 25% of those …

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Does Soy Really Cause Breast Cancer?

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / February 7, 2022 February 7, 2022 / Cancer, Cancer Treatment, General

I recently had a breast cancer patient tell me that her oncologist “strongly advised” her to avoid foods containing soy because they would cause her cancer to multiply. Dumbfounded that her physician was parroting information from over 20 years ago, I set about my task of reassuring the patient that there was no need to …

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