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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
One of the many distinct characteristics of the COVID-19 virus is its ability to cause prolonged symptoms six to twelve months following resolution of the infection. Fatigue, brain fog, arthralgias, shortness of breath and even emotional symptoms, such as anxiety and depression are among the most commonly experienced symptoms of what is commonly referred …
Complementary Medicine: An Emerging Paradigm in Cancer Treatment Dr. William Fair M.D. was a well-respected prostate cancer surgeon and chairman of urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York from 1984 to 1997. He thought of complementary medicine as “touchy-feely west coast nonsense” until his battle with colon cancer forced him to …
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Are you among the many patients who have considered taking a COVID-19 antibody test in order to determine whether or not you are protected from the virus? Maybe you are vaccinated and want to know whether your protection has weakened to the point that you should get a booster shot, or perhaps you have recovered …
Dry EyesAs doctors expand their education past medical school training, they are realizing that testosterone has an array of benefits. This includes increased sexual drive and response, cardiovascular health, prevention of osteoporosis, increased muscle tone and better skin integrity. To this list of benefits they can now add elimination of dry eyes. Dry eyes is …
Insomnia Part 3 of 3 3. Copper/, Zinc/ and Ceruloplasmin imbalance. Several years ago, I attended a conference hosted by Dr. Walsh in which he presented his experience in treating thousands of patients with anxiety, ADD, and insomnia along with a long list of other common symptoms. His studies focused, among other things, on looking at …