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Why Some Eczema Won’t Heal—And What No One’s Looking For

By Erica Soria, ND / October 23, 2025 / Research, Health Secrets, Naturopathy, General

For many patients, eczema isn’t just an annoyance—it’s a life-altering condition. Children scratching until they bleed, parents exhausted from sleepless nights, adults covering up their skin out of embarrassment. I’ve sat across from families who have “tried everything”: steroid creams, elimination diets, allergy medications, even powerful immune-suppressants. And yet, the eczema persists. These are the …

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Seeing ‘Cleerly’ Your Risk for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

By Nicole Hujer, NMD / October 23, 2025 / Research, services, Heart Health

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, yet many people don’t know they are at risk until it’s too late. When it comes to cardiovascular health, prevention and early detection are everything. Traditional cholesterol blood tests give us helpful information, but they don’t always tell the whole story. That’s where …

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The Evolutions of Hyperbaric Medicine

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / July 29, 2025 / Research, Naturopathy

“Timken’s Tank” was named after its benefactor, the “Baron of bearings” tycoon Henry H. Timken who bankrolled the $1,000,000 to build it. This unusual sphere was an early hyperbaric hospital. The monstrous steel ball was the pinnacle of over a decade of work by Dr. Orville Cunningham, one of the pioneers of hyperbaric therapy, but …

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The Emerging Curative Powers of Sunlight

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / July 11, 2025 / General, Research

For more than a century, scientist have noticed that many diseases like autoimmune and cardiovascular conditions follow a latitude gradient. In 1940, Frank Apperly showed that American states and Canadian provinces receiving more solar radiation had, not surprisingly, higher rates of skin cancer mortality but unexpected lower rates of internal cancer mortality overall. He knew …

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Blood Pressure Medicine Not Necessary?

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / May 4, 2025 / Research, Heart Health

Approximately 95 million Americans (40%) are taking blood pressure medications and each year the number increases. But are these medications really necessary? Well the Cochrane researchers feel that this class of medication is over prescribed. What is Cochrane and why are they different? Cochrane is a global group of independent physicians, researchers and scientist that …

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WWII Sugar Rationing Boosts Kids’ Health

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / February 13, 2025 / Nutrition, Research

For 13 years during and after World War II the British government rationed sugar allowing only 8 ounces per week per person. This prolonged rationing provided scientist the perfect opportunity to study how sugar can affect a developing body. Using the medical database U.K. BioBank they were able to compare disease incidence in about 60,000 people …

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TO VAX OR NOT TO VAX…

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / July 30, 2024 / Research, Medicine, MyBlog, General

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 …

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CULTIVATING INTUITION

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / July 13, 2024 / Research, Therapy

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 …

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Food and Mood

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / December 7, 2023 / Research, Nutrition

Food and mood go hand in hand. What you eat affects your mood — and your mood also affect what you feel like eating. If you’ve ever used ‘donut therapy’ to survive a breakup, you know how emotional distress can drive you toward sweets + fats. What you might not know is that comfort foods like …

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Why Your Gallbladder Symptoms May Persist After Removal

By Dr. Terry Pfau DO, HMD / October 31, 2023 / MyBlog, Osteopathic Medicine, Nutrition, Naturopathy, IV Vitamins, IV Therapies, Homeopathy, General, Women's Health, Naturopathic Medicine, Research, services, Health Secrets, Therapy, Medicine

First it is important to understand the function of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is an important organ related to digestive function in the body, working with the liver to ensure proper breakdown and absorption of fats. Its primary role is to concentrate and store bile created in the liver. It then releases bile into the …

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