Category: Prevention

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5 High Performance Anti-Aging Oils You Need This Winter

5 High Performance Anti-Aging Oils You Need This Winter

There are many great uses for essential oils, including helping to combat aging of the skin as well as keeping your skin super hydrated and nourished [...]
Where Did My Libido Go?

Where Did My Libido Go?

Many of my patients, friends, colleagues and myself are among the 2 million women yearly who have entered menopause in the US since 2000. Besides deal [...]
6 Stellar Superfoods for You and Your Baby

6 Stellar Superfoods for You and Your Baby

Eating for two is not easy and there is a lot of pressure to get the right nutrition, especially when there is so much information out there about the [...]
Stop Skin Suicide

Stop Skin Suicide

I’ve come to realize through conversations with clients that looking in the mirror can strike fear and embarrassment for some individuals. Most of us [...]
Why Are  All Skin Creams White?

Why Are All Skin Creams White?

If you think about it, most if not all skin creams are white. Ever wonder why? You see, base creams are used to initially make it feel like you are a [...]
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Considering Alzheimer’s Prevention

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Considering Alzheimer’s Prevention

The statistics are staggering. Alzheimer’s disease is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Alzheimer’s [...]
Farmer Bill’s Top 5 Tips to Stay Healthy This Winter

Farmer Bill’s Top 5 Tips to Stay Healthy This Winter

At Fat Stone Farm (Lyme, CT), proprietors Liz and Bill Farrell take their health seriously – in fact their health is one of the main reasons they star [...]
The Power of Biomechanical Bodywork: A Different Kind of Massage

The Power of Biomechanical Bodywork: A Different Kind of Massage

We all know that massage is medicine to the body. Massage is primarily prescribed for medical or stress-related issues and the goal is to loosen and l [...]
Cholesterol, Just the Fats!

Cholesterol, Just the Fats!

By design, everything our body does has a purpose. So, why would it produce so much cholesterol if it were bad? What is Cholesterol? While many [...]
Keeping Your Bones Healthy for Life

Keeping Your Bones Healthy for Life

The current approach to osteoporosis illustrates two of the biggest problems in medicine today. Drug Therapy First is the myth that only drug the [...]
Take a Prescription Vacation

Take a Prescription Vacation

There are often times I prescribe a vacation for my patients. No, not to the Bahamas or Hawaii, but a vacation from our day-to-day, often overly sched [...]
Beyond Calcium:  Nutrients Critical to Bone Health

Beyond Calcium: Nutrients Critical to Bone Health

There is a general presumption, fed by dairy industry advertising, that adequate calcium is all you need to maintain strong bones. However, several [...]
The Ins and Outs of Winter Sickness

The Ins and Outs of Winter Sickness

It’s the time of year for snow days, apple pie, and family gatherings, which inevitably means it is also the time of year for sniffles, coughs, and fe [...]
Game of Bacteria: Killing Them Before They Kill You

Game of Bacteria: Killing Them Before They Kill You

Bacteria are everywhere. It’s a symbiotic relationship; we need them and they need us. Sometimes that relationship is a battle. When it comes to oral [...]
How to Cure the Busy Lifestyle Syndrome (BLS)

How to Cure the Busy Lifestyle Syndrome (BLS)

So what is BLS? Sounds more like bullshit but unfortunately it is not. It’s the real deal and all of us suffer from it, well maybe not all of us, but [...]
Are You Ready to Kiss Your Headaches Goodbye?

Are You Ready to Kiss Your Headaches Goodbye?

There are many different kinds of headaches. Tension headaches, which are the most common form, involve a constant pressure feeling around the head. C [...]
Does Your Brain Need a Detox from Overstimulation?

Does Your Brain Need a Detox from Overstimulation?

Do you ever forget why you went downstairs? Or have gone into a room and left because you could not remember why you went in? Do you say, “It’s just o [...]
BioSet – A New Way to Treat Allergies

BioSet – A New Way to Treat Allergies

BioSet is a gentle, drug free means of eliminating food intolerances and environmental sensitivities. Based on the principle of the energetic body, as [...]
Curcumin From Turmeric: Great Potential for Multiple Conditions Part 2

Curcumin From Turmeric: Great Potential for Multiple Conditions Part 2

Curcumin has a surprisingly wide range of beneficial properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activi [...]
You Are What You Eat: The Truth Behind Metabolic Syndrome

You Are What You Eat: The Truth Behind Metabolic Syndrome

  There is nothing short of an epidemic silently sweeping the United States. According to the American Medical Association, 34% (more than one [...]
Controversies in Breast Cancer Screening

Controversies in Breast Cancer Screening

As October comes to a close, so too does Breast Cancer Awareness Month – 31 days devoted to raising public awareness and funding to combat one of Amer [...]
Natural Breast Health with Manual Therapy to Promote Lymphatic Drainage and Nutritional Wellness

Natural Breast Health with Manual Therapy to Promote Lymphatic Drainage and Nutritional Wellness

Breast Health Breast health is an important component of a woman’s health. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, regardless of race or [...]
Breast Health Beyond Cancer

Breast Health Beyond Cancer

A cancer experience is the definitive existential crisis. It shakes us out of a comfortable fog of illusion, which allows us to maintain a more-or-les [...]
Make Not-Getting-Cancer a Hobby

Make Not-Getting-Cancer a Hobby

Written by Deborah Percival on behalf of a friend. If you think staying healthy is complicated, try getting cancer. Suddenly, carving out time to e [...]
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