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This article first appeared in The Clinical Advisor, on Jan. 1, 2014. Chelation therapy, a type of intravenous (IV) treatment promoted by some members of the complementary and alternative medicine community, has long been mired in controversy. Often…read more
Categories:Heart Disease Heart Health
You’ve probably heard it said that good health begins in the gut. It’s true. Approximately 80% of the immune system is in the gut in the Peyer’s Patches, which are part of the gut-associated-lymphoid-tissue (GALT). So what does…read more
Categories:Colds and Respiratory Infections Digestive Health General Medicine General Nutrition Immunity Nutrition and Weight
Many of the therapies that I’ve used at the Hoffman Center throughout the past 30 years are controversial, to say the least. What’s gratifying is that, like natural thyroid for hyperthyroidism, vitamin D for autoimmune diseases and Ubiquinol for…read more
Categories:Autoimmune Diseases Cancer Immunity
New research is confirming the benefits of olive leaf extract, already one of my favorite supplements. I initially developed a potent version of this supplement for my patients with a view to its infection-fighting capabilities. A major pharmaceutical…read more
Categories:Candida Diabetes Supplements
Q: I found out that I have hypoglycemia. I understand this means low blood sugar. What does this mean in regard to my eating sweets? A: Low blood sugar, better known as hypoglycemia, is generally caused by diet….read more
Categories:Diabetes Hypoglycemia
Last week I was invited to appear on MSNBC News to provide a medical perspective on marijuana use. You can see the interview in its entirety on our videos page. It was a crowded segment, and I shared…read more
Categories:Mental and Emotional Health Substance Dependency
A study proclaiming that vitamin D is useless and that you should just stop taking it was published in The Lancet this week and “went viral.” The news story was picked up and amplified by the media. Here…read more
Recently I was asked to look at the labs of a woman in her late 40s complaining of fatigue and malaise, despite eating healthfully and exercising regularly. Basically, her physician looked for anemia and low thyroid—both are possible…read more
Categories:Aging Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Women’s Health
A diet implies following a temporary eating plan in order to achieve a certain weight goal or health outcome, be it attaining a better lipid profile, reducing risk factors for disease or getting rid of that stubborn spare…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Obesity
This month, at one of our Wednesday night seminars at the Hoffman Center, we tackled head-on a widespread media report that testosterone treatment increases cardiovascular risk for men. You can listen to an Intelligent Medicine podcast wherein I…read more
Categories:Andropause Diabetes Men’s Health
Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
There’s more to GI health than whether or not to take an acid-blocker. All too…
In the latest attempt to remove “stigma” from medical terminology, liver specialists have come up…
Q: My husband’s high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is 1.62 and his homocysteine is 13.1. If…
ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for May 4, Part 1: The Debate Over “Moderate Drinking”
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