Expert Interview

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Integrative Urology, Part 2
June 6, 2014
Dr. H continues his conversation with Dr. Philippa Cheetham discussing Integrative Urology: Active Holistic Surveillance for prostate cancer

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Integrative Urology, Part 1

Dr. Philippa Cheetham joins Intelligent Medicine to discuss Integrative Urology: Active Holistic Surveillance for prostate cancer—the use of diet, exercise and targeted supplementation to manage cancer without surgery or radiation. Who’s a candidate? Should the PSA test be abandoned? Are there non-invasive ways of minimizing unnecessary prostate biopsies? What breakthroughs are on the horizon for treatment of advanced prostate cancer?

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: “The Disease Delusion,” Part 2
June 3, 2014
Dr. H continues his conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Bland, author of "The Disease Delusion."

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: “The Disease Delusion,” Part 1

Dr. Jeffrey Bland discusses his new book, The Disease Delusion”: Are the current constructs we use to categorize illness arbitrary and irrational? What benefits can we achieve by cutting through the Disease Delusion and applying Functional Medicine concepts? Why is it so hard to “prove” that supplements are beneficial (Dr. Bland addresses critics of supplement use)? What lies in store for integrative medicine when we harness the potential of the Human Genome? How to jump-start your own personalized health optimization program using the steps outlined in The Disease Delusion.

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: The remarkable health properties of coconut oil, Part 2
May 28, 2014
Dr. H continues his discussion with Dr. Bruce Fife, author of The Coconut Oil Miracle

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: The remarkable health properties of coconut oil, Part 1

Once maligned as a harmful, saturated fat, coconut oil is experiencing a resurgence of interest because of its remarkable health properties. Dr. Bruce Fife, author of The Coconut Oil Miracle, is the originator of the Coconut Research Center. We discuss the potential roles of extra virgin coconut oil in treatment of obesity (and paradoxically malnutrition), intestinal inflammation, skin disorders, Alzheimer’s Disease, and even cancer. As an added bonus, Dr. Fife discusses the new fad of “oil pulling”—initially skeptical, after scientific investigation, he concludes that there really might be something to it!

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Therapy, Part 2
May 23, 2014
Dr. H continues his conversation with America’s Pharmacist Suzy Cohen about her new book, Thyroid Healthy.

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Therapy, Part 1

One of the most valuable tools in the arsenal of the complementary doctor is thyroid therapy—identifying and treating hidden thyroid problems can provide incredible health breakthroughs for sufferers of a wide array of baffling symptoms. America’s Pharmacist Suzy Cohen discusses her new book, Thyroid Healthy—how sometimes conventional blood tests don’t reveal thyroid problems, the role of diet and supplements, how common drugs can interfere with thyroid function, and the different types of thyroid medications that can bring relief—"different strokes for different folks!”

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Second in our series about the human microbiome, Part 2
May 21, 2014
Jessica Richman describes the Ubiome project which plans to catalogue the bacteria in hundreds of thousands of humans to create a “library” of variations in our flora, designed to facilitate research and provide feedback to participants. You can have your stool, sweat, mouth, nasal, and genital secretions analyzed and interpreted at a very economical price and find out where you lie on the spectrum of normalcy vs. dysbiosis via www.Ubiome.com. Eventually, this data may be used to discover treatments for autism, heart disease, cancers of the GI tract, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, allergic and autoimmune conditions, neurological and psychiatric disorders, even obesity.

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Second in our series about the human microbiome, Part 1

Jessica Richman describes the Ubiome project which plans to catalogue the bacteria in hundreds of thousands of humans to create a “library” of variations in our flora, designed to facilitate research and provide feedback to participants. You can have your stool, sweat, mouth, nasal, and genital secretions analyzed and interpreted at a very economical price and find out where you lie on the spectrum of normalcy vs. dysbiosis via www.Ubiome.com. Eventually, this data may be used to discover treatments for autism, heart disease, cancers of the GI tract, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, allergic and autoimmune conditions, neurological and psychiatric disorders, even obesity.