Mental & Emotional Health

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for March 22 Part 1
March 24, 2014
FDA’s irrational new supplement labeling proposal threatens to confuse consumers and rip a vital supplement from the shelves; breakthrough understanding of how chocolate helps fight inflammation (it’s not what you think!); ADHD stimulant meds lead to weight rebound when discontinued; controversial radio talker Glenn Beck goes gluten-free, Paleo. Click here for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Stress
March 12, 2014
How to deal with the pervasive problem of STRESS: Dr. Doni Wilson, author of The Stress Remedy: Master Your Body's Synergy and Optimize Your Health, weighs in with coping strategies. How are your adrenals? Are they over- or under-active? What are the signs of adrenal burnout? What are natural methods of adrenal support? As a certified mid-wife, Dr. Doni champions natural childbirth—what are the advantages? Is it safe? And what do “doulas" do?

Intelligent Medicine Podcast: Beating the winter blahs
February 25, 2014
Tips for Beating the Winter Blahs: Natural remedies for winter depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Guest Stuart Tomc of Nordic Naturals also weighs in on “The Krill Question”—is it superior to regular fish oil as is often claimed?

Intelligent Medicine: Beating the winter blahs
February 18, 2014
Q&A with Leyla: Beating the winter blahs; a nutty contradiction in the book "Grain Brain" by Dr. David Perlmutter; best and worst nut oils; Calorease, another miracle weight loss breakthrough from Dr. Oz? Are cabbage family vegetables bad for the thyroid? The ideal bedtime snack; do kids need more fluoride?

Intelligent Medicine for January 23, 2014
January 30, 2014
Dr. Daniel Amen, founder of the Amen Clinics and host of a popular PBS series on the brain, discusses brain health and the use of the SPECT scan to diagnose brain dysfunction and permit more targeted deployment of natural therapies, and only if necessary, psychiatric medication.

Intelligent Medicine for November 26, 2013
November 26, 2013
Integrative Psychiatry: Kelly Brogan, MD employs a CAM model in her effort to address women's health problems without drugs. We discuss statins for women, the dangers of LOW cholesterol, natural treatment for depression and postpartum blues, and pre-conceptual planning

Intelligent Medicine
September 17, 2013
Dr. Hoffman interviews Stuart Tomc, on the occasion of the D.C. shootings: Does nutrition have anything to do with violence? Do deficiencies of Omega 3 fatty acids play a role?

Intelligent Medicine:
July 3, 2013
Case Study: A Patient With Anxiety--Natural Therapy; Third-Hand Smoke--It May Be Even More Deadly Than 1st or 2nd Hand; Why We Need Sleep and Darkness

Intelligent Medicine: Poop
July 1, 2013
Analyze your poop six ways to Sunday to advance science and get a personalized profile of microbes within your gut; a new psychiatric medication that is actually a potent vitamin; study reveals the profound effects of stress on your heart.