Using natural medicine to live a high quality life
Posted in Doctors, Health, Health Care, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Supplements on Mar 31st, 2010
We’re told that the supplement industry lacks the strict controls of the pharmaceutical industry (quality control, safety testing, regulatory oversight, etc.), and therefore we are taking our lives into our own hands when we take supplements. Right?
Posted in Doctors, Health Care, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Pharmaceuticals on Feb 10th, 2010
In part III of this series, my intention is to outline how I as an alternative practitioner use EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) in my practice. Alternative or natural practitioners are often dismissed by conventional practitioners with the refrain “not enough evidence” or “hasn’t been proven to work”. This is true only under the strict definition of EBM we talked about in part II but as I will show I base my practice on a great deal of evidence, much of which is not given significant value by the conventional community.
Posted in Doctors, Health Care, Health insurance, Hospitals, Insurance companies, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Pharmaceuticals on Nov 13th, 2009
Continuing the discussion of evidence based medicine, this article discusses the current, and in my opinion, misguided interpretation of evidence based medicine.
Posted in Doctors, Health Care, Health insurance, Hospitals, Insurance companies, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Pharmaceuticals on Nov 5th, 2009
Evidence based medicine (EBM) has emerged as one of the key concepts being debated in leading medical journals, doctors offices and conventions, insurance boardrooms, and government agencies as a major piece of the effort to reduce costs and improve outcomes. In this series I’ll be explaining what evidence based medicine should be (part I), is (part II), and how I use it in my practice (part III).
Posted in Alpha Lipoic Acid, Business, Doctors, Health Care, Hospitals, Low Dose Naltrexone, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Naturopathic medicine, Pharmaceuticals on Oct 1st, 2009
If Naturopathic Medicine worked MDs would di it, right? Unfortunately a combination of ignorance, arrogance, and greed often combine to keep effective therapies out of public awareness.
Posted in Business, Childbirth, Childbirth: Conventional, Childbirth: Natural, Doctors, Farming, Food, Food: Conventional, Food: Organic, Health Care, Links, Medicine, Natural Medicine, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Random Thoughts on Aug 5th, 2009
Here are four links to interesting articles/posts I’ve come across recently.
Posted in Doctors, Health Care, Health insurance, Insurance companies, Pharmaceuticals, Universal coverage on Jul 14th, 2009
Insurance and pharmaceutical companies are businesses just like any other American capitalistic business. That means their first, most important, and only goal is maximizing their bottom line. Should these industries play by the same rules as other non-healthcare businesses?
Posted in Doctors, Health Care, Health insurance, Hospitals, Insurance companies, Malpractice, Pharmaceuticals, Universal coverage on Jul 5th, 2009
What can 5 other modern democracies that offer universal health care teach us?