The wildfires in Northern California are a major concern for all of us. Now that we are in our third year of serious fires during the Fall season, we really need to be aware of the dangerous affects of smoke on our lungs and immune health.

Mycotoxins are toxins released by mold spores. Mold spores emit them to kill other mold species and limit local competition for space. That is all well and good outside the human body but once inside the human body those toxins can wreak havoc.

IV Ozone therapy is a natural, safe, and powerful therapy that can be used to promote healthy aging and treat many ailments and diseases. At a basic level, ozone therapy increases the amount of oxygen in the body to improve overall bodily function…

Many of my patients tell me they wake up with a flat stomach and by late afternoon they look six months pregnant. The bloating is sometimes accompanied by sharp, stabbing pains, but rarely gas or burping. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, or SIBO, occurs when bacteria that should be in the large intestine find their way into the small intestine and set up sho

The wildfires in Northern California are a major concern for all of us. Now that we are in our third year of serious fires during the Fall season, we really need to be aware of the dangerous affects of smoke on our lungs and immune health.

“I just don't feel like myself anymore.” This is the statement I hear most often from the women who come into my office.

Three weeks ago my stepfather passed away from complications related Alzheimer’s disease. Over the course of his illness, it was heartbreaking to watch this bright and charismatic man gradually become confused, withdrawn, and eventually unable to recognize my mother, his wife of 30 years.

This article was written by Krista Shaffer, co-owner of Koshland Pharm -- my favorite compounding pharmacy -- located in San Francisco. It is reprinted here with her permission. 

As a co-owner of a compounding pharmacy that values patient care and therefore quality as its primary mission, I’d like to respond to the critique that this article makes of compounded medications.

Practitioners of Chinese medicine and naturopathic medicine have understood the interconnected nature of the human body for centuries.  And any child who has heard the lyrics to Dem Bones (“the shin bone is connected to the knee bone”, etc.) gets the idea, too.

A pregnant woman is often told that what she eats will affect the health of her unborn child. Now there is evidence that her diet before pregnancy could be just as important. In fact, a recent study shows that a mother's pre-pregnancy nutritional status may permanently affect certain aspects of her child's DNA.

A closer look at the science tells us that protecting infants and children is not quite enough. In fact, it is becoming clear that fetal exposure is of even greater concern than childhood exposure to BPA. This means that women who are pregnant or who plan to become pregnant need to make extra efforts to avoid BPA.

For those women who chose to pursue the path to motherhood, I believe that option should be available to them. If a woman is of a reasonable reproductive age and there are no serious structural issues, then pregnancy is a viable goal.