Male Fertility Myths and Facts By Ian Wahl, DAc, Lac, CH Up to 40% of couples experiencing fertility problems have factors that involve both the man and the woman. Basically there are three different major factors in male infertility—1) not enough sperm, known as “low sperm count”; 2) motility insufficiency, meaning that the sperm doesn’t [...]

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Migraines & Headaches By Mark Sobor, MD All migraines are headaches. However, only about 7% of headaches are migraines. The onset of a migraine is signaled when you see flashes of lights—called an aura. This is followed by an extreme sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and possibly vomiting. Migraines last from 4—24 hours, and [...]

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Orthotic Therapy For Happy Feet By Dr. Robert Scott DC CCSP Each day the average person walks about 4 miles which equals 115,000 miles in a lifetime (that’s equivalent to 4 trips around the earth). Some people are on their feet all day long. Your foot is a very complex structure which provides a base [...]

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How To Improve Therapeutic Outcome Of Treatment Peter Glidden ND The effectiveness of chemotherapy in treating adult-onset cancer was examined in an interesting medical study which was published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology – Volume 16, Issue 8, December 2004, pages 549-560. The authors were: Graeme Morgan, Associate Professor and radiotherapist at the Royal [...]

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Beyond Skin Care Myths By Dr. Jaena Stanley-Gonzaga What is truly needed to keep the skin looking young, clear, healthy and vibrant? Would it be expensive moisturizers and creams, pH balanced skin care products, natural products, soap free cleansers, and skin exfoliants? We all have a daily regimen of taking care of our skin. The [...]

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Natural Approaches To PMS By Marilyn Mitchell, MD PMS affects many women at one time or another and this condition can be difficult to treat with traditional therapies. What we take in daily in the form of foods and supplements may offer the best results over the long run for improving our well-being. In addition [...]

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News In Healthcare Savings! By Dr Steven Arculeo, DC Consumers and insurance companies pay millions every day for expensive medical diagnostic testing to try to find out what is wrong with a patient with typical musculoskeletal complaints. Usually, they come up empty, when a good chiropractor and physical therapist could easily figure it out that [...]

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14 Tips for Breathing Easy this Spring and Summer By Dr Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH Spring has finally arrived. And with the long-awaited beautiful weather and the shades of green painting our landscape, come the fragrances of spring and summer—flowers, tree blossoms, and cut grass. All of which are loaded with the release of [...]

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Preventing & Treating Sunburn Naturally By Dr Harry Hong PhD, L.Ac. Summertime is fun, the pool, the beach and the…dangerous sun poisoning. Symptoms of sun poisoning include headache, dizziness, nausea and red, burning skin. How do you prevent sun poisoning? Let’s start with some basics. Make sure your body is hydrated. Hydration does not mean [...]

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What Is Green Health Care? By Dr Martha H Howard Green health care is based on the understanding that we are all ecosystems, interacting with each other and with the larger ecosystem—the outdoor and indoor environments that surround us. Before the development of industrialized medicine, people were often sent to “greener” climates to recover from [...]

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Brides, What To Know About Teeth Whitening Before Lightening Your Pearly Whites By Raymond G Hatland, DDS It’s not too late for June brides to do a little beautifying of their smiles by whitening their teeth. Whitening has become a very popular process and, when done professionally, it is painless, quick and predictable. With all [...]

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Rebalancing The Intestinal Terrain By Dr Tom Bayne Symptoms of bloating, indigestion, and constipation seem to be the norm these days. Studies show that Irritable bowel syndrome effects upwards of 20% of the population. My experience is that those are only the people who are experiencing symptoms that are severe enough to have them looked [...]

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They Just Won’t Brush By Andie T Pearson, DMD, CCST When it comes to brushing the teeth, children aren’t always the most efficient or cooperative participants . Here are a few helpful tips to help that “chore” turn into a fun game. For some children, brushing turns into a fun game when they get to [...]

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PREVENTION The most important preventive measure is the old standard–frequent hand washing. Also, do not rub or touch your eyes when you are out in public and haven’t washed your hands. Buy, carry and use the non-alcohol based ecologic hand sanitizers. People who have done their prevention by getting their flu shot are lucky–this year [...]

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Sunscreen & Vitamin D Robert C. Scott, DC CCSP As summer approaches we will once again be bombarded with news about the ill effects of sun exposure to our skin. We are lead to believe that sun exposure must be combated with sunscreen agents, and yet sunscreen may offer little protection to your skin from [...]

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Knee Pain and Myofacial Treatment By Dr Mark Sobor Today we are going to address one of the most common complaints that our office sees on a daily basis: knee joint pain. The knee is a complex joint and it affects a broad spectrum of the population from young athletes to the elderly. When it [...]

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High Blood Pressure: How it affects your family and how you can lower it By Dr Melody Hart High blood pressure is a major problem in today’s fast paced, high stress world. It is a silent condition that steals health and is a precursor to serious cardiovascular disease that can steal life. Most cases of [...]

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Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy – Is It Right For You? By Dr Marilyn Mitchell, M.D. What is Menopause? Menopause is the stage in a woman’s life when ovulation ceases and hormone production reduces to about 40%. The average age for this transition is age 50, but can range from the 40’s up to age 60. [...]

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How Smoking Affects Your Teeth By Kevin M Boehm, DDS I was recently asked by a patient if there’s a difference between smoking and chewing tobacco in regard to relative safety. Unfortunately, the several hundred toxins or heavy metals present in tobacco products are found in both and don’t take vacations, making the answer academic. [...]

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Cleansing Secrets For Spring By Jaena Stanley-Gonzaga, D.C. As we transition to Spring, our bodies naturally transform and adapt to the new environment. We are now going from a contracted and inward state of mind and body into an expansive and awakened state of mind and body. This is a natural process. Many of us [...]

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Products Versus Babies: Do consumer products really cause infertility? By Dr. Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH Let’s not jump to conclusions without some facts. Infertility is a complex of factors that defy easy pinpointing. Infertility is rarely simple. Doctors who specialize in fertility treatments once thought that one could merely manipulate a woman’s hormone levels, [...]

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Surviving Seasonal Allergies By Dr Harry Hong Spring and fall are allergy season. Common allergens for seasonal allergies are pollens, dusts, molds, pesticides etc. Common symptoms include sneezing, itchy eyes and nose, running nose, cough, headaches, ear and sinus inflammation. Taking anti-histamine medication may help to ease the symptoms but not resolve the root issue. [...]

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How to Get a Pain-Free Experience at the Dentist By Raymond G. Hatland, DDS Millions of people go to the dentist every week. For many I’m glad to say this is a relatively pleasant experience. However for many going to the dentist or, for that matter, thinking about going to the dentist is a frightful [...]

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What is a root canal? By Dr Andie T Pearson A root canal is a process of removing the nerve inside the tooth in order to keep or preserve the tooth after various types of trauma. After nerve removal , it is necessary to sterylize and shape the inside of the roots. The tooth is [...]

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How to Fight Autism Holistically By Malina Chin, OTR/L L.Ac. Autism is a disorder that impacts 1 in 150 children. Children may appear to meet the milestone until about 18 months when symptoms appear. There is often decreased language, lack of emotional response, and repetitive motor movements. Diagnosis of the symptoms includes lack of social/emotional [...]

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Backpack Safety By Dr James Claussen, DC The American Chiropractic Association states that backpacks are a leading cause of back and shoulder pain for millions of children and adolescents. Even more serious than the threat of back and shoulder pain is the developmental damage that can be done to the child’s growing spinal column. The [...]

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Hypnotherapy for Insomnia By Karen Erickson Insomnia is becoming a major epidemic these days with so many people tossing and turning all night trying to sleep. Insomnia is when a person can’t sleep or stay asleep all night and this goes on night after night. They are tired but can’t turn off their mind or [...]

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Laser Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel By Dr Martha Howard HOW DOES IT WORK? All acupuncture methods work because they stimulate an electrical network in the body. If you want to read more about the ground-breaking experiments (still largely ignored by the medical profession) that proved there is a basis in science for acupuncture, check out [...]

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Allergies and Infertility: The Truth About The Connection By Ian Wahl, DA, MSW, MSOM, LAc, CH rac With 15 percent of couples experiencing fertility challenges today, and with people experiencing more and more allergies than ever before, I am often asked if their allergies could be the cause of their fertility challenges. Although there is [...]

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Anxiety Is Rampant In Our Society By Malina Chin OTR/L L.Ac. Anxiety is rampant in our society. There is a generalized unrest and fretfulness that eats at our peace of mind. Some symptoms include shortness of breath, ruminating thoughts, repetitive fears, heart palpations and insomnia. When presented with these symptoms, the natural conclusion is that [...]

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Flossing Is More Important Than You Think By Kevin M. Boehm, DDS Patients often love to ask rhetorical questions like,”Do I have to floss?”. The answer is , of course, but over the past 10-15 years a huge amount of research has brought systemic reasons for its importance to light. The obvious oral reasons are [...]

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Hair Analysis By Dr Hugh A. Jenkins N.D., D.C.BTA Clinician Hair is an excretory tissue for essential, nonessential and potentially toxic elements. In general, the amount of an element that is irreversibly incorporated into growing hair is proportional to the level of the element in other body tissues. Therefore, hair elements analysis provides an indirect [...]

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HEALTHY HEART MONTH—January 2008THE FROM ILLNESS TO WELLNESS SERIESYOU DON’T HAVE TO DIE FROM AMERICAN’S NO. 1 KILLER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE!!! By Dr Hugh A. Jenkins N.D., D.C.BTA Clinician Heart/Cardiovascular Diseases—The Silent Killer is the No.1 killer of nearly half of the American population and sends more than 6 million people to the hospital each year. [...]

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Safe Alternative to the Common Cold By Dr Jaena Stanley-Gonzaga, D.C. There is no known cure for the common cold: however, it is possible to shorten the duration and frequency all together. When trying to kick the common cold it is best to focus on strengthening the immune system and enhancing the cleansing process. At [...]

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Detoxify Your Home to Boost Your Immunity By Dr. Tom Bayne for www.PBHealthCenter.com We think of our homes as safe havens, protecting our families. But did you know that there are hundreds of toxic chemicals in your household that can harm your health? A study by the State of Massachusetts found that 50% of all [...]

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Why Consider A Holistic Approach To Life? By Chicago Healers As individuals seeking a healthy, happy and productive life, it is important to consider where we come from, and what benefits us and those around us in achieving our goals, whether they be greater health, awareness or happiness. A full holistic approach to life considers [...]

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Temporal Mandibular Joint Disorders, Hypersensitive Teeth and Bite Problems By Raymond G. Hatland D.D.S. Approximately 80% of all people, have some kind of occlusal (bite) discrepancies. Because of these occlusal problems about 70% of these patients will have destructive, oral habits or compression disorders such as clenching, bruxing or grinding their teeth together. These oral [...]

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Breast Cancer Awareness: A Supportive Approach By Dr. Marilyn Mitchell   October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when much attention is focused on the rising incidence of breast cancer and the benefits of screening and early detection of this condition. So, how do we approach breast cancer awareness in a positive way, and [...]

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  RESTOR de-stress Have You Listened to Your Food Lately?  Dr Kristina L. Sargent RESTOR Healing Centre The food we eat is can be the greatest communicator we possess, but most of us do not use it to our advantage. You may already be asking yourself “Um, excuse me, but I have never heard my [...]

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By Martha H. Howard, MD www.wellnessofchicago.com Computerized electric conductance testing measures electric response at acupuncture points. This scan can read the balance of energy in your lungs or other organs; it can reflect your reactions to food and food additives. It can show whether you have a reaction to dust, molds, and other allergens, toxic [...]

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Negative Emotions and Digestive Health by Alyce Sorokie, C.T. Butterflies, knots in your stomach or that “sinking feeling” … we’ve all experienced ‘Gut Wisdom’. The Chinese Taoist Sages as well as present day researchers believe that our “undigested traumas” live in our bellies. In order to emotionally protect oneself; the body may develop holding patterns, [...]

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By Dr. Nicholas LeRoy, DC, Dipl. Ac Breast Thermography: Well-researched with over 800 studies Earliest known indicator for the future development of breast cancer Does not use harmful radiation Does not cause breast pain or trauma Proven to assist in earlier diagnosis Well-suited for fibrocystic, dense, and augmented breasts Infrared breast thermography is based on [...]

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By Carrie Carone, LMT, CMT, LLCC Cancer treatment has changed the rules of engagement for massage therapists, and for cancer survivors who receive massage. 30%-40% of breast cancer patients, who have had lymph nodes removed or radiated, will develop Lymphedema. The statistics are staggering and somewhat difficult to anticipate. The risk is the same, whether [...]

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By Darlene Paris I first became aware of Alyce Sorokie two years ago when I was suffering from bloating constipation, and chronic yeast infections. Sorokie, owner of a holistic health clinic called Partners in Wellness, was giving lectures at metaphysical bookstores in Chicago where she talked about the importance of detoxification, offered tips for keeping [...]

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By Alyce Sorokie What did spiritual leaders such as Jesus, Moses, Gandhi, and Krishna have in common? They all preached the wonders of internal cleansing for purity of the mind, body and spirit. What did these wise men know about the value of internal cleansing? They knew that if we eliminated our toxins , our [...]

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Taking Probiotics Greatly Reduces Infections in Athletes By Mayer Eisenstein Athletes who took probiotic supplements suffered fewer infections and recovered more quickly than those who did not, in a study conducted by the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Researchers studied 20 top-level, long-distance endurance runners [...]

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MORE THAN JUST RICKETS The newly rediscovered anti-aging properties of the amazing sunshine Vitamin D By Dr. Mayer Eisenstein Recent scientific studies have found that the level of Vitamin D in most people, while adequate to protect against rickets, is not high enough to lower the probability of other medical conditions that may be caused [...]

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KIDS AS ATHLETES By Robert C. Scott, D.C. Participation in athletics is a necessary part of growing up. The need for sports is especially great because obesity affects 25% of American children, and only 35% of school age children meet the criteria for fitness. However, we must realize participation in athletics does not come without [...]

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It’s Back To School Time For The Highly Sensitive Children! By Dr. Harry Hong According to Dr. Elaine Aron, Highly Sensitive Children, are easily overstimulated and require informed parenting in order to prevent temper tantrums, stress illnesses and the avoidance of pleasurable group activities. Changes in life are very hard on Highly Sensitive Children. The [...]

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Healthy Mouth Healthy Body By Raymond G Hatland, DDS Having a healthy mouth can be critically important for you to be successful at improving the health of your entire body. Besides the obvious threat that oral diseases has to your teeth, gums and your ability to chew food well, there are many chronic and degenerative [...]

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The pH level (the acid- alkaline measurement) of our internal fluids affects every cell in our bodies. An alkaline pH of body fluids is healthy for the body cells. The issue is how to maintain a balance pH level for good health. Maintaining a critical balance of pH, electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, hormones and hydration [...]

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Dr. Jeffrey Getzell has the author’s permission to print this article in Vision News. Vision Training: A Family Affair By Esther Kuntz My lifelong vision problems never would have been diagnosed or treated if it hadn’t been for my young children. Initially, my husband and I sought Dr. Getzell’s help because both of our children [...]

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Body-Mind-Energy Balancing is the core of every holistic therapy. It is based on the understanding that there is neither separation nor boundaries between body, mind and energy (soul). Each and every organ and system has its own specific function, not only physical but emotional and spiritual as well. Happiness, health, satisfaction, knowledge and prosperity can [...]

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Infertility means not being able to become pregnant after a year of trying. If a woman keeps having miscarriages, it is also called infertility. Lots of couples have infertility problems. About a third of the time, infertility can be traced to the woman. In another third cases, it is because of the man. The rest [...]

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In 1976, when I just started in my medical practice, one of the great experiments in “modern” medicine took place. The Center for Disease Control predicted a devastating flu epidemic, the “Swine Flu” epidemic. They predicted that thousands of people would die from this strain of flu just as in the flu epidemic of 1918 [...]

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In order to understand the importance of why posture is so important one must understand what your spine is protecting. According to Gray’s anatomy the nervous system controls every cell, tissue and organ in the body. Nothing can happen without the nerves telling your body what to do. The normal spine is quite flexible, structurally [...]

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