Phobias If you are reading this, chances are you have a phobia. Statistics show that about 7% of the U.S. population suffers from one or more phobias. However, I find that the prevalence is much greater than that. As part of my homeopathic evaluation I always ask “what fears or phobias do you have?” The …
“The War Has Changed” What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccination and how the new COVID DELTA variant is affecting the vaccine studies. It was a recent DELTA Variant of the COVID-19 outbreak on Cape Cod that resulted in the CDC urging Americans to start wearing masks. What they saw in a Cap …
Currently one out of nine adults older than 65 develops Alzheimer’s. Just recently the FDA approved a new controversial drug for Alzheimer’s disease that has triggered a lot of questions from patients and doctors. The drug, called Aduhelm and made by Biogen, removes amyloid, a sticky substance in the brain that is a defining feature …
Alzheimer Disease – The Glymphatic Connection – Part I Read More »
The founder of Osteopathy, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still said, “the body has a self-healing, self-regulating mechanism that tends towards health.” There are many therapies that we use at Renaissance Health Centre that utilize our body’s own innate healing ability. But, what most patients do not realize is that they too can influence their own health just …
“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.“ As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen Today the gold standard in medical research is what is known as a double-blinded study that utilizes placebos. The reason placebos are used is because …
Our Chemical World To give you an idea of the number of new chemicals being introduced into our world today look at the exponential growth in just 1 year. In 2009 alone over 10 million new chemicals were registered with the Chemical Abstracts Service, bringing the total number of registered chemicals to 50 million*. Liver …
Vulvodynia Vulvodynia is a chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva — (the female external genital organs including the labia, clitoris, and entrance to the vagina). This disease is usually referred to in medicine as essential vulvodynia. Which loosely translated means we essentially do not know what causes it. However, those trained in alternative …
Henoch-Shonline Purpura Henoch-Shonline Purpura (HSP) is a disorder that causes the small blood vessels in your skin, joints, intestines, and kidneys to become inflamed and bleed. The most striking feature of this form of vasculitis is a purplish rash, typically on the lower legs and buttocks. Mason, age 6, was hospitalized after his mother noticed …
The Healing Power of Kindness In 1978, researchers conducted an experiment to examine the effects of diet on heart health. Over several months, they fed a control group of rabbits a high fat diet and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate, and cholesterol. As expected, many of the rabbits showed fatty deposit buildup on the …
Lichens Sclerosis/Lichens Planus Patricia who is in her mid-70’s had been to her gynecologist and several dermatologists looking for help with her lichens sclerosis in the vulvar area and lichens planus lesion in her mouth. All that she was offered was topical steroids which gave only slight relief. The lesions in the vulvar area caused …