By Scott Wilson – In 1875, Dr. J.P. Thomas wrote about using coffee enemas for opium and belladonna poisoning. He referred to cases going back to 1858 and 1859 and described coffee enemas as one of the ordinary means of treatment. That word “ordinary” stopped me. He wasn’t describing an experiment. He was describing something physicians already knew.
By Erik Peper – Almost everyone can mentally picture their illness or stress, their healing process, and what it feels like to be healthy and whole. After practicing their personalized imagery, many report that their pain and symptoms have noticeably decreased.
By Ronald Whitmont, MD – Just as we have reached a watershed moment and a “tipping point” in our understanding of global ecology and climate change, we have reached a similar critical event horizon with respect to dysfunctional medical practices; and it is time to take evasive action.
Book Review by Patricia S. Lemer, MEd – Ending Chronic Illness is the paradigm shift you have been looking for, whether practitioner or patient. While Horowitz believes there is no one magic bullet, his multi-pronged approach provides some clear answers for your health today, as well as how to become a seasoned advocate for the future.
By Donnie Yance – Berberine is an isoquinoline alkaloid with strong biological and pharmacological activity. It demonstrates significant anticancer activity through multiple biochemical pathways, particularly proapoptotic and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
By Geo Espinosa – A negative MRI is a probability, not a verdict, and a new review asks whether PSMA PET can close that gap or whether it is just another mirage.
By John Parks Trowbridge, MD, FACAM – By reducing the toxic load of metals like lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic, chelation therapy supports better neurological, cardiovascular, and immune health. The Food and Drug Administration has approved DMSA for reduction of lead toxic body burden and EDTA for lead and certain cadmium conditions.
By Benton Bramwell, ND, and Matt Warnock, JD – If the war against alternative medicine is over, it is time to openly consider the practical reality of traditional medicinal products that may be reasonably referred to here in the States as “Traditional Herbal Drugs.”
By Nicolo Montecalvo, DC, MS, ND, and Laurence V. Hicks, ND, DC, DO – This paper outlines an advanced, actionable diagnostic framework to guide clinicians past superficial phenotypes and accurately identify hidden cardiovascular and metabolic risk.
By Geo Espinosa – A PSA that climbs fivefold in eight months usually means you missed something. Sometimes it means the patient forgot to mention his testosterone injections.
By Faezeh Sharif, MSc – Multi-component mind–body interventions — combining laughter yoga, diaphragmatic and slow breathing, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), self-compassion practice, guided imagery, self-massage, and deep relaxation (Shavasana) — are increasingly offered in complementary and integrative health settings.
By Joy Reuther-Costa – But chewing is not simply the process of making food small enough to swallow. It engages the nervous system, contributes to digestion, participates in appetite and metabolic signaling, provides mechanical stimulation to the jaw, and takes place within a remarkably complex microbial ecosystem.
by Gary Null, PhD – How many times have we gone against the current of our own being? You know you should do A, but you are conditioned to do B.
You are fighting it because the conditioned self is conditioned from a place of fear. And fear will always win if we give in to it.
By Donnie Yance – For diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease—diseases that have resisted single-drug approaches—network pharmacology offers genuine hope. By treating disease as the network problem it truly is, we’re developing treatments that work with biological complexity rather than against it.
By Chris D. Meletis, ND – Recent investigations have identified microplastic particles in human blood, placental tissue, lung tissue, brain, liver, kidney, breast milk, and atherosclerotic plaque. While these findings confirm that human exposure occurs and that at least some particles can enter biological systems, the clinical implications remain an active area of investigation.
By Jacob Schor, ND – In 1772, William Heberden invented the term angina pectoris to describe its symptoms of chest pain. Angina was an invented name, a cross between words used to describe sore throat, anger, and anguish, so that angina pectoris meant something like a severe anguishing angry sore throat pain in the chest.
By Donnie Yance, CN, MH, RH(AHG) – I’ve seen countless patients improve their health not through aggressive pharmaceutical intervention, but through fundamental lifestyle changes: eating real food, moving their bodies, managing stress, cultivating relationships, and finding purpose. These interventions work with our biology, not against it. They reduce inflammation, optimize metabolic function, and support the body’s innate healing capacity.
by Gary Null, PhD – What do we normally use to overcome obstacles? Fear, anger, uncertainty, envy, jealousy. Think of how many times you have been motivated by jealousy.
What if, instead, you simply had love? Do you know what love can do to a problem? It transforms your reaction to it. Love guides you to reframe events and to give the benefit of the doubt to yourself and to others.
It has proven to be difficult, if not impossible, to proceed to full-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for most of the natural methods that cannot be patented or otherwise monopolized.
By addressing food sensitivities through targeted testing and personalized dietary interventions, individuals can take a significant step toward reducing inflammation, improving gut health, and enhancing overall well-being.
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