I recently experience an extremely effective acupuncture for shoulder pain. I want to share how acupuncture works and what TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) is; why it is not mainstream (but should be), and what ailments this can treat effectively...

Testing for and treating H. pylori for gastroesophageal disease is now the mainstream standard of care. However, study results show two sides of H. pylori; it is both protective and harmful...

Doctors commonly rule out infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) when a patient has stomach pain. It is probably the most widely studied and treated bacterium, and has been named the “prize bug of all time[1]” despite that it is quite controversial...

In this article I want to begin to share examples in my practice of valuable therapies not proven by randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled (RDBPC) clinical trials. The first is nutrition...

Mainstream medicine doctors love to disregard therapies that have not been “proven by randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trials.” However, many therapies in mainstream and natural-therapy medicine are very safe and effective but lack clinical trials to prove them...

I recently wrote about the adverse effects of artificial sweeteners. One of those effects is that they disrupt gut microbiota (intestinal bacteria) balance and diversity.[1] You really don’t want to mess with your healthy gut organisms and I’ll tell you why a bit later in this report...

This month an astounding report was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine claiming little if any reduction in heart disease outcomes is obtained through Nutritional Supplements and Dietary Interventions...

Did you know that nearly ninety percent of women over age 20 (and less than five percent of men) experience cellulite? In this article I’ll tell you what I’ve learned about cellulite and the best ways to treat it...

I previously shared with you about the cosmeceuticals and non-surgical skin tightening interventions for sagging skin. Now I want to tell you about another method for sagging skin with underlying spot fat accumulation...

Sagging skin is the major aesthetic concern for my patients over age 50. Let’s look at what causes sagging skin and what you can do to treat it...