Genes and genetic testing—and what our DNA can reveal about our health—have become topics of much research and great interest. Patients who wish to gain a more thorough understanding of their body’s intricate processes can—with assistance from knowledgeable health professionals—cross-reference lab results with genetic testing to get a better picture…
It’s February…how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Are you still on track, or did all the wheels fall off right around the Superbowl? Let’s face it, we all need some “tough love” when it comes to our health commitments. There is no magic bullet, the easy way out…
Many Americans start the day by taking several medications, a natural accompaniment to their eggs and toast. You take medications because you are taught to, and that’s what most people are accustomed to. Because somehow the drugs are supposed to wipe the slate clean and zero-out your not-so-healthy lifestyle choices. …
If you missed any of our most popular articles, get yourself a nice mug of tea or hot cocoa and enjoy catching up. We hope the information we provide empowers you to help your family facilitate and celebrate the blessing of good health. 1. ADD/ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Perspective 2….
While you may know that gut health is central to good digestion, you may not have known that the gut affects nearly EVERY system in the body and plays a significant role in how they all function. You may have even heard that your gut is responsible for immune health…
Prevention of disease isn’t something we think a lot about during our busy lives. Sure, we may build in some good habits, like brushing our teeth and trying to eat better. But the fact remains that billions of dollars are spent every year looking for the cures to cancer, diabetes,…
No matter how long you decide to breastfeed, it’s a rewarding journey with your baby. After early breastfeeding, at about 3 months or so, you’ll find the process has smoothed out and become second nature. Nursing at 6 or 7 months is typically a fun time for most moms and…
Summer is a great time to catch up on your reading!! Get yourself a nice cool glass of iced tea and peruse these popular articles. We hope you find them helpful! Summertime brings with it opportunities to learn about specific health topics! Summer Nutrition Tips Organic Produce: When Is It…
The number-one men’s health tip might just be: Don’t wait for an emergency. The good news is, it’s not too difficult to make sure you’re in good shape. Check out our top nine men’s health tips below. Prioritize Your Health A top excuse for not scheduling regular exams is, “I’m…
Welcome to the month of May. A mother’s month, in more ways than one! In May, so many events get plugged into the end of the school year: athletic finals, concerts, dance recitals, awards ceremonies and graduations, to name a few. And then planning for the summer and the future…
Depending on your personal triggers, you can experience seasonal allergies all year round, especially in Florida. Allergy symptoms are simply immune system reactions. For example, a fever is your immune system’s response to the flu when your body is fighting a virus. You get seasonal allergy symptoms and the inflammation…
Early breastfeeding is like learning to dance with a new partner. It’s intimate, there’s a bit (or a lot) of “stepping” on each other and you tend to get sore if you’re not doing it quite right. There’s still a learning curve for even second-, third- or fourth-time moms because…
Growing bodies have immature immune systems; therefore, kids get sick more often than adults do. The regular exposure to “germs” when we’re little helps build immune systems that recognize and defeat illnesses later in life. Most childhood illnesses are common, natural and necessary for correct immune system development. Described below…
When we started CIPC’s monthly newsletter back in February of 2016, we asked Dr. C to write down all the nutrition tips he could think up. That list subsequently got turned into 6 articles when we were stumped for topics! Dr. C was known for educating parents; it was one…
If you missed any of our most popular articles, get yourself a nice mug of tea or hot cocoa and enjoy catching up. We hope the information we provide empowers you to help your family facilitate and celebrate the blessing of good health. 1. ADD/ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Perspective 2….
Juice Plus+ helps you bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you do eat, every day, with added nutrition from a wide variety of plant-based ingredients. It is the most thoroughly studied supplement on the planet, with over 40 peer-reviewed scientific studies published in prestigious journals. Twenty-one…
Not that we don’t enjoy seeing our patients, but our first responsibility is to prevent ill health to begin with! Here are some simple habits that can help keep you and your family out of the doctor’s office. Get 8 hours of sleep every night. Exercise at least 3 times…
We should be concerned with brain health at all ages, not just when we begin to experience cognitive decline! Your brain serves you in so many ways (many of them unconscious)—by keeping your heart beating and lungs breathing, storing your memories, coordinating all body movements by the millisecond, enabling speech,…
Children experience a lot of change during the pre-teen middle school years. Their workload becomes heavier and so do their social activities. They become more aware of their own autonomy and their self-esteem evolves. And let’s not forget the onset and effects of burgeoning hormones! The same parenting styles that…
There are many reasons for your child’s annual physical exam to be ranked as priority #1 each year. Taking a medical history in person at least once per year is an important part of the prevention and/or early detection and intervention for myriad health conditions. It doesn’t matter if your…
Outstanding readers, it’s time for another edition of Dr. C’s food rules for eating healthfully! We asked Dr. Cannizzaro to compile a list of his top tips. Occasionally, we bring out the list of tips and prepare a handful of them for you with a short explanation. We hope you…
Looking after a child’s mental health has become a recurring topic of concern for our patients and their families for the past fifteen months. During this time, we’ve all had to adjust, readjust and be resilient to retain some sense of normality (and some sense of humor as well). Now…
It seems too simple to be true. Halotherapy (salt therapy) can be used for myriad conditions such as asthma, allergies, colds, eczema, flu and stress. Yet salt has been used therapeutically for thousands of years and appears in ancient texts including the Bible. Even Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine,…
Before COVID, we had a pre-existing health crisis in the U.S.—a chronic complex disease epidemic. Years ago, it was infectious disease and before—way back in the 1800s—it was vitamin deficiency. Now it’s cancer, heart disease and diabetes—all preventable because the number-one cause of these conditions is diet. According to the…
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