Anemia is commonly diagnosed in children. Anemia is caused by the body not having enough healthy red blood cells. Iron is needed for the formation of healthy red blood cells. Most individuals do not consume enough iron in their diet for healthy formation of red blood cells. The body needs…
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…
Most childhood illnesses are common, natural and necessary for correct immune system development. 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. Described below…
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…
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…
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. Psychoeducational Evaluation: 3 Tips for Parents…
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. Psychoeducational Evaluation: 3 Tips for Parents…
Your skin is the largest organ of your body, so it only makes sense that it reflects your overall health, for the world to see! Beauty really is only skin deep but feeling good about yourself also lights you up from the inside, contributing to a vibrant outward appearance. Choose…
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. ADD/ADHD: A Chinese Medicine Perspective Asthma Sufferers…
Do the benefits of sunscreen outweigh the dangers? Safe sun exposure allows our bodies to create Vitamin D, a nutrient crucial to our health in many ways. Studies show that many Americans are deficient in Vitamin D. Sunscreen blocks the UVB rays that cause your skin to produce this vital…
Homeopathic medicine interests many parents as a drug-free, side effect-free treatment option. We get a lot of questions about it, so we asked our new pediatric nurse practitioner, Debi Wills, to answer a few. Debi has used homeopathy with patients for over 15 years and we’re fortunate to have her…
Homeopathic remedies have been used in healing for centuries. In the very early days of modern medicine, medical schools in this country taught homeopathy. The evolution toward pharmaceuticals (and other factors) slowly removed homeopathy as a pursuit of study in medical schools, but the art form has been far from…
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. Natural Cold and Flu Prevention and…
Social Anxiety Disorder (also called social phobia) is an intense fear that a person has of being judged, evaluated negatively, or being seen poorly by others. This is an irrational fear, not just embarrassment. This level of fear inflicts high anxiety and causes a person to withdraw from social situations. …
As children return to school, exposure to more germs and hectic schedules can take down your entire household if you don’t build a strong immune system! Functional-integrative medicine understands that lifestyle factors, when combined with an individual’s unique genetics, either support good health or contribute to chronic illness. A functional…
Colic, eczema and food intolerances are common conditions, even in babies who are otherwise healthy. Even if you do everything “right,” toxins in our environment and food can cause these and other baby woes. Many parents do not realize that small symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, skin rashes, and…
Even a healthy baby can experience colic, reflux, allergies, eczema and food intolerances. The key is correctly diagnosing the root cause of these common concerns. These are all conditions that tend to recur and can lead to more serious inflammatory illnesses if not treated at the source. Even if…
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