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EDTA Chelation Therapy Clinical Trial – Enrollment About To End
The effectiveness of chelation therapy has long been debated. In 2002, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine announced a study, “ To Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT)” to establish adequate research to verify chelation therapy as a safe and effective alternative therapy.
...read moreSulfation-Another Liver Function
Sulfate is a major pathway in the body that is essential for many biological processes. For example, sulfate is needed to start the cascade of digestive enzymes from the pancreas. Without protease, lipase and amylase, food is not digested efficiently.
...read moreYeast Infections-Vaginal Symptoms, Preventative Steps
While the infection can be very uncomfortable, the symptoms usually aren’t very serious. Health information regarding candidia offers practical self-help preventative steps to limit or avoid developing an infection.
...read moreObesity-Inflammation Related-Common Thread with Diseases-Part 2
We continue from last week’s Part 1 with Michael Glade and his insights into obesity as it relates to the inflammation process. A quick overview is two types of fat are present in the body: subcutaneous and visceral. Subcutaneous fat is the type found just underneath the skin, which may cause dimpling and cellulite. Visceral [...]
...read moreObesity-Inflammation Related; Common Thread with Diseases Part 1
Obesity is thought to be a disease of inflammation, according to Michael Glade, Ph.D.
I became acquainted with his work through a DVD given to me by NeuroScience. We have use NeuroScience protocols with great success; a company that focuses on “Target Amino Acids” as a means to address healing of the adrenal gland and balance [...]
Insurance – "Medical Necessity" Requirement Part 2
Services: What does the requirement of meeting “Medical Necessity” mean?
What it does not mean is what your doctor thinks is beneficial or necessary. No, the insurance company decides if recommendations meet community standards which are encompassed in the field of traditional medicine or medical literature reviewed by peers only.
If you see the doctor for a [...]
Insurance – Medical Necessity – Part 1
Center for Environmental Medicine is a medical practice providing health care to families and individuals from a holistic approach; applying therapies studied from allopathic (conventional or contemporary medicine whose practitioners prefer to claim “The Standard of Care”), alternative, integrative, complementary and functional medicine or CAM. These services in the health insurance industry may sometimes fall [...]
...read moreAlzheimer's Prevention
Alzheimer’s, one of the most feared age related diseases of our time, has the attention of scientist who are intensively researching every aspect of the age-related dementia. Once Alzheimer’s takes hold, there is no known cure. There are new drugs available that seem to provide some preventive measures and several theories as to what causes [...]
...read moreNeurotoxicity Explained
Everybody knows that you need good elimination habits to function optimally but few have only a basic understanding of what that means. In a society that is becoming more focused on health and nutrition, a closer look at a group of toxins, called neurotoxins, is needed.
While elimination routes include kidney, gastrointestinal, skin and exhaled air, [...]