Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Posted in General on Mar 18th, 2013
A recent study found that 55.8% of women who were aged 16 to 49 had blood levels of lead, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that exceeded the average. Data was collected between 1999 and 2004 from 3,173 women in this age group. The survey was designed in such a way that it was representative of […]
Posted in Breast Cancer Prevention, General, Prevention, Vaginal Health on Jan 31st, 2013
The Affordable Care Act, enacted August of 2012, helps to make preventive services affordable and accessible by requiring health insurance plans to cover preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an advisory committee on immunization and guidelines recommended by the Academy of Pediatrics. The act also requires insurance companies to cover […]
Posted in Botanicals, General, Prevention on Dec 11th, 2012
The most recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trail in the study of echinacea for the prevention of colds and flu took place in Wales. Individuals were randomized to either echinacea or a placebo for 4 months. An alcohol extract (herbal tincture) of fresh echinacea was used consisting of 95% echinacea purpurea flowers and 5% roots. A […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, Pregnancy on Nov 27th, 2012
Most women tend to think of the time period during their pregnancy and lactation as the area of focus for their nutritional and lifestyle improvement efforts. Increasingly though, practitioners, consumers and patients alike, are realizing that not only does taking care of oneself during the reproductive years affect a healthy pregnancy and offspring, but nutritional […]
Posted in Cancer Prevention, General, Prevention, Vaginal Health on Sep 28th, 2012
If you go to your doctor’s office and get told to not come back for a pap smear in 1 year or 3 years or 5 years…. this may be an appropriate recommendation according to the pap smear guidelines, (based on pap smear history, risk of cervical dysplasia, age and history of human papilloma virus- […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, Prevention, Probiotics on Sep 21st, 2012
A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted using twelve electronic databases to evaluate the evidence for probiotics in the prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Studies that used one or more species of live microorganisms of Lactobacillus species, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces, Streptococcus, Enterococcus and/or Bacillus were included. Randomized trials were included if the probiotics were […]
Posted in Bone Health, Calcium, Cardiovascular, Dietary Supplements, Prevention on Jul 31st, 2012
This paper was a retrospective analysis of data from 2710 men and 1143 women which included 626 postmenopausal women and overall, an average age of 30 or older in Seoul, South Korea. None of the study subjects were taking a calcium supplement and a 24 hour dietary recall was used to assess calcium intake. Women […]
Posted in Breast Cancer Prevention, Dietary Supplements on Jun 12th, 2012
Over two thousand women with stage I, II or IIIA were enrolled in a study about two years after their breast cancer diagnosis. The use of a multivitamin pre-diagnosis and post-diagnosis was assessed with a questionnaire in Kaiser Permanente patients from Northern California. A yearly self-report and verification of their medical records was evaluated. Overall, […]
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