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, 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 moreEverybody 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 [...]
...read moreIn the toxic environment we live it, it is hard to imagine one being able to escape the potential dangers that threaten us in our air, water and food. Some believe, as I do, that the health of this nation, evidenced by the escalation of heart disease and chronic acquired diseases, is in direct relationship [...]
...read morePesticides kill insects and pests but can also have a devastating effect on the human species. When a panic-stricken friend called to say she had a termite infestation and the exterminator wanted to pour 350 pounds of pesticide in and around her home, I realized most people do not know how to get enough information [...]
...read moreFood allergy is believed to be the single most contributory factor of chronic disease and therefore warrants consideration when evaluating the patient. Immune reactions to ingestants are much more complex than inhalants which tend to be a fixed allergy. To the physician who understands the basic history and complex symptomology of food hypersensitivity, evaluation has [...]
...read moreFor years, EDTA held a clean record regarding safety but in the past few years, there have been rumors concerning the safety of EDTA. Unfortunately these rumors are true. Due to some poorly trained doctors, hospitals and pharmacies, the wrong medication was incorrectly administered to patients and they were injured or died. EDTA has two [...]
...read moreAbout two years ago, a new patient arrived at the office for an appointment. She had just been released from the hospital where she had a psychiatric workup for extreme anxiety and depression. Ten days later she emerged with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and was on at least ten medications. Her personality seemed flat which [...]
...read moreThe major focus of detoxification for most people involves the liver and digestive system but astute patients look further to what is known as metabolic detoxification and chelation to reduce toxins in the organs, soft tissue, nerve and muscle tissue. One such chelator is DMPS. What is DMPS? It is a chelator named Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid [...]
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