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CASE STUDY: Dr. E Has A Near-Death Moment and Experiences The Healthcare System For Himself

Since I’ve written more than 1000 of these Health Tips over the years, you may not have noticed you’ve been reading re-runs this past month. Although I try to keep us both away from doctors and hospitals as much as possible, sometimes you’ve just got to bite the bullet, turn yourself over to someone else’s expertise, and hope for the best. Obviously, since I’m writing Read More

tags: acupuncture, american health care system, atrial fibrilation, blood thinners, champagne, health care, health care system, hip fracture, joint replacement, orthopedics, physical therapy, quality health care

CASE STUDY: “My Breath Smells Like An Open Sewer”

Robert’s breath had become his worst nightmare and as a consequence he knew was starting to isolate himself socially. For three years, he’d tried every over-the-counter remedy. When he walked, Tic Tacs rattled in several pockets. Robert had seen specialists, had his teeth cleaned every three months, and followed a twice-daily oral regimen that included flossing, brushing, and jet-streaming his gums. The finale was a Read More

tags: bad breath, digestion, digestive aid, digestive enzymes, digestive health, digestive problems, digestive systems, digestive upset, GERD, heartburn, probiotic, SIBO

CASE STUDY: A Personal Experience With Side Effects

We’d prefer not to know that all drugs (all of them) are potentially poisonous. Check this out by reading the “overdose” section of the lengthy version of the package insert accompanying your prescription. We don’t set out to intentionally overdose ourselves on common pharmacologic selections–meds for blood pressure, diabetes, birth control, anxiety, sleep, and so forth. However, what helps one person might make the next Read More

tags: Big Pharma, drug interactions, FDA, health warnings, medication, pharmaceuticals, side effects, sleep medication, warnings

CASE STUDY: Persistent Patient: Linda and the Thyroid-Gut Connection

Persistent Patient: Linda and the Thyroid-Gut Connection Linda, an accomplished woman in her late 30s, was not a happy camper. She arrived for the first time at WholeHealth Chicago certain, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that she had an underactive thyroid gland. Linda had read all the websites, especially Janie A. Bowthorpe’s Stop the Thyroid Madness, and was becoming increasingly exasperated with conventional medicine. Read More

tags: basal body temperature, bloating, brain fog, dysbiosis, fatigue, gluten, gluten sensitivity, gut health, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hypothy, hypothyrodism, hypothyroidism, natural thyroid, SIBO, small intestine bacterial overgrowth, thyroid

CASE STUDY: “I Am So Bloated!”

Susan had written “BLOATED!” in the section marked “What’s the main problem?” She told me she’d been suffering for years, her stomach feeling like some gremlin was inflating a balloon every time she ate. When the bloating was especially severe, Susan said she looked like she was in her fifth month of pregnancy. She was even embarrassed to accept dinner invitations. “You can actually see Read More

tags: acupuncture, bloated, bloated feeling, bloating, candida yeast infections, Chinese Medicine, digestion, digestive enzymes, digestive health, elimination diet, FODMAPs, food sensitivity, food sensitivity diet, homeopathy, IBS, irritable bowel, irritable bowel syndrome, nutrition, probiotic, probiotics, SIBO, yeast

CASE STUDY: Healing Adrenal Fatigue

In last week’s Health Tip I described the exhausted state of Patricia, dragging herself through the day and crashing completely in the afternoon. At first, Patricia was oddly supercharged in the evening, unable to relax or sleep. Later, this energy burst vanished and she simply couldn’t sleep. She was tired all the time. Before her visit with us at WholeHealth Chicago, Patricia had had quite Read More

tags: acupuncture, adrenal, adrenal fatigue, adrenal glands, adrenal hormones, Chinese Medicine, chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, fatigue, glandular therapies, homeopathy, psychologist, stress, stress buffer, supplements

CASE STUDY: “Every Afternoon At About Four I’m So Tired I Could Sleep At My Desk”

“Exhaustion is my reality. At four o’clock, I’m wiped, totally wiped.” Patricia is 33, happily married as far as marriages go, one kid, steadily employed in the usual American less-than-satisfying corporate job, good eating habits, and, until recently, a health club goer a couple/three times a week. Now she’s too tired for that. Just looking at her, you can tell she’s dragging. Circles under her Read More

tags: adrenal, adrenal fatigue, adrenal glands, adrenal hormones, chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, cortisol, endocrine, endocrine gland, fatigue, general fatigue, mental fatigue, stress

CASE STUDY: The Girl Who Smelled Like Pennies

She could not get rid of the awful taste in her mouth. Metallic, she described it, like having pennies in your mouth. Two years it had been. She’d tried a tongue scraper to no avail. Changed her diet, swished an assortment of mouthwashes, rinsed her sinuses with a neti pot, and then, thinking she might have a sinus infection, consulted her family doctor, who prescribed Read More

tags: Candida, candida yeast infections, copper, IUD, metallic taste, vaginal discharge, vaginal yeast infection, yeast infection

CASE STUDY: “They Crawl Under My Skin and Come Out At Night”

Earlier this year, iconic folk singer Joni Mitchell was found unconscious in her California home and immediately hospitalized. Although she was subsequently discharged and seems to be doing well (in late June her spokesperson said she’d experienced an aneurysm), the hospitalization revealed that she’d been plagued for years with Morgellons Disease. She describes her experience with Morgellons in a 2010 LA Times interview: “I have Read More

tags: Bartonella, Borrelia, Joni Mitchell, Lyme disease, Morgellons disease

CASE STUDY: The Aching Man And The Sweaty Woman

New patient Phil told me he’d been suffering muscle pain every single day for more than eight years. He’d seen neurologists and rheumatologists, had had an MRI of his spine, was told he had spinal stenosis (narrowing), had cortisone shots, and recently had been scheduled for neurosurgery. Then a friend told him to stop taking his statin drug. When Phil told his doctor what his Read More

tags: PDR, Physicians Desk Reference, side effects

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