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Bartonella – A cause of PANS?

Infection with Bartonella has sparked a ton of controversy in the medical community. Most people know Bartonella henselae as the causative agent of cat scratch disease. In medical school, we’re taught that this disease is usually mild and self-limiting. It rarely needs treatment unless you’re quite unlucky or you are immunocompromised. So basically, for most…

How Worried Should You Be About Coronavirus?

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coronavirus, viruses

Coronavirus hysteria is all over the news and social media. Do you really need to be concerned or is this all just hype? This was the big question I was asked by reporter Amanda Capritto of CNET the other day. The bottomline is, Coronavirus is a significant issue in China. At the time of this…

Do you know your MDRs?

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What the heck is an MDR? I was at an amazing talk given by my good friend Dr. Alan Christianson, NY Times best-selling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet and The Metabolism Reset Diet. In his talk on entrepreneurial health, Dr. C introduced me to this concept. So what is MDR? MDR = Minimum Daily…

Integrative Lyme Retreat

Articles, Blog, Lyme Disease

Holistic medicine, Lyme disease, Natural treatment

We just finished our First Annual Integrative Lyme Ski Retreat and it was amazing! At the Blackjack Ridge House in Alta, UT, 19 of the most progressive thinking medical professionals came together to learn about the integrative management of tick-borne diseases, detoxification, hyperbarics, mold illness and the role of the gut-brain-heart axis in healing from…

A New Angle on Detoxification

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Brain health, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lyme, Sleep, Toxins

Why Do We Sleep? Scientists and physicians long debated why we sleep. Today we know sleep is required for consolidation of long-term memories and improves learning. It is a key component of hormone synthesis. Sleep allows for the growth and repair of muscles and tissues. And now we know sleep is critical for brain detoxification.…

Chronic Toxin Overload

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Toxins

Chronic Toxin Overload: The Real Cause of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By: Tom Moorcroft, DO Patients who suffer from unrelenting fatigue, persistent pain and brain fog are often diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia. Interestingly, neither of these diagnoses actually points to a cause of illness; they both are merely labels for a…

Cleansing the Brain

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Brain health

The Glymphatic System has recently been discovered by neuroscientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The findings were published online in Science Translational Medicine. This new system has been dubbed “the glymphatic system” since it acts much like the lymphatic system but is managed by brain cells known as glial cells. “Understanding how the…

Get Educated About Lyme Disease

Articles, Lyme Disease

Lyme disease has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and especially in Connecticut. With the number of Lyme infections rising, the need for Lyme disease education is at an all time high. In this article, we’ll review the questions I am most commonly asked about Lyme disease. My hope is by sharing these questions…

Tips for Preventing Tick Bites

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Tick removal, Ticks

Below are a few important tips for preventing tick bites. This information has been compiled from discussions with Lyme experts and information from the CDC, the CT Agricultural Experiment Station and the Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials websites. Tick pictures courtesy of the Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials. The first step in preventing…

Beyond Borrelia

Articles, Lyme Disease

Deer ticks, Tick bites, Ticks

Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have reached epidemic proportions in Connecticut and in much of the United States. One of the greatest difficulties facing patients and physicians is that Lyme disease rarely presents with the classic symptoms reported in medical textbooks. Rather, Lyme has been called the new “Great Imitator” because it can look like almost any other disease…

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Bartonella – A cause of PANS?

How Worried Should You Be About Coronavirus?

Do you know your MDRs?

Integrative Lyme Retreat

A New Angle on Detoxification

Chronic Toxin Overload

Cleansing the Brain

Get Educated About Lyme Disease

Tips for Preventing Tick Bites

Beyond Borrelia

FREE Guide: Top 6 Strategies to Boost Brain Detoxification

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