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The Vampire Facelift: Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Technology and the Art of Sculpting a Beautiful Face
In our introductory, exciting episode titled “The Vampire Series,” in the August, 2016, issue of Healthy Beginnings Magazine, we introduced the concept extracting stem cells via Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) as a means of stimulating new collagen, blood vessels and fatty...
The Sky’s The Limit: Your Thyroid and You; The Finale
The Finale, Part 2 Last month we revisited the root causes of thyroid disease (1: “Leaky Gut ” Syndrome, 2: exposure to heavy metals and toxins, 3: latent infectious diseases, 4: adrenal insufficiency, 5: iodine deficiency and 6: nutrient deficiencies) and discussed...
The Sixth Root Cause of Thyroid Disease
Part IX: The Thyroid-Nutrient Connection Over the past several months I, along with our Healthy Beginnings readers have explored, in-depth, all things thyroid. We reviewed its anatomy, physiology, symptoms of altered thyroid output, how to gauge that output, remedies...
Patient Mysteries: Are You Thyroid Deficient?
Part 7: Thyroid Disease and the Adrenal Connection “Again with the thyroid?” “Dad.” “Enough already. Write something else.” “But, but…There’s more.” “More? I should know from this? In my day, you measured one thing, TSH. If it’s high, it’s low. If it’s low, it’s high....
Patient Mysteries: Are You Thyroid Deficient?
Part 6: Infections and Thyroid Disease Back in the dark ages, (for me) circa 1976, medical students were dutifully taught the ABCs of thyroid disease as a “Goldilocks” issue. “Normal” is a wide range (0.45 to 4.5 mIU/L); if it too runs too fast, slows it; if it runs...
Patient Mysteries: Are You Thyroid Deficient?
Part 5: Heavy Metals, Toxins, and Thyroid Disease In Part I, “Patient Mysteries, Are You Thyroid Deficient?” we reviewed two cases illustrating common clinical presentations of thyroid disease, the anatomy, and physiology of the thyroid gland, symptoms of low thyroid...
Patient Mysteries: Are you thyroid deficient?
Part 4: Gluten, ‘Leaky Gut’ Syndrome, and Thyroid Disease In Part I, “Patient Mysteries, Are You Thyroid Deficient?” we reviewed two cases illustrating common clinical presentations of thyroid disease, the anatomy, and physiology of the thyroid gland, symptoms of low...
Introducing Battlefield Acupuncture for acute and chronic pain
Tuesday, July 18, 1995, was a typical hot and humid day in Northeast Pennsylvania. With children, Matthew 11 and Jamie 9, we tended a backyard garden before work (for me) and camp (for them.) Despite poor growing conditions due to excessive moisture including a...
Patient Mysteries: Are you thyroid deficient?
Part 2 In Part 1 we reviewed two case studies illustrating common clinical presentations of thyroid disease, the anatomy, and physiology of the thyroid gland, symptoms of low thyroid output and causes of thyroid disease. In Part 2 we will review the diagnosis and...