By: Alicia Galvin MEd, RD, LD, CLT, IFNCP As we head into the New Year, many of us may feel like we are trying to recover from the Holidays- maybe your diet was not pristine, maybe being with (or without) family was stressful, and maybe your bank account is also trying to recover. So now that the […]
By: Leila Doolittle DC Holiday season is the busiest shopping season of the year. Everywhere you look, stores are trying to grab your attention with enticing deals and alluring merchandise. Many people report that they experience a high when shopping. There is a term that has been gaining great popularity recently, “retail therapy.” What causes […]
By: Margaret Christensen MD ,FACOG, ABOIM, IFMCP All of us have had “gut wrenching” experiences. Did your last big presentation give you “butterflies” in your stomach? Have you ever felt like you were nauseous or having your stomach “in knots” after an argument or unpleasant encounter? We have used these expressions for a long time, […]
By: Margaret Christensen MD, IFMCP, ABOIM The Carpathia Collaborative Team is excited and proud to share with you an important study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA}. Those of us who have been utilizing integrative and functional medicine over the past 2 decades KNOW it works–to have this validated in a […]
By: Heidi Iratcabal ND, IFMCP, DPT November is Alzheimer’s month, which most people will briefly think about, more if they have a family member affected. But people, generally, will not spend a lot of time thinking about Alzheimer’s because the thought of it is scary. It is a scary disease and a costly one; financially, […]
By: Dr. Kina Khatri MD I am a breast cancer THRIVER. When it comes to October and Breast Cancer Awareness month its more than just buying pink and raising money for breast cancer research – it’s about what is within your control in your daily life to help prevent it. Many studies show that there […]
By: Margaret Christensen, MD, FACOG, IFMCP, ABOIM No matter your age and stage in life, (or your sex), our bodies interacting hormonal systems have a profound effect on heart health and function. And like Goldilocks conducting a complex symphony, not only does each individual hormone have to be “not too much, not too little– just […]
By: Alicia Galvin MEd, RD, LD, CLT, IFNCP Did you know that only 60% of couples will conceive naturally without medical assistance within the first 6 months of trying? This means that one in every eight couples struggle with infertility issues (1). Infertility is outlined as the decreased ability, or complete inability, of a couple […]
By: Margaret Christensen, MD, FACOG, IFMCP, ABOIM MOLD and Mycotoxins in DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, CHRONIC PAIN and ADDICTION Depression, anxiety and chronic pain are some of the most frequent symptoms and co-morbidities that clients present with to Functional Medicine and integrative practitioners. Much national attention is being focused on the epidemic of addiction to opioids, as […]
By: Dr. Leila Doolittle, DC We all use our cellphone data networks, WiFi, Bluetooth and various other wireless electronic connections on a daily basis. We are in the booming ‘Age of Technology.’ But have we stopped to consider what impact these various Electromagnetic Fields(EMF) are having on our bodies’ and our brains? WiFi or a […]
DID YOU KNOW? If several members of your house (including the pets!) are constantly sick with infections, or gut, immune, brain, psychiatric, neurological, focus, cognition, energy or hormonal problems, the air quality may be an issue! Even without an obvious flood or water leak, if indoor humidity is over 50% a home can have issues, […]
Because we are physically composed of what we eat, drink, think, breathe, touch and can’t eliminate. In the past 50-70 years we have radically altered the environment in which we as humans live. Annually we dump 4-6 billion pounds of chemicals into the soils, rivers, oceans and air – from petrochemicals, to pesticides, to industrial waste […]
