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Excellent, ever improving health

by Dr. Alexander on August 27, 2010

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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein.

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Finding Health in Stress

by T Alexander MD on September 1, 2010

Weather we are in relatively good health but want it to get better or we suffer from a more chronic illness, it is important to honestly look at our contribution to a lack of excellent health. Stress has everything to do with our health. Take the simple case of our ancestors who were confronted in [...]

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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Getting your life back.

August 24, 2010

One of the most gratifying ‘syndromes’ to treat using the principles of Integrative Health is Fibromyalgia/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. What we have learned over the years is to look for the underlying cause of the problem instead of relying on the symptoms or the disease diagnosis. We may all be exposed to a similar stress [...]

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How to keep your prostate healthy.

August 18, 2010

It has become one of those edicts of society that as men grow older they are going to have prostate problems. Benign Enlargement of the Prostate (called BPH or Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy) is one of the most common medical diagnosis in men over the age of 50. Studies show that almost half of men between [...]

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The Female Sex Hormones: What they do, how they keep you young and bio-identical hormone replacement

August 11, 2010

The Female Sex Hormones: What they do, how they keep you young and Bio-identical Hormones. Suzanne Somers popularized bio-identical hormone replacement in her book ‘Breakthrough’. Interestingly bio-identical hormone replacement was pioneered by Dr. Jonathan Wright way back in 1982.  (Click for website ) However his work was recognized only after Suzanne Somers recognized his brilliance [...]

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Banish Acne Forever

August 4, 2010

The majority of us know that sinking feeling in our stomach when we look in the mirror and see those crops of blemishes on our face – the much disliked presence of acne. Studies show that between 75% to 95% of our teenage population and even many adults deal with Acne. Acne is a serious [...]

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Stress, Exercise, Aging and the Metabolic Syndrome

August 3, 2010

If a patient were to ask me ‘Doc give me just one thing I can do to improve my health, I would say exercise. The word exercise brings out many negative connotations in people’s minds. Images of endless boring hours lifting metallic objects and running on treadmills flash in our minds. But that does not [...]

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Longevity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and You.

July 20, 2010

One of the buzzwords in holistic medicine today is anti-aging. I prefer to call it aging gracefully. Aging in my experience can be a wonderful process of growth and fine tuning th e spirit, mind and body. So what do we have to  address to prevent loss of health that might accompany aging? Often ignored [...]

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Working out the fun and easy way

July 14, 2010

Most of us today have an overflowing to do list. And so when a patient walks in the office and the talk goes to exercise – there is often an uneasy silence. Because very few of us want one more thing to do in our crowded day. And yet physical activity is one of the [...]

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Skincare for Summer

July 8, 2010

Skin care for Summer:   Why do plants thrive in the summer sun, while we poor humans end up getting sun burned if we overdo our outdoor experience? Why according to estimates by the American Cancer Society will there be one million new cases of skin cancer this year? Why despite all the sunscreen we [...]

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