Melissa: 12-year old Isabella Jorgenson loves to be in front of the lens, but being nearsighted turn her only modeling career into a blur.Isabella Jorgenson: That tree decorated plants and all blends in to make one big thing.Melissa: She tried contacts but the maintenance was too much for the pre-teen to handle. Thats when her mom heard about the study testing contacts worn only at night.Sheri Jor...read more
Male: Pediatricians have a tendency now to give solid foods later and one of the theories is that if you give it later, questions have been allergies, is that true?Dr. Marcus: We feel at this point that later introduction of certain foods does decrease the risk of allergies. The data is mixed, there are studies that suggest that this is true and there are other studies that show that it is not qu...read more
Raena Morgan: Are there certain conditions that naturopathic doctors can't treat?Dr. Todd Ferguson: I feel that naturopathy can help most people with most conditions. The real question I think gets into what is the most safe and effective treatment for the patient. So it's I think you know if someone has say a melanoma and a naturopathic doctor says run around in the sunshine and put some cream on...read more
Tom Audette: Michael, as you stated earlier, the friendly bacteria in our intestinal tract can be obtained from the foods that we eat, and really out to be eating in many cases—Michael Shahani: Thats right.Tom Audette: But if that—we see that there are a lot of probiotics on the market today. If you can get them from foods, why is there a reason—why would you even take a probiotic? What is the rea...read more
Kathy Reily: Hello! I am Kathy Reily, coordinator of the Diabetes Program at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Virginia. Now, we're going to talk about testing your blood sugar.Male Speaker: How do you test your blood sugar?Kathy Reily: To test your blood sugar, you would need a blood sugar meter that is obtained at the pharmacy. You can purchase them over-the-counter or you can obtain them thr...read more
Receiving Allergy Shots - Sharon's StoryI am at the point where I can get an allergy shot every two weeks to three weeks depending upon the season because I have been at this for over ten years. In years past, I had to go every week for an allergy injection. They dont hurt. You get stuck by a needle. Its like a bee sting. Sometimes I will react to the allergy shot so Ill get, the allergy shot will...read more
So what I am going to do is take the subject of nutrition and look at it strictly from a recovery perspective. I am also going to look at it in terms of your full day, because the full day is essentially a period of time in which you are recovering. So with that in mind, what I do is, I break the day down to five periods of time, five stages if you will, and in each stage there is something we are...read more