[I'm told by people that you can simply Google: "Denver Naturopathic Clinic" and add whatever terms you are looking for. For example: "Denver Naturopathic Clinic Alzhiemer's Disease" ]
Here we come a Wassailing
January 3, 2008
There are three meanings to the the term wassail. First, wassail is a winter time beverage, Second, wassail refers to going house to house caroling and receiving gifts and third, wassail refers to the old, old tradition of singing to apple trees shortly after the winter solstice, wishing them good health.
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Melatonin and GERD: an unexpected treatment for reflux disease
December 27, 2008
Several interesting papers have been published that suggest melatonin may work to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Infrared Sauna Part I
December 14, 2008
In the lasr few years sauna construction has changed dramatically; the new infrared sauan heaters promise to be cheaper to operate and more importantly better for treating a range of conditions.
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Flamingoes Don't Get Osteoporosis
December 1, 2008
A novel treatment for osteoporosis, standing on one foot like a flamingo gains more published support.
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Statins Don't Cause Cancer: Cancer lowers LDL
November 26, 2008
The confusion over whether Statin Drugs cause cancer seems to have been settled. The association between low LDL and increased risk for cancer is true whether someone takes lipid lowering drugs or not.
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Daylight Savings Time:
November 20, 2008
Recent publications suggest that switching to Daylight Savings Time increases the risk of heart attack and costs us more money for electricity.
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Zicam Warning
November 2008
Our annual warning before cold and flu season commences that intranasal zinc may cause loss of smell
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Robert Timberlake
NDNR November 2008
Our dear friend Robert Timberlake passed away earlier this year. Thie article, a tribute, was published in the NDNR
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Diabetes Chaos:
November 13, 2008
As incidence of diabetes increases in our country questions arise as to what the goal of treatment should really be.
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What Would Hiawatha Think?
November 5, 2008
Skip the title, this is a review of research on the benefit of exercise for cancer prevention and treatment
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What's Truth Got to Do With it?
November 1, 2008
There is no need to avoid the specious argument in political advertising. Voters pay little heed to false claims in making their decisions. Science and political pursuasion.
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Happiness and the Taste of Food
October 23, 2008
Taste perception appears to vary with mood. Taste discrimination may become a tool for diagnosing depression.
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Fasting and Chemotherapy
October 18, 2008
Though the researchers warn not to try this at home, many cancer patients are excited about the work published by Watler Longo at the University or Southern California earlier this year.
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Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis
October 17, 2008
This class of drugs, now the standard of care for postmenopausal breast cancer come with unwanted side effects, chief among the is arthritis.
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Thyroid and Melanoma
October 3, 2008
Adjusting TSH may be a useful tool in treating melanoma
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Cranberries and Warfarin Don't Mix!
September 27, 2008
Cranberries increase the effect of warfarin, an anticoagulant drug that requires careful control.
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Whoops: The Case of the Mistaken Cell Line
September 22, 2008
It turns out that the 'Breast Cancer' cells used by researcher for years are actually skin cancer cells.
So much for evidence based modern medicine.
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Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe:
September 20, 2008
Both Green tea and pomegranate juice have been shown to be protective against prostate cancer. Why not mix them together?
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Thryoid Interference: Coffee joins the list of things the interfer with thyroid hormone absorption
September 15, 2008
People who are hypothyroid are tired. People who are tired drink coffee. New data suggests that drinking coffee will interfere with thyroid hormone action and thus backfire, leaving the hypothyroid individual even tireder.
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Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms
September 10, 2008
My attempt to distract my mind draming about fire pistons is brought back to more immediate concerns by a reference to chaga mushrooms.
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Vitamin D Versus Cholesterol
August 30, 2008
Raising vitaming D into the normal range lowers heart attack risk much more than lowering cholesterol.
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Pomegranate Update
August 15, 2008
A review of recent publications about medical uses of pomegranate.
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Alzhiemer's Disease Update
August 1, 2008
Enough new data has been published in recent months that it is time to review it
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Prunes and Cancer: the Bad News
July 18, 2008
Though prunes might prevent or treat osteoporosis there is a theoretical concern about cancer that dampens our enthusiasm.....
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CoQfusion:
July 1, 2008
A patient came in recently with a long list of symptoms that had miraculously disappeared when he started taking Ubiquinol, a new form of Coenzyme Q-10 being sold.
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Prunes and Osteoporosis
July 4, 2008
Those fruits we used to call prunes but now call dried plums may soon be used to treat osteoporosis
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Barbecue and Cherries
June 26, 2008
This article was first written 3 or 4 years ago but we neglected to post this on the website so we are doing it now. [Link]
Medicine Woman and Oxytocin
June 23, 2008
A few weeks ago, while channel surfing in a motel room in Canada, my daughter Sophie and I chanced upon a show called Medicine Woman. The series follows Dr. Daniele Behn Smith, an engaging “27-year old Aboriginal woman and a rural family physician from British Columbia, Canada, as she travels across the world investigating the healing traditions of the indigenous people, rediscovering the knowledge of Mother Nature's medicine chest.”
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Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure
May 12, 2008
Recent Research suggests curcumin may play a role in treating diabetes and heart failure.
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Unipedal Standing for Osteoporosis
May 1, 2008
Standing on one foot regularly is an effective strategy for preventing falls and increasing bone strength to prevent hip fractures.
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Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin:
April 19, 2008
"The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”
Thoreau, Walden
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Achilles Tendon Ruptures Linked to Levaquin
April 2008
Goodness do I feel like a moron. Here is the story.
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Vitamin D Links to Cannell article in Virology and Globe and Mail article
February 2008
Two articles were recently published that are of great interest. The first is a follow up of Cannell et al and their 2007 paper linking vitamin D deficiency to winter outbreaks of influenza.
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Light at Night:
February 2008
An Israeli Study used NASA satelite photos and corelated breast cancer rates to the light at night from towns observed from space.
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Diet Malarkey: Alkaline and Ash Diets and Cancer
January 2008
Though they have a long history of clinical use, there is little evidence or reason to believe the reasoning behind the suggestions to follow alkaline diets to treat cancer. Yet there is still good reason to follow them.
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Bisphenol-A and Harry Potter
January 2008
Reports from two 'expert' committees tasked to decide on the safety of bisphenol-a produce such contrasting opinions, it seems we are reading about Harry Potter and the Ministry of Magic
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FABNO: Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology
January 2008
Doctor Schor adds some new initials after his name and asks Dr Bloom for a raise
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Brocoli Sprouts, Oncoplex and other BS
January 2008
Sulforaphane, the chemical found in curciferous vegetables is gaining attention as paper after paper is published suggesting it has benefit in preventing and treating cancer.
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Real Preventive Medicine: Vitamin D and Breast
January 2008 NOTE: also published in the Park Hill News
Review of recent research on Vitamin D and cancer link that suggests daily doses may be very useful at reducing disease, especially in black women.
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Alkaline and Acidic Ash Diets to treat Cancer
January 15, 2008
This is something of an ethical question. Do you let a pateint believe in an outdated theory with no scientific support just to encourage a better diet?
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Bisphenol-A and Harry Potter
January 5, 2008
The current debate on the safety of bisphenol-A a chemical found in many household products....
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Recycle your
computer
November
2007
Denver
Not-for-profite rebuilds, repair, or recycles used computers, donating
computers to those in need.
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to full article]
Mushrooms
cut breast cancer risk in menopausal women
November
5, 2007
A
Korean study suggests eating mushrooms lowers breast cancer risk in postmenopausal
women.
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to full article]
Metabolic Syndrome, Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
November
1, 2007
If
you are a fat guy with high blood pressure and low HDL cholesterol, you
had better spend plenty of time in the sun. Low vitamin D levels
will increse your risk of prostate cancer by a factor of 8.
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to full article]
Preventing
Neuropathy during Chemotherapy
October
19, 2007
There
are a few nutritional tricks to reduce nerve damage from chemotherapy.
Detailed and tedious revew follows.....
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to full article]
Taxol
chemotherapy may be of little use to the majority of women with breast
cancer.
October
11, 2007
Another
news story is published that questions thevalue of another common chemotherapy
drug used to treat breast cancer.
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to full article]
Anthracycline cardiotoxicity and breast cancer: for most women may not
be worth the risk
October
10, 2007
The
most common chemotherapy drug to use with breast cancer is known to cause
heart damage. Co Q-10 may protect against this damage. New
information questions whether these drugs even provide benefit for the
overwhelming majority of women who take it.
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to full article]
Curcumin
and Alzheimer's Disease
October
5, 2007
The
Indian spice turmeric and an extract made from it called curcumin may
prove to be useful at preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease.
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to full article]
Synergy
of Phytochemicals with a Fruitcake recipe
October
1, 2007
The
more phytocehmicals mixed together the more effective they become
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Melatonin
and Breast Cancer
September
23, 2007
The
hormone melatonin is well established as protective against breast cancer.
The primary avenues of action are reviewed.
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to full article]
Vitamin
D and Colorectal lCancer Prevention
September
27, 2007
Adequate
vitamin D lowers risk of developing colorectal cancer by half
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to full article]
Betacarotene
and Cancer
September
20, 2007
The
evidence that betacarotene may increase cancer risk in certain circumstances
continue to grow.
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to full article]
Molecular
targets of bioactive agents for treating cancer
September
20, 2007
The
scientific understanding of the mechanics of food substances and their
action has come a long way.....
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to full article]
Honey
Update 2007
September
10, 2007
Colony
Collapse Disorder Explained, almost, research update and a honey cake
recipe
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Russian
Spam Betulinic Acid and Chaga Mushrooms
September
5, 2007
We
have a reliable source for Chaga Mushrooms, a natural source for betulinic
acid.
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to full article]
Cholesterol,
Statins and the book, Overdosed America
August
30, 2007
The
guidelines for cholesterol levels appear to be unfounded and not justified
by currently published research
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to full article]
Coffee
and MI risk varies with genotype
August
25, 2005
That
All men are created equal works for fledgling democracies but does not
work for medical research any longer. Genetic variations created
different risks and benefits.
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Hypothyroid
disease and vitamin B-12 deficiency
Mid
August 2007
There
is a complex relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease, celiac disease
and pernicious anemia. Most people will remember this article because
it contains 30 year old photos of Dr. Bloom in her air force uniform
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Lung
Cancer: The guerilla in the room
August
19, 2007
Imagine
a line of 108 World Trade Towers collapsing like dominoes and you've visualized
the yearly death toll from lung cancer in the United States.
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Pancreatic
Cancer: Epidemiology and Nutritional Treatment
August
13, 2007
Smoking
cessation will do more to decrease pancreatic cancer incidence than any
other single intervention we know of
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The
Real Reason to Buy Organic
July
28, 2007
The
real reason to eat organic fruits and vegetables is not that they are
less toxic but that in an odd way, they are actually more toxic. Bear
with me as I explain this apparent sacrilege.
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In
Praise of Costco
July
27, 2007
I
have just returned home from a shopping expedition to Costco feeling exuberantly
joyous. Perhaps it was the extra scoop or two of coffee beans I miscounted
into the coffee-grinder earlier this morning. More likely, the deeply
buried genes that control my psyche still rejoice and celebrate any return
from a successful hunting and gathering expedition into the wilderness.
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Dietary
Aromatase Inhibitors
July
11, 2007
Several
foods inhibit aromatase enzyme in a manner similar to the prescription
drugs commonly used to treat metastatic cancer. These may provide
an alternative to patients who cannot tolerate these drugs.
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Epigenetics
and cancer:
July
11, 2007
I
sometimes begrudge how easily I devoted memory cells in my younger years
to things which now prove to be of little use. Old phone numbers take
up space that would be better devoted to new numbers or passwords.
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Revigator:
radiation hormesis and radioactive spring water at home
June
20, 2007
Subject:
Historic review of Revigator and radiation cures
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Canadian
Cancer Societhy Advises 1,000 IU vitamin D a day to prevent Cancer
June
10, 2007
Subject:
A recent prospective study suggests taking calcium and vitamin D profoundly
reduces risk for women to get cancer.
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to full text]
More
Titles and Subject Briefs going back to 2005
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