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Who would have thought nutrition would be a novel concept? There is no health problem that can't be helped with better nutrition. We may not always be able to 100% treat or prevent disease or aging from happening, but there is no doubt that nutritional...
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"if we do not take time to be healthy, will willhave to take time to be sick." Dr Dwayne Dyer If you could see inside your body and inside your cells and see how wonderfully made you are the more you'd want to take care of yourself and your...
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Prevention has been a big buzz word in the Wellness Industry. There is even a magazine with the name. Well, I found a new great word I have been using with my clients. I recently heard a Family Pracitce Physician speak and she gave a powerful lecture...
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Mom Question: My daughter is 3 years old and small so my pediatrician has recommended keeping her on whole milk. She drinks 5 to 6 cups per day and I think it is affecting her allergies. How much is too much milk? Dr Kilbane: Kids need about 16 to 24...
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According to multiple sources including the American Academy of Pediatrics and several medical publications and books including “Healthy Child, Whole Child”, a nationally renown book co-written by one of our guest interviewees, Dr. Russ Greenfield , ...
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This has nothing to do with this month's theme of integrative medicine, or maybe it does... Jacob is teething. Some babies wake up one morning, and have 3, 4, or maybe 5 teeth. They are the lucky ones. This does not happen in our house. Teething here...
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My birth story begins on January 19th, 2010. I was 2 days past my due date, and had my weekly doctor appointment. I waddled into the office, excited to see what sort of progress I had made from the week before. When my doctor checked me at 39 weeks, I...
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Yoga like Valentine's Day is all about attachment. Well actually , it is about detachment from that which no longer serves it's purpose and attachment to that which is a productive element. Motherhood rides such a constant balance of attachment...
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Eve was the first client who hired me by recommendation which was exciting. She was also the shortest time I had ever spent with a client since she hired me only two days before her birth when she was already 1 centimeter dilated. This was also going...
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I have to admit, I was very unfamiliar with the topic of integrative medicine, so I have layed low this month. I have learned a lot reading the posts of the other contributors. I appreciate that. The one thing I have to contribute, better late than never...
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Alright y'all, the countdown is ON. In exactly two weeks, we'll know the sex of our little one. As exciting as it would be to wait until the birth to find out, I just couldn't do it. And it's not because I need to know how to decorate...
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I am a member of the Long Island Doula Association. One of the many service this group provides is doula services for teens in an adolescent pregnancy program in S uffolk County. My second client was going to be a women from this program. Not quite a...
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My story begins when I was diagnosed at 1 year old with Fanconi's Anemia, a rare fatal blood disorder. Without a matching donor for a bone marrow transplant, I would likely be dead before my 10th birthday. However, my parents would not accept this...
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I was once working in the new frontier of science called genomics. It was neat to be working in a field that was considered cutting edge and a whole new field of vast importance. Well, now there is a new frontier emerging with equal interest and equal...
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After a couple of months of holiday fun and travels, we toke our last trip for a couple of weeks. It was wonderful to finally soak up some sunshine after some frigid weeks. The family and I went down to Florida for some Wellness Workshops I was giving...