Superbugs: bacteria that may one day resist any antibiotic thrown at it. Reading that sentence doesn’t sound that scary. But when you consider we’ve only been in antibiotic era for 89 years… and conservative estimates indicate antibiotics have likely saved more than...
I’m not going to beat around the bush here. I have a love/hate relationship with Western medicine. Obviously, as an MD, I love the fact our collective understanding of the human body and how it works has helped us devise...
If you’re a patient of ours at Robinhood Integrative Health then you’ve likely noticed all of the MDs here talk about hormones. The reason why is simple. Americans nationwide suffer from declining hormone levels. I’ve written about this plenty, but...
Believe it or not, I promote cannibalism. In fact, I engage in cannibalism 2-3 times a week. Of course, when I say cannibalism I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking about real cannibalism wherein people eat other people. That’s not...
One of the beverages health professionals like myself are asked about frequently is coffee. Because coffee is a drug (well, caffeine is a drug) and it obviously has stimulatory properties, people can’t help but think it’s bad for you. Makes sense,...
A few months ago we got an interesting new medical device in our office. This medical device is one of the most interesting healing machines you’ll ever see. Not only does it look weird, it’s powerful enough to help with...
Depression is one of the most common and most devastating medical problems physicians like myself deal with. 16 million Americans are diagnosed with clinical depression. And many more suffer under the veil of depression without an actual diagnosis. Over the...
Let’s get something straight about cholesterol. Not all cholesterol is bad. The truth is there are two kinds of cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is a good kind of cholesterol and is important for many bodily processes. On...
Green tea. It’s one of nature’s most beneficial beverages as it contains far reaching health benefits that many other beverages will never manage to provide. Now, I do want to take a second and talk about a really big problem...
