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#65 – Rethinking Cancer: Causes & Interventions ** February 25, 2015 Guest // Michael B. Schachter, MD ** Host // Kelly Brogan, MD Think cancer is always a death sentence? Think surgery, chemo, and radiation are basically non-optional treatments? Is cancer something we need to “get out” of our bodies, or is it an invitation to …
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The idea behind vitalism and holistic healthcare is that an environment for wellness can be cultivated once we recognize the body’s inherent complexity, wisdom, and its inextricable connection to the world it inhabits. Immunity and microbial synergy While it is powerful to see studies like the one I am about to describe, our ability to …
My friend Sarah, instructor and visionary behind Happy Healthy Child, brought me to the second Kundalini yoga class of my life, recently. I’ve been doing yoga for twenty years and have struggled with “non-judgment” when I stumbled on a class that was non-sweat-inducing. I never understood prenatal, restorative, or even Hatha yoga. It all seemed like an unproductive …
#61 – Radical Remission of Autoimmune Disease ** January 28, 2015 Guest // Terry Wahls, MD ** Host // Kelly Brogan, MD View on Amazon. Imagine that you or a loved one are diagnosed with a degenerative disease that randomly attacks the brain and spinal cord. Let’s say that the constellation of symptoms cluster around …
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“She has a remarkable ability to attend and stay on task,” said my daughter’s nursery school teachers as we sat together on diminutive, paint-splotched furniture. My mind wandered to greater, unstated questions: what is happening to children, how are we being manipulated by industry to interpret it, and how can awareness be raised around better …
Episode #53 ** December 3, 2014 Guest // Suzanne Humphries, MD ** Host // Kelly Brogan, MD The CDC website has information on Vaccines for Pregnant Women and Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women. Here, pregnant women and clinicians are told: Vaccines can keep mama and “her growing family” healthy. Specific vaccines that are needed are based on …
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by Kelly Brogan, MD We must balance woman and mother A Kundalini practitioner recently shared with me the symbology of the Adi Shakti. It’s a mesmerizing interlocking of a karmic circle, a double-edged weapon, and two encompassing swords. This is a representation of primal feminine power from a tradition that champions, not male-female equality, but …
As a physician, informed consent means I have an obligation to my patients. I must research and relay what I can about a given intervention’s risks, known and unknown, in the context of the purported benefits, and potential alternatives. The prescription of the pill, which interferes with reproductive hormones, is an example of an egregious …
