PODCAST

When “Killer” Period Pain is Endometriosis – Episode 49

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#49 – When “Killer” Period Pain is Endometriosis ** November 5, 2014 Guest // Philippa Bridge-Cook, PhD ** Host // Chandler Marrs, PhD “Every month, when my daughter’s period comes, she misses school and is in absolute agony.” Is this normal? Although many women and girls experience some discomfort during menstruation, “killer cramps” are NOT normal – […]...

November 2, 2014 7:49PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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WELLNESS

Supplementing For Low Vitamin D? Not So Fast…

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Note from Fearless Parent’s Medical Director, Kelly Brogan, MD: The moment that a substance is adopted by mainstream medicine and used “pharmaceutically” without attention to underlying drivers of deficiency, it’s time to expand our thinking. What follows is an exploration of a theoretical model supporting an alternative understanding about vitamin D deficiency in chronic illness and what it […]...

November 2, 2014 7:33PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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WELLNESS

Did You Consent To The Pill?

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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 […]...

October 29, 2014 7:28AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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WELLNESS

Noise Hurts: The Truth Behind Noise Pollution

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I swear I was thinking “location, location, location” when we bought our new house. I was thinking about the Norman Rockwell-esque downtown a stone’s throw from our bedroom. I was thinking meandering strolls to the brownstone library, to the doll-sized antique store, and to Ms. Potter’s heavenly bakery. But my small town fantasy was rudely interrupted at […]...

October 22, 2014 6:33PM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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MOTHERHOOD

Parents: Should You Nix the WiFi?

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Is anyone in your house dealing with health issues that just won’t go away no matter what foods you eat, which supplements you take, or how many practitioners and therapies you run through? Is your child anxious, hyperactive, erratic, ticking, angry, foggy, forgetful, sleepless, nauseous, sluggish, dizzy, itchy, congested, or in pain? Based on the extensive […]...

October 22, 2014 7:57AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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PODCAST

Origins of Lyme Disease – Episode 47

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#47 – Origins of Lyme Disease ** October 22, 2014 Guest // Alex and Wendy Murray ** Host // Mary Coyle, DIHom View on Amazon.com Polly Murray was the first person to focus on what came to be known as Lyme disease. She and her husband were raising their four children in beautiful Lyme, Connecticut […]...

October 16, 2014 8:02AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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