Secrets & Science to Be Your Healthiest with Dr. Ron Hoffman (#107)

Secrets & Science to Be Your Healthiest with Dr. Ron Hoffman (#107)

  Dr. Ronald Hoffman is one of New York's pioneering Integrative Medicine practitioners. Dr. Hoffman received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and has been practicing for 34 years. His radio program, Intelligent Medicine, is the longest-running physician-hosted health program on the air. Dr. Berkson and Dr. Hoffman have been colleagues for the last 30 years. In this show, Dr. Hoffman tackles a variety of issues including: Intermittent fasting How much calcium is good vs. dangerous Why we over use drugs and what to do about avoid excessive use How long can we expect to really stay fit How [...]

Secrets & Science to Be Your Healthiest with Dr. Ron Hoffman (#107)2019-06-28T14:41:01-05:00

Menopause & Estrogen – Ten Issues & Ten Natural Answers (#106)

      There are ten common issues patients identify with menopause:  1. Resistant Weight Gain 2. Insomnia 3. Hot flashes 4. Fatigue 5. Brain mood cognition perception of life 6. Brand new issues including skin problems 7. Gut issues 8. Genitourinary issues – leaking, dryness of vaginal and painful intercourse 9.  Libido 10. Joint pain In this episode, you will learn: What estrogen has to do with fat cell genes, mass and weight loss. Low estrogen + menopause + hormone altering chemicals is a recipe for resistant fat, and what to do about it. Hormones, appetite, weight control and metabolic [...]

Menopause & Estrogen – Ten Issues & Ten Natural Answers (#106)2019-06-28T14:41:01-05:00

Suicide & Pain – Making Sense Out of It (#105)

    This week we heard about two shocking celebrity suicides from people the public dearly loves and who are considered epitomes of American success stories. Add to these the 123 suicides that stunningly occur every day within the United States, and we have to know that something is very wrong with our culture. We prioritize success. Over peace. And tools for peace. Instead, we accustom ourselves and our children  to anger, pain, judgment, medications and law suits. We do not teach in our schools or within our homes what it means to develop tools to be able to be present [...]

Suicide & Pain – Making Sense Out of It (#105)2019-06-28T14:41:01-05:00

How you make and keep your microbiome healthy.

What are biomes? Teeming bacteria, viruses, and fungi live and thrive in nooks and crannies throughout a typically healthy human body. There are much more of “them” than there are of “us.” In fact, there are nine cells of this “foreign” microbial life for every one of your own cells. These microbes reside in pockets metaphorically referred to as internal “rain forests” or “hidden zoos”—swarming with activity and sending signals to your brain and other tissues, greatly influencing how health unfolds. These pockets of microbial life are called “biomes.” The most well-known biome occupies the warm, moist, nutrient-rich large intestine,known as [...]

How you make and keep your microbiome healthy.2020-02-20T14:48:25-06:00

Dr. Berkson’s “Bits & Pieces” Patient Tales (#104)

    In this episode Dr. Berkson shares stories of cases in which patients lives were improved and changed by looking at their condition with a new set of functional medicine eyes. You will learn about a rare cause of insomnia, called “nocturnal hypertension.”  You will be amazed that one cause of idiopathic infertility may be subclinical hypothyroidism, even if your TSH thyroid blood test is still within normal range. Did you know that sperm count and shape can “say” a lot about a man’s heath, even his risk for metabolic disease? You will learn about the concept of “hormonal hyper-excreters” [...]

Dr. Berkson’s “Bits & Pieces” Patient Tales (#104)2019-09-06T13:48:24-05:00

Self Compassion & Integrative Psychiatry with Dr. Qazi Javed MD (#103)

    How many of us really know ourselves? What runs us that we don’t realize? Have we worked out our demons and learned not to abandon ourselves? Is our inner gut calm or in a state of secret chronic terror? This interview is a fantastic and incredibly “calming conversation” about the mysteries of finding livable peace in today’s crazy, cacophonous world. Want to feel calm? Want an antidote to stress? This interview between Dr. Berkson and Dr. Javed, is YOUR answer. Dr. Qazi Javed is a double board certified integrative medical physician who got out of school and in his [...]

Self Compassion & Integrative Psychiatry with Dr. Qazi Javed MD (#103)2019-06-28T14:41:03-05:00

JJ Virgin “Warrior Mom Heals Head Trauma” (#102)

      This is a perfect Mother’s Day podcast. This show is about a “never-giving-up mom on rhoids”—JJ Virgin. JJ Virgin’s son was in a serious accident and endured an extremely severe head trauma. Her son Grant was literally fighting for his life. The doctors declared that there was hardly any chance of surviving let alone him ever being “normal” again. JJ did not give-up. She dug deep and in this riveting interview you hear how she did that. JJ describes how she creates hope inside herself, when there doesn’t seem to be any. You will hear the exact nutraceuticals [...]

JJ Virgin “Warrior Mom Heals Head Trauma” (#102)2019-06-28T14:41:03-05:00

Dr. Norm Shealy. Neurosurgery, Energy Medicine, Nutrition, Hormones and Spirituality (#101)

    Today’s show is more outside of “traditional” science than usual, but it is an area where more and more research is being done.  Neurosurgeon Dr. Norm Shealy takes this episode from the beginning of classical methods of treating pain, depression, and diseases to atypical but contemporized methods that include energy medicine, nutrition, hormones and even mysticism! When Dr. Shealy first graduated Duke University School of Medicine, pain management was entirely surgical. If you had back pain you got surgery. However surgery only reduced back pain about 10% of the time. If it failed and you had more pain after the [...]

Dr. Norm Shealy. Neurosurgery, Energy Medicine, Nutrition, Hormones and Spirituality (#101)2020-01-03T01:09:26-06:00

Estrogen + Exercise + Fish Oil Regenerates Your Heart!

This post explores how estrogen, exercise and fish oil regenerate your heart and keep it younger and healthier for years to come. You have heard the term “have heart,” which means to have faith and hope. But how do you regenerate and protect your actual heart muscle itself? Since heart disease is a major cause of illness and death as we age, you are going to want to listen up. Did you know that as of 2013, the leading cause of death in BOTH genders was heart disease. More people die of heart disease than all cancers. Death by heart disease often [...]

Estrogen + Exercise + Fish Oil Regenerates Your Heart!2019-06-28T14:41:04-05:00

Gender Differences in Medicine (#100)

    In today's show, Sellma Vllasi, NP and Dr. Berkson explore the some gender differences in medicine including:  - Which diseases women and men get more often and why. - Why women are more prone to auto-immune diseases. - Biases in treatment. - Biases in insurance reimbursement. - The conundrum of birth control with the burden on the woman, especially the fall-out of adverse side-effects of oral contraceptives. Sellma Vllasi, NP works at the Wiseman Family Practice Clinic which specializes in functional medicine and natural answers for health problems. It is one of the top bioidentical hormone clinics in Austin, Texas. [...]

Gender Differences in Medicine (#100)2019-06-28T14:41:04-05:00
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