Your oral health can influence many different aspects of your overall health. The mouth is continuously exposed to bacteria and outside influences. When the teeth and gums are healthy, the body is generally able to manage this environment effectively. However, when gum disease, dental infection, an abscess, or another unresolved dental problem is present, the mouth can become an ongoing…

Healthcare gives us access to more testing than ever before. Blood work, X-rays, ultrasound, mammography, CT, MRI, biopsies, genetic testing and many other technologies can provide incredibly valuable information. But more testing is not always better testing. Every medical test has a purpose. Every test also has limitations. The important question is not whether one type of testing is “good”…

Thermography is a non-contact, non-invasive procedure which captures and records temperature variations on the skin. The skin is the body’s most intelligent organ and is “wired” with a communication network connecting all other organs and physiological processes in the body. The skin responds to physiological changes and a thermography device observes those changes. Assessments of these changes are reported by…

The gut is often referred to as the second brain. You have probably used phrases similar to the following to describe your feelings in certain situations: “Going with my gut”; “I have butterflies in my stomach”; “That was a gut-wrenching experience”. We use these expressions for a reason: the digestive system is sensitive to our emotions. Anger, anxiety, sadness, joy…

Thermography is useful for identifying inflammatory changes that may be related to arthritis. Thermography is also useful for monitoring whether a treatment protocol is working.   But even better is the role that thermography plays in helping to identify the cause of the inflammation. Wouldn’t you rather eliminate the cause of a problem instead of just trying to manage the…

Do you ever wish you could see, and I mean really “see” and visualize, what is going on with your health? Do you wish that you could see changes that are occurring before a problem develops? February is heart month and, unfortunately, too many people find out they have a heart problem only after they have a cardiovascular event. For…