Summer Event: Prepare and Repair
August 18th, 2011
___________________________________________ By Dr. Leslie Fuller Nature Cures Clinic physician It is that time again — summer sports event season. And Portland has a lot of them. We naturopaths like exercise, we even recommend it to our patients and participate in events ourselves… what we don’t like, however, are the injuries and stress to the body [...]
Read more...Keeping the Heart Healthy
February 19th, 2011
________________________________ by Leslie Fuller, ND – Nature Cures Clinic physician – The hearts of our Valentines are not the only ones that we celebrate in the month of February. Since 1963, Congress has officially required the President to declare February as American Heart Month as a way to urge Americans to join the battle against [...]
Read more...Vitamin D Debacle
December 6th, 2010
Vitamin D Debacle We have heard a lot of questions this week concerning the recently released Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) ‘new and improved’ recommendations for vitamin D and calcium intake. While the Institute’s recommendations about calcium seem to be agreed upon by most, the recommendations released for vitamin D have caused quite a stir in [...]
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