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What is Autoimmunity?

Hi , We are hearing the word autoimmunity a lot these days.  More and more patients are coming in saying they have autoimmunity.  What does this mean exactly?  Is it some sort of government rating that makes your car immune from smog regulations, or some sort of protection program for illegal immigrants?  No, auto immunity […]

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Health Thoughts on Vegetarianism

 Vegetarianism has been around for a long time.  In fact you could say that the creation of modern civilization began as a shift away from the hunter-gatherer meat-eating lifestyle to the growing plants for food (agrarian) lifestyle.  On the other hand, the development of the large human brain is the direct result several million years […]

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Truth About Blood Pressure

  In conversations with several patients recently it has come to my attention that most people do not really understand the nature of hypertension (high blood pressure).  We have all heard that blood pressure is the “Silent Killer” and just sort of let our automatic brain file that as “high blood pressure = bad, avoid high blood […]