Stepping Toward Weight Loss and Better Health
Here at the Whitaker Wellness Institute, exercise is part of the fabric of day-to-day life. It’s an essential therapy for all of our patients, and one they practice daily while they’re at the clinic....
View ArticleDo You Really Need That Surgery?
Unlike drugs, surgical procedures require no proof of safety or efficacy. They’re adopted simply on the assumption that they work. Of course, some of the 75 million operations performed in this country...
View ArticleProtect Your Teeth, Protect Your Health
If you don’t brush your teeth twice a day, you could be putting more than your oral health at risk. In a new study published in the British Medical Journal researchers found that people with poor oral...
View ArticleSay No to Surgery, Say Yes to Health
When I tell people about the successes we have at the Whitaker Wellness Institute using natural therapies and nutritional supplements to treat disease, sometimes they are hesitant to believe me. That’s...
View ArticleNaturally Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not treat disease. They do lower cholesterol levels—but, high cholesterol is not a disease per se. It’s simply one of many risk factors for heart disease. That’s...
View ArticleBack in the Day…Still True Today: Chelation Therapy
It’s not every day that I get to share an article from the very first issue of Health & Healing. But the article on chelation therapy you are about to read was published in August of 1991 in the...
View ArticleBack in the Day…Still True Today: Inflammation
More than 15 years ago I wrote an article about the dangers of inflammation and how it can negatively affect several aspects of your health. What’s worse, most conventional docs either don’t know—or...
View ArticleThe Bountiful Benefits of Fish Oil
Practically every single patient at the Whitaker Wellness Institute is “prescribed” fish oil. Why? Because fish oil is a powerful natural medicine for disorders ranging from heart disease and...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: “You’ll Never Walk Again”
When Damien was 24 years old, he was on vacation with his family at Lake Mead, Nevada, when he dove off the back of a pontoon boat, hit the bottom, and broke his neck. He woke up in a hospital 10 days...
View ArticleStepping Toward Weight Loss and Better Health
Here at the Whitaker Wellness Institute, exercise is part of the fabric of day-to-day life. It’s an essential therapy for all of our patients, and one they practice daily while they’re at the clinic....
View ArticleDo You Really Need That Surgery?
Unlike drugs, surgical procedures require no proof of safety or efficacy. They’re adopted simply on the assumption that they work. Of course, some of the 75 million operations performed in this country...
View ArticleProtect Your Teeth, Protect Your Health
If you don’t brush your teeth twice a day, you could be putting more than your oral health at risk. In a new study published in the British Medical Journal researchers found that people with poor oral...
View ArticleSay No to Surgery, Say Yes to Health
When I tell people about the successes we have at the Whitaker Wellness Institute using natural therapies and nutritional supplements to treat disease, sometimes they are hesitant to believe me. That’s...
View ArticleBack in the Day…Still True Today: Chelation Therapy
It’s not every day that I get to share an article from the very first issue of Health & Healing. But the article on chelation therapy you are about to read was published in August of 1991 in the...
View ArticleBack in the Day…Still True Today: Inflammation
More than 15 years ago I wrote an article about the dangers of inflammation and how it can negatively affect several aspects of your health. What’s worse, most conventional docs either don’t know—or...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: “You’ll Never Walk Again”
When Damien was 24 years old, he was on vacation with his family at Lake Mead, Nevada, when he dove off the back of a pontoon boat, hit the bottom, and broke his neck. He woke up in a hospital 10 days...
View ArticleThe Sordid History of Bypass Surgery
Second opinions are pretty much a daily occurrence at the Whitaker Wellness Institute. Many times these patients consult us after being told they’re a “walking time bomb” or a “heart attack waiting to...
View ArticleEECP Benefits More Than Heart Disease
We’ve been using enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) at the Whitaker Wellness Institute for 20 years. And for good reason. This noninvasive therapy—often referred to as a “natural bypass“—has...
View ArticleHypertension Myths: What Works for High Blood Pressure?
There are a lot of hypertension myths floating around out there. Ask any doctor or patient about hypertension, and you’ll get the same answer: It raises risk of heart attacks, strokes, and premature...
View ArticleHow Pets Improve Health
As a physician, I have always been intrigued by the bond between people and their animals, for I am convinced that pets improve health and that owning a furry—or not so furry—friend can be powerful...
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