Thursday, December 26, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Aetna and the CEO fight for Naturopaths, Progress and things to come...Keep moving forward for better Healthcare!!!
November 2013 John Weeks Integrator Round-Up: Insurance & Payment - Hightlights in Integrative Practitioner letter...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Check out this new space and area to discuss!!!
https://mightybell.com/spaces/74561
Good morning!!! Check out Wellness and Healthcare circle on Mightybell!!!
Look forward to seeing you there!!!
~Dr Heather
Good morning!!! Check out Wellness and Healthcare circle on Mightybell!!!
Look forward to seeing you there!!!
~Dr Heather
Monday, November 11, 2013
Integrative and Complimentary Alternative Medicine IS cost effective and here are some studies to show this...
BMJ Open. 2012; 2(5): e001046.
Published online 2012 September 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001046
PMCID: PMC3437424
Are complementary therapies and integrative care cost-effective? A systematic review of economic evaluations
Patients' Rights to Integrative Medicine and Healthcare...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-weeks/integrative-medicine_b_3732460.html
Beltway Battle Over Patients' Rights to Integrative Medicine and Health
Posted: 08/12/2013 3:40 pm
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The Integrator Blog - Naturopathic Doctors Get U.S. Senate Support as Congress Declares "Naturopathic Medicine Week"
The Integrator Blog - Naturopathic Doctors Get U.S. Senate Support as Congress Declares "Naturopathic Medicine Week"
Change is here and embrace it! This means better and affordable safe healthcare for you and your family...time well deserved to tell your physician what you've been feeling, experiencing and need for yourself with more than a 15 min appointment....Naturopathic Medical Docotors are a huge part in healthcare and can help you as a partner in your healthcare!
AZ Integrated Medicine, LLC
Dr. Heather Wojslaw, NMD
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Change is here and embrace it! This means better and affordable safe healthcare for you and your family...time well deserved to tell your physician what you've been feeling, experiencing and need for yourself with more than a 15 min appointment....Naturopathic Medical Docotors are a huge part in healthcare and can help you as a partner in your healthcare!
AZ Integrated Medicine, LLC
Dr. Heather Wojslaw, NMD
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Friday, November 8, 2013
Please read this heartfelt story!!! We have a duty to protect our patients and one another...why not sooner?!?!?
This story is truly heartfelt and unimaginable! I cannot begin to bear to mind the pain and dismay this woman has gone through and continues. I am greatful to her as her story is bringing things to light and the real changes and guidelines the FDA should be working on and not random acts of politics and keep people and the healthcare team safe...Please!!!
http://www.today.com/health/safety-advocates-loophole-puts-users-generic-drugs-risk-8C11545187
http://www.today.com/health/safety-advocates-loophole-puts-users-generic-drugs-risk-8C11545187
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Please check out how Naturopathic Medicine is beneficial for women. The short video is from Dr. Tori Hudson and she is a strong women's advocate and mentor to us all as physicians but also for women't health and how we can be effective and assist women and healthcare in so many endless ways!!!!
what are the benefits of naturopathic doctors in women's health
what are the benefits of naturopathic doctors in women's health
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Hey everyone,
I wanted you to check out a post on this site...very informative but a good reminder to take time out of the day!
by the Huffington Post about how Germans keep balance within their lives that WE need to do much better at!!! It is taking time for ourselves and being thankful that keeps us grounded.
Taking time for ourselves, getting out into the outdoors and nature can ground us, take time for family and friends, unwind and center in peaceful spaces even if a few minutes a day, but also the use of Holistic Medicine and some of the history behind it and some advantages....
PLEASE...take the time for yourself and check out this posting!!!
In Health....
Dr. Heather~
10/12/2013http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/german-secrets-to-the-goo_n_4071867.html?ncid=webmail16
I wanted you to check out a post on this site...very informative but a good reminder to take time out of the day!
What German Wisdom Can Teach The Rest Of The World About The Good Life
The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire
by the Huffington Post about how Germans keep balance within their lives that WE need to do much better at!!! It is taking time for ourselves and being thankful that keeps us grounded.
Taking time for ourselves, getting out into the outdoors and nature can ground us, take time for family and friends, unwind and center in peaceful spaces even if a few minutes a day, but also the use of Holistic Medicine and some of the history behind it and some advantages....
PLEASE...take the time for yourself and check out this posting!!!
In Health....
Dr. Heather~
10/12/2013http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/german-secrets-to-the-goo_n_4071867.html?ncid=webmail16
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
The Benefits of Nutrient IV Therapies
The Benefits of Nutrient IV therapies – Dr. Heather
Wojslaw, NMD
Dr. Heather Wojslaw, NMD has extensive training in IV
therapeutics, Environmental Chelation therapies with IVs, and was involved in
several clinical rotations administering IVs of various kinds and also adjuvant
to cancer patients.
Benefits of IV therapies:
IV
therapies are a great way of getting essential nutrients into the body for best
absorption and maximum utilization.
These important nutrients such as vitamins, amino acids, minerals and
other recommended nutrients get administered directly into the bloodstream with
intravenous solutions; therefore, bypassing the GI/digestive system. This form of administering nutrients allows
for maximum absorption by the body into cells more so than with oral supplementation.
Some IV
therapies can be used for acute or chronic conditions and allow for healing
almost immediately! The duration of
illness is therefore lessened and if used as a treatment at the initial stages
of acute illness, such as colds and flu, people will have less severe
complications and symptoms from the illness!
Healing thus occurs at the cellular level and helps the body to return
to a healthy state.
Why
would I do IV therapy when I already take supplements and vitamins?
The benefits of IV therapy is that the nutrients are readily
absorbed by the body’s cells and absorption is not a key factor to consider
while with oral supplements and vitamins absorption is a huge obstacle. Most people will not get maximum absorption
of oral supplements and when there are health concerns and GI/digestive issues
to consider the rate of absorption greatly decreases. Things such as age, stress, fatigue, chronic
inflammatory states, dysbiosis and imbalance of good gut flora, as well as
chronic GI disorders such as IBS/IBD, Crohn’s disease and many more limit the ability
of nutrient absorption.
IV therapy is best for cellular function as we adjust the
plasma concentration with these nutrients being administered. By altering the plasma concentration we are
able to directly affect the functioning of cells and allow for improved health
and wellness on a greater scale, more effectively and with quicker results.
Nutrients commonly used in IV therapies
and their benefits:
ALA is alpha lipoic acid and it is a
diversified fat and water soluble antioxidant.
ALA is part of the grouping of antioxidants that are known as scavengers
of free radicals in the body that are associated with cellular damage and
cellular aging. ALA will also help with
the regeneration and repletion of other antioxidants in the body such as CoQ10,
glutathione and vitamin C.
Recent studies have indicated that people with type II
diabetes have significant benefits from IV ALA therapies by increasing the
insulin-mediated glucose metabolism.
Patients with known vascular disease or a family history of vascular
disease can benefit as well from ALA IV therapy. For these people, ALA will improve the
function of blood vessels and the vessel integrity.
Studies also show significant benefits in neurodegenerative
disorders, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s with IV ALA therapy and other
antioxidants such as glutathione.
Glutathione: Reduced glutathione (GSH) is best
absorbed and utilized by the body and is also another antioxidant that the body
just cannot get enough of in our everyday lives! Stress, (SAD) Standard American Diet that is
lacking in choices and nutrients, Environmental exposures to heavy metals,
pesticides, and solvents, medications people use daily, illness and
infections. All of these will deplete the body’s resources of
glutathione.
Structurally, glutathione is a protein known as a tripeptide
which has 3 amino acids within it. Again
glutathione is a very strong and potent but very necessary antioxidant to help
quell free radicals in the body causing damage to our cellular structure.
IV glutathione is very beneficial to help replete the body’s
glutathione that is constantly be used up trying to repair and support the body
from damages to our cells. Oral
glutathione is not well absorbed and broken down by the body and topical
preparations can often be oxidized and less active and less effective.
People with many different health conditions may benefit
from glutathione IV therapies including:
Neurodegenerative
diseases – Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, MS
Lung
conditions – Asthma, COPD, allergic conditions
Liver
disorders – Hepatitis, NAFLD at form of fatty liver, cirrhosis
Magnesium:
Magnesium sulfate is the form most commonly used in IV therapy in a
diluted solution and is a mineral used by many areas of the body including the
heart, liver, kidneys, brain and all muscles of the body.
This nutrient is a co-factor for many processes in the body
including detoxification by the liver, enzymatic activator for chemical
pathways within the body, and assist with energy production and many of our
neurotransmitters.
Magnesium in IV therapy can be used with acute severe
asthma, many cardiovascular issues associated with rapid irregular heartbeats,
medication associated epilepsy in pregnancy, headaches and Migraines and many
more conditions like just plain stress and the ability for the body to cope.
Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is a very useful nutrient for acute illnesses like cold and
flu, but also for adjuvant care in Cancer therapy treatments and also
cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemias especially with CVD. Known for its antioxidant properties the body
cannot get enough Vitamin C from our diets.
Foods such as citrus is known for vitamin C, but foods like bell
peppers, red and hot chili peppers, dark leafy greens like kale and spinach, guava,
papaya and kiwi fruits, herbs like parsley and thyme, broccoli, cauliflower and
Brussels sprouts. However, the best way
to get a high dose of vitamin C into the body when needed is IV therapy. Oral supplementation usually can only be dosed
as high as 3 grams before GI discomfort of gas, bloating, and diarrhea are
often seen even with divided dosing.
Vitamin C is necessary for the synthesis of the amino acid
L-Carnitine. L-Carnitine will help to
push fat into cells to be used for energy and very beneficial for weight loss.
High doses of Vitamin C in IV therapies have been used for
years to treat acute illnesses like colds and influenza but also in cancer
treatments. Cancer therapies of IV
Vitamin C at high doses are about 50k mg or more at times and the body cannot
orally take this dosing. This is
therapeutic dosing of the nutrient and is used for cancer pro-oxidative medical
benefits.
Cancer benefits of IV Vitamin C high dose therapies include:
Increase
in appetite to alleviate cachexia associated with cancer treatments
Decrease
in nausea and pain symptoms
Increase
in mood, memory and alert feelings, energy and most importantly increased
Survival!
B-Complex:
this nutrient is a collection of all the B vitamins together. There are 8 water-soluble vitamins in the
B-complex such as B1-3, B5-7, B9 folic acid and B12. Together, these nutrients are very beneficial
individually but most effective together as the nurture so many pathways and
processes in the body.
Several named vitamin deficiency diseases may result from the lack
of sufficient B-vitamins. Deficiencies of other B vitamins result in symptoms
that are not part of a named deficiency disease.
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Vitamin
|
Name
|
Deficiency effects
|
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Vitamin B1
|
Deficiency causes beriberi.
Symptoms of this disease of the nervous system include
weight loss, emotional disturbances, Wernicke's encephalopathy(impaired
sensory perception), weakness and pain in the limbs, periods of irregular
heartbeat, and edema (swelling of bodily tissues). Heart failure and deathmay occur
in advanced cases. Chronic thiamine deficiency can also cause Korsakoff's syndrome, an irreversible dementia characterized
by amnesia and
compensatory confabulation.
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Vitamin B2
|
Deficiency causes ariboflavinosis.
Symptoms may include cheilosis (cracks in the lips), high
sensitivity to sunlight, angular cheilitis, glossitis (inflammation
of the tongue), seborrheic dermatitis or pseudo-syphilis (particularly
affecting the scrotum or labia majora and
the mouth), pharyngitis (sore
throat), hyperemia, and edema of the pharyngeal and oral mucosa.
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|
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Vitamin B3
|
Deficiency, along with a deficiency of tryptophan causes pellagra.
Symptoms include aggression, dermatitis, insomnia, weakness,
mental confusion, anddiarrhea. In advanced cases, pellagra may lead to dementia and
death (the 3(+1) Ds: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death).
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|
Vitamin B5
|
Deficiency can result in acne and paresthesia,
although it is uncommon.
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|
|
Vitamin B6
|
Deficiency may lead to microcytic anemia (because pyridoxyl
phosphate is the cofactor for heme synthesis), depression, dermatitis, high blood pressure (hypertension),
water retention, and elevated levels of homocysteine.
|
|
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Vitamin B7
|
Deficiency does not typically cause symptoms in adults but may
lead to impaired growth and neurological disorders in infants. Multiple carboxylase deficiency,
an inborn error of metabolism, can lead to biotin deficiency even when
dietary biotin intake is normal.
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|
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Vitamin B9
|
Deficiency results in a macrocytic anemia, and elevated levels of homocysteine.
Deficiency in pregnant women can lead to birth defects. Supplementation is
often recommended during pregnancy. Researchers have shown that folic acid
might also slow the insidious effects of age on the brain.
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|
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Vitamin B12
|
Deficiency results in a macrocytic anemia, elevated homocysteine, peripheral neuropathy, memory loss and
other cognitive deficits. It is most likely to occur among elderly people, as
absorption through the gut declines with age; the autoimmune disease pernicious anemia is another common
cause. It can also cause symptoms of mania and psychosis.
In rare extreme cases, paralysis can result.
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Selenium: Is
a trace element that is essential for the human body and is part of two dozen
selenoproteins. These selenoproteins are
known to play very important roles in reproduction, thyroid hormone metabolism,
DNA synthesis, as well as assist the immune system and help in detoxification.
Selenium is mostly found in the form of seleomethionine and
selenocysteine and skeletal muscle is the site of the majority of selenium
storage. Selenium is also noted to
highest in the thyroid gland compared to any other gland in the body. Thyroid function is largely dependent on the
selenium and iodine for function and metabolism of the gland.
The benefits of Selenium are vast such as stimulating the
immune system, helps to replete glutathione, assists with HIV patients fighting
infections and constant attack, as well as cancer and male infertility issues.
N-acetyl Cysteine:
Is a nutrient that is an amino acid that is able to deal with so many
health issues from liver toxicity associated with acetaminophen/Tylenol® poisoning when used intravenously,
COPD/emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and H.pylori in the GI system.
NAC can restore intracellular levels of the most powerful antioxidant in the body, Glutathione. Therapies are numerous for NAC such as being
a mucolytic loosening phlegm, aid when
inhaled/nebulized with cystic fibrosis, and many more uses!
Much of NAC’s beneficial activity derives from its capacity
to modulate expression of genes for myriad signaling molecules in the
inflammatory response.10-12 NAC inhibits expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines
following exposure to bacterial cell components and infection with influenza A
virus.13,14 NAC suppresses the “master signaling molecule” nuclear factor-kappaB
(NF-kB), which in turn prevents activation of multiple inflammatory mediators.15,16 NAC also regulates the gene for COX-2, the enzyme that
produces pain- and inflammation-inducing prostaglandins in a wide array of
chronic conditions.17
a reference from an article above in Life Extension: “The
Overlooked Compound That Saves Lives,”
By Julius Goepp, MD
(M.I.C) L-Methionine, Inositol and Choline: L-Methionine is an amino acid and Inositol
and Choline are cofactors in the body.
These nutrients when used in intramuscular injections (IM injections),
are thought to promote weight loss as lipotropics and assist the liver.
L-Methionine is an
essential amino acid that the body does not make and needs to be taken in from
food sources or other exogenous sources.
IM injections allow for higher levels of this nutrient into the body to
be used at cellular and tissue levels for increased metabolism and elimination
of abnormal fat storages within the body.
Inositol is considered
a myo-inositol and is most often described as a carbocyclic polyol and is
essential for signaling and secondary messenger transport. Inositol is important in breaking down fats
(most effective this way given via injection) and decreasing serum cholesterol
levels, activity of serotonin, and insulin signal transduction throughout the
body. Food sources are nuts, beans like
red beans and kidney beans, grains, cantaloupe, and oranges. Inositol has great literary references in
treatment of depression, anxiety, PCOS – polycystic ovarian syndrome in women,
as well as fatty liver disease/NAFLD.
Choline is an amine
that is involved in the synthesis of L-carnitine, cell membrane phospholipids,
and the important neurotransmitter Acetylcholine. It is a well known methyl donor with its
metabolite trimethylglycine (Betaine).
Think of eating peanuts, soybeans, chicken, fish, lean beef, cauliflower,
and eggs.
Lysine: Is an amino acid nutrient found in all
proteins within the body. This amino
acid can assist with elevated LDL bad cholesterol, symptoms of angina with
vitamin C, antiviral properties to assist with Herpes breakouts/cold sores and
shingles, but lysine is also important in bones as it assists with the increase
of absorption of calcium and decreases the excretion of calcium.
Lysine is found in spinach, lentils, cheese, soybeans, fish,
poultry and eggs
Vitamin D: A
fat-soluble vitamin and steroid vitamin that is considered a prohormone and is
so important for people of all ages and genders.
Vitamin D deficiency is important to recognize and also take
to prevent illnesses and health conditions that it has been shown to be linked
to.
Vitamin D is important to supplement especially with known
deficiencies but also in treatments of several health conditions. Associated conditions that vitamin D can help
with are muscle weakness, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, psoriasis, bone
density issues, asthma, viral infections such as the flu periodontal disease
and mental disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia but also with
Cancer.
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