Understanding the connection between heavy metals and heart disease

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Heart Health, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Integrative Medicine

Our bodies are exposed to environmental heavy metals like lead and mercury from our drinking water, food, dental amalgams, old leaded paints, and sometimes from atmospheric contamination from coal burning plants, depending on where you live. The body attempts to...

What You May Not Know About Blood Pressure – E. Kennedy, RHN; Dr. J. Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Heart Health, Integrative Medicine

This month, matters of the heart come to mind… Heart disease is STILL a top killer in this country despite better drugs and drug plans, advancements in cardiac surgery and a wider range of rehab and recovery options. It’s still a top killer despite the...

Why I Love An Underdog? by John Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine

I’ve always pulled for the underdog.  I love a story where the unexpected happens; where David slays Goliath; the near-defeated rises up and seizes a victory; the little guy that “couldn’t” or “can’t”… DOES. Many of us...

Why Intravenous Nutrients? A Naturopathic Perspective by Jonathan Beatty, ND

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition

The benefits of intravenous therapy are often underestimated by many patients and even their doctors. Intravenous therapy refers to the direct injection of a therapeutic substance directly into the blood stream of a patient. Not all injection medicine is intravenous...

Arthritis: A Regenerative Approach to A Degenerative Disease

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine

Many people walk into the office with sore stiff joints. Inevitably they are being treated with one or more painkillers to take the edge off. They may also have been told that this is a condition of aging and that they had better get used to it because it is not going...

Practitioners Can’t Agree on Nutrition-and Impressions from Exchange2011 by Dr. John Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition

Exchange2011 in Portland has come to a close, where ACAM and AAEM combined to stage the General Session of education for Integrative Medicine Practitioners like myself. With the medical conference concluded, these are the impressions I was left with, as I sit in the...

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in My Practice by Dr. J. Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Autism, Blog, Integrative Medicine

I had a patient ask me an interesting question some 6 years ago: “What do you think is the most important medical development that you’ve learned about in the past year?” At the time, because I had just returned from an ACAM conference and heard a...

Metabolic Syndrome, Heart Health and Risk Factors by Dr. J. Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Heart Health, Integrative Medicine

The medical community has recently seen a raft of literature instructing “aggressive” management of hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol (the Big Three). The basic premise is to diagnose early and treat early, while at the same time lowering the...

Integrative Medicine: An Exciting Part of the Landscape by Dr. J. Gannage, MD

by Dr. John Gannage | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Integrative Medicine

In the last 15 years, the changes upon the medical landscape have been remarkable to watch…innovation in diagnostic assessment…the advent of new and improved surgical techniques….the arrival of allied health practitioners to deliver primary...