Confessions of a Naturopath

The other morning I headed out to run my regular 5km route at our cottage.  A few minutes into my route, I realized I was having a lot of trouble with my breathing.  My airways felt really tight and my sinuses felt full.  I don’t have asthma, but I wondered briefly if this is what [...]

Infrared Sauna Therapy

Infrared sauna therapy is a profoundly effective method of detoxification.  Our sauna is a “medical grade” sauna.  It was produced without the use of glues or any volatile organic compounds. Your sauna therapy includes a no-charge consultation with a Naturopathic Doctor, reverse-osmosis water, and use of shower and bathroom facilities. Sauna therapy is good for [...]

Super Charging Your Breakfast

I have read literally thousands of my diet diaries over the years and have observed one common dietary weakness.   Even in those nutrition-conscious individuals, one meal stands out as inadequate – poor quality, low-nutrition.  That meal is almost universally breakfast. We all know that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”.  We’ve heard it [...]

The Delicate Flower of Midlife Sleep

Many of us notice that solid, undisturbed sleep becomes elusive in mid-life.  After 40, most men and women start to experience interrupted sleep, restless sleep and/or frank insomnia.  Why does sleep quality change is this decade for so many of us?  I like to think of sleep in this decade as a delicate flower – [...]

Functional Naturopathy

How do we get to the bottom of the complex chronic medical problems of today?  In the functional medicine conference I am attending, they give shape and life to a practise model that I inherently embrace as a naturopathic doctor.  Imagine a diagram of three circles (a venn diagram) with three areas represented as “ [...]

McNeil Consumer Healthcare Voluntary Recalls Benadryl Allergy Meltaways Products

Information Update 2010-201 November 24, 2010 For immediate release OTTAWA – Health Canada is informing Canadians that McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Canada) is conducting a voluntary recall of Children’s Benadryl Allergy Meltaways tablets sold in Canada. McNeil is requesting that wholesalers and pharmacies immediately stop sale of this product. The recall of the marketed lots is [...]

What’s on YOUR “Do Not Eat” list?

Many people have natural food and dietary preferences, but few people, outside of those with medical reasons, often don’t maintain a list of foods they simply “Do Not Eat” But if you’re looking for ways to improve your health and diet, maybe it’s time to start formalizing one.    At home, you can discuss it [...]

What ever happened to H1N1?

Wow -what a flu season!  The build-up and media hype around H1N1 resulted in busy phone lines at our office.  The general public was spooked by the potential of this virus becoming a super-bug – but overall, the patients of Cornerstone kept a cool head and managed their health beautifully.  Following the pattern in other [...]

H1N1 Hysteria

After a long campaign to garner public interest for the H1N1 vaccination, public health and the media have succeeded in creating a panicked and fearful public. Our recent poll below has confirmed that many people are completely confused about H1N1, and that some of the hysteria is directly media influenced: H1N1 is a mild influenza [...]

New poll – Antibiotics and kids

As we head into the cold and flu season, we’d like to ask how often your kids receive courses of antibiotics.   As always, your responses are anonymous.   Do you think it’s been an especially bad year for bacterial bugs?  Let us know.

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