Just as optimal integration of lab results into our patient work-ups makes 'the invisible visible' we thought we might make visible some of the everyday Q & A that we engage in with wonderful practitioners who are fast becoming Diagnostic Divas & Divos....
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Everyday Q&As – Iodine and Thyroid Nodules
Just as optimal integration of lab results into our patient work-ups makes 'the invisible visible' we thought we might make visible some of the everyday Q & A that we engage in with wonderful practitioners who are fast becoming Diagnostic Divas & Divos....
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The ‘Perfect’ TSH?
Have you been told somewhere by someone that the 'perfect' TSH is 1.5 mIU/L?  This is a wonderful, terrible & wonderfully terrible example of 'magical numbers medicine'. As a push-back against the published reference ranges we're given, that are so wide you could...
New Goals & Some Good News (At Last!) in Gilbert’s Syndrome
Earlier this year at a Mental Health Training for IM doctors, 3 practitioners (myself, a doctor & a psychiatrist) walked into a bar...not really, but we did each present a case study of challenging patient & in whom we had some great outcomes. All 3 patients...
Does Holistic Health Include The Hardest Workers?
Did someone explain the kidneys are like a really important, not to be forgotten, under-estimated, ignored or under-valued kind of organ in your training as a naturopath? No, me neither. I mean I know Buchu and Uva and Zea (on a first name basis only, clearly!) and...
Have you heard? It All Comes Back to the Gut
How often were we told this in our training? And how often have we found this to be true in practice? And now suddenly, it seems, the medical researchers (at last!) are rapidly coming around to this core concept?? Our microbiome is suddenly the hottest property on...
Mental Health Assessment for the Integrative Practitioner
I became interested in working in mental health not entirely of my own free will.  I guess you could say, it had made it's way into my world via family members and friends as well as my own problems when I was younger. So when I was at uni and I came across any...
End of Year CD Clearance
As we head rapidly towards the change over of our calendars we would like to offer you a special on the very best educational recordings from 2014 - buy 2 CDs before Jan 31st and receive one complimentary Premium Audio Recording of your choice  OR purchase 4 CDs and...
You’ve got mail!
I’ve received so much lovely feedback (fan mail!) recently I just had to share some with you (note I look much more excited than Meg does when I get mine!). It’s so exciting to be a part of our burgeoning naturopathic & integrative network.  From Alyssa Tait a...








