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Appendicitis Treatment Options

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 27, 2017
Children's Health Issues
Natural Health Care

How do I know if my child has appendicitis? Few parents get through the journey of raising children without wondering this at some point.

In the late 90s, one of my early mentors, the late Dr. David Scott, showed me a whole stack of cases of diagnosed appendicitis that he had helped children and adults recover from through rest and water fasting. Given the wealth of his experience utilizing water fasting to help people overcome countless health challenges that allopathic medical care typically addresses via surgery and/or medication, I had good reason to wonder if excision was the best first line treatment for appendicitis.

Today, some within conventional medicine also question the decision to use excision as a first line treatment for appendicitis. Studies like "Antibiotics as first-line therapy for acute appendicitis: evidence for a change in clinical practice." are prompting some physicians to try a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotic therapy in mild to moderately severe cases of appendicitis where there is no clinical evidence of perforation. Read more about Appendicitis Treatment Options

 

Bleeding: How to Treat Different Types of Bleeding

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Oct 31, 2016
Natural Health Care

As a child, I was fascinated with the world of ninjas. Naturally, I spent lots of time practicing various martial arts and tumbling maneuvers in and around our home. One night, I ended a particularly aggressive tumbling maneuver with a sweeping roundhouse kick that ended with my right foot accidentally shattering a glass of water. Read more about Bleeding: How to Treat Different Types of Bleeding

 

Top 3 Determinants of Heart Disease

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 12, 2016
Natural Health Care

The latest statistics on heart disease indicate that about a third of us will find out that we have heart disease just before we're about to die from it. Fortunately, modern medicine provides us with a number of tools to assess and monitor our cardiovascular health. And more importantly, we are aware of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Read more about Top 3 Determinants of Heart Disease

 

How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jul 10, 2016
Natural Health Care

As a society, my feeling is that we don't put enough emphasis on protecting our lungs against harmful macro and microscopic particles; this is a huge mistake, as reduced lung capacity is, in my mind, more damaging to quality of life than say, sub-optimal digestion, mild to moderate liver dysfunction, or even reduced cardiac output. If you strongly disagree with this opinion, I'm willing to bet that you'll change your mind if you spend some time in any intensive care unit and sit by a few patients who are unable to properly oxygenate their blood because of reduced lung capacity - this is a heart-wrenching scenario, one that I don't wish upon the grouchiest people I know. Read more about How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy

 

How to Stretch and Stay Mobile While at a Desk

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 20, 2016
Natural Health Care

This video illustrates basic stretches and movement patterns that you can do from a chair or even a couch to condition all of your major joints and their surrounding ligaments, tendons, and muscles.

Embedded within the video are links to related videos at our YouTube library. Read more about How to Stretch and Stay Mobile While at a Desk

 

Simple Ways to Improve Balance and Proprioception

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 18, 2016
Natural Health Care

Meant for those with limited mobility or only a small space to work within, these simple exercises are highly effective in strengthening the sensory receptors, sensory fibers, and motor pathways needed to have good balance and proprioception. Read more about Simple Ways to Improve Balance and Proprioception

 

Let There Be Some Light

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 29, 2015
Natural Health Care

Contrary to popular opinion, your eyes need some exposure to the full spectrum of sunlight to be optimally healthy. Light waves from the sun are converted to electro-chemical energy in cells in your retina, and this energy is transmitted throughout your brain and body where it has positive health effects.

Energy from sunlight travels to your hypothalamus, which is an area in your brain that is about the size of a grape and acts as the micro-processing chip that governs almost everything that happens in your body. Your hypothalamus receives information from all regions of your body and uses this data to regulate your autonomic nervous system to keep you healthy. Depending on your moment-to-moment needs, your hypothalamus adjusts your heart and lung rates, the amount of blood that perfuses your skeletal muscles and digestive organs, and whether you sweat or shiver, just to name a few of the bodily activities that it controls. Read more about Let There Be Some Light

 

How Fast Does Cancer Grow?

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Sep 08, 2015
Natural Health Care

Over the years, I've found that many people don't seem to realize that the vast majority of malignancies aren't palpable and don't create symptoms for several years, and sometimes decades. This is a critical point to understand, as our choices today are unmistakeably what determine our risk for cancer and most chronic diseases in the years ahead - even thirty, forty, fifty years ahead. Read more about How Fast Does Cancer Grow?

 

Chronic Illness Begins With Breakdown In Your Gut

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on May 21, 2015
Natural Health Care

Good overall health begins with a healthy gut. Chronic illness begins with breakdown in the gut.

This is where I typically start with clients looking to address any health challenge.

If you're looking for lasting improvement in any area of your health, it's best not to think of your body parts as being independent compartments. Every cell communicates with every other cell, not always directly, but via the fluids, hormones, and neurotransmitters that travel through the vast network of blood vessels and nerves that course through every part of you. And it all starts with your gut. Read more about Chronic Illness Begins With Breakdown In Your Gut

 

Understanding Pain Killers and Inflammation

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 06, 2015
Natural Health Care

An all-too-common mistake that I've encountered over the years is taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) to address muscular and ligamentous strains and sprains.

If you take an appropriate dose of acetaminophen to relieve pain associated with a soft tissue injury, you'll likely be fine as long as you prioritize resting your body and not aggravating the injured area. Read more about Understanding Pain Killers and Inflammation

 

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