What is Wellness?
What is Wellness? Wellness can mean so many different things to so many different people. To some wellness, is a place to work out. To others, wellness is an absence of disease. Still, to others, …
What is integrative medicine?
Life is a story and each story is a lesson to be learned. I recently wrote a new chapter in my story. This chapter would have been one I would rather not have written, for …
What is a cancer healing center?
At Brio Medical, holistic cancer treatment takes into account the whole individual including physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual. Healing is possible only through the treatment of the whole individual. Healing of the whole is never …
What is a physician? What is a doctor?
Why would I feel the need to answer such a question, let alone propose such a question? Because, there is tremendous advocacy confusion amongst doctors today. Who are we as physicians? What is our professional …
Wholistic-vs-holistic
What you need to know Christian Smuts is the origin of holism Holistic is the more accepted correct spelling in academics Wholistic predates holism, but is a more modern, non-academic spelling Holistic and wholistic are …
A Holistic Approach to the Causes of Cancer
Aristotle said it first, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Christian Smutz brought the concept of holism to the modern era with his book Holism and Revolution. This background was highlighted …
What is Integrative Oncology?
Brio Medical is a holistic, integrative cancer healing center. Holistic and Integrative are intertwined. I have discussed holistic previously, so I don’t want to revisit that discussion here but check out that previous discussion. As …
Lyme Disease Treatment
One of the most unfortunate controversies surrounding the growing Lyme disease epidemic is the insistence by the mainstream medical establishment that antibiotics are the only course of effective treatment. Yes, in the early stages of …
Lyme Disease Lab Testing
Lyme disease can be difficult to diagnose. Sadly, recent data shows more than 85% of Lyme disease patients were not diagnosed until after four months of illness and over 70% saw four or more doctors …
How Do You Prevent Lyme Disease?
Prevention is the best treatment for Lyme disease. If you live in a Lyme-endemic area, you’re probably well aware of common Lyme Disease prevention strategies, primarily protecting yourself against ticks and any exposed skin they …