My daughter has recently found out that her stomach problems are due to irritable bowel syndrome. She also may have endometriosis. She is only 17 years old. What can I do to help her get well and be rid of the daily stomach aches and horrible menstrual cramps she experiences. The OB/GYN put her on [...]

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Dear Healthy Thinkers,
Have you ever wanted to get your doctor, one on one, and ask him or her specific questions about what’s going on in your body?  And wanted them to stay put and answer your questions– until you understood and knew what you could do to start feeling fantastic again?
Recently I held a seminar [...]

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My daughter was prescribed Crestor and has developed a very painful side effect - her arm and shoulder are aching … she’s stopped taking Crestor but we wonder if there is a cure for related muscle damage?
Many thanks, Dr. Gardner for your advice.
Crestor is a bisphosphonate that blocks the conversion of triglycerides into cholesterol, but [...]

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What will the Medical Tyranny allow me to do if I don”t have a “your personal” physician? I’m supposed to be responsible for my own health, right?   How do I find an alternative minded doctor that Medicare will pay for?
Unfortunately, if any of us wants to be healthy, we must assume that responsibility ourselves, including [...]

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I have been on Cymbalta for some time and my weight has skyrocketed. My primary care physician has counseled me to get off of the drug. I cold-turkeyed the drug three weeks ago. Since then every nerve in my body has gone crazy - the pain from what we think is a [...]

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Thyroid nodules. I realize that not all questions can be answered individually, but if you would address this on your site I would appreciate it. A little over a year ago I noticed a lump on the right side of my neck. This last month I had an ultrasound which showed nodules. I have an [...]

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Can you discuss chronic fatigue?
Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia have a lot of overlapping symptoms and causes. They are a pain and fatigue syndrome, probably caused by energy depletion at the cellular level. The mitochondria do not produce enough energy for healing to take place.
The causes are multiple:

toxin exposure,
immunologic breakdown (virus, vaccinations, allergies/sensitivities),
long-term severe stress,
hormonal disruptions,
structural [...]

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I am thrilled and interested in your new website. I have been a type 2 diabetic for 10 years. Though I have always eaten fairly healthy and am not over weight, I am having difficulty keeping my BG in check. I have been very discouraged by the attitude of my current physician, though I was [...]

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