Latest articles
Healthy and empowered people strengthen their community and change the world. Essays on integrative oncology, environmental medicine, spirit medicine and everyday self-care.
Support the Empowered Patient Blog and get early access to articles, book excerpts and member-only posts.
Attia has distilled his wisdom into an actionable tome on the science and art of longevity. I applaud his integrity and will only offer…
Read more about Book Review of “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity”
As physiotherapists become increasingly enamored with the modality of dry needling, I feel compelled as an acupuncturist to place this therapy within the broader…
Read more about The Difference Between Acupuncture and Dry Needling
Sunlight is a force that can heal or hurt the body. Media attention on sun exposure focuses on two topics on each side of…
Read more about Let Some Sunshine into Your Anticancer Strategy
Have you ever thought about actively working to improve your breathing as part of your daily routine? When deciding which system to follow, it’s…
Microbiome research is changing the way we practice medicine. After decades of refining the optimization of probiotics, we must now consider the nuances of…
Read more about Viome vs. Biohm: Which Is Best for Microbiome Testing?
Imagine an AI that can make a detailed analysis of how exposure to this endocrine-disrupting environmental toxicant is interacting with that microbiome-disrupting herbicide, in…
Read more about Artificial Intelligence Is Good for Your Health
Constipation can be a frustrating condition. There are many reasons for getting backed up, and it can take some detective work to discover the…
Read more about Constipation Cures: Effective Remedies from Nature’s Pharmacy
It’s called the Active Denial System (ADS). The Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office of the U.S. Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program investigated the…
Yet with any disease diagnosis, even the most devastating ones, it is possible to “work the problem” by sweating the small stuff. With cancer,…
Digestion is way too important of a process to entrust to a gastroenterologist. Being your own advocate begins with eating a whole food, nutrient-dense…
Conventional allopathic medicine operates on a split paradigm. The primary medical initiative is to heroically swoop down when disaster strikes. A car accident or…
All life stems from air, earth, and water. We are all literal and metaphorical extensions of the Earth, as manifested as living soil. No…