As new parents, there are many decisions to be made for the health of your baby. An important discussion that needs to take place is whether you will choose to vaccinate or not vaccinate your child. Vaccinations are not mandatory in Canada; therefore parents need to be educated about the risks and benefits involved so that it can be an informed decision. To see what vaccines are recommende ...

I often get asked, "why do so many naturopathic doctors tell people they have food allergies?" My simple answer is, there is an ever growing number of people who, for many different reasons, have become intolerant to certain families of food. Elizabeth Landau from CNN has written a great article describing the rise in food allergies. Click here to read the article "Why Are Food Allegies O ...

Canadians are using acid blocking drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Nexium, Pariet, Pantloc and Prevacid at an all time high. Last year alone nearly 17 million prescriptions were filled at a cost of over 1 billion dollars. It begs the question, are we experiencing a heartburn epidemic?

The reality is, people often start PPIs because of a few episodes of recurrent heartbur ...

Scoliosis is defined as a lateral deviation of the normal vertical line of the spine, which, when measured by Xray, is greater than 10 degrees. Scoliosis can be a serious condition, however if it is detected early, the chances for stabilization and reduction of the curves are very good.

Conventional medical options include a watch and wait approach, bracing and finally surgery. Bracing ...

Dr. Shamira Rahim has been asked to be a peer reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health - Chiropractic (JPMFH). Please read on to learn more about this journal and its mission.

MISSION
The mission of the JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC, MATERNAL & FAMILY HEALTH - Chiropractic (JPMFH) is to disseminate to its reading audience peer-reviewed research and other information dealing ...

People who don't drink milk are liable to shatter to pieces should they fall down. At least that is what many come to believe of non-dairy consumers.

Understandably, this is the consequence of effective marketing on behalf of the dairy industry that produces inventive media campaigns celebrating milk as the only means to grow, be strong, and prevent bone loss. In reality, strength does no ...

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month:

Osteoporosis occurs when new bone formation cannot be generated fast enough to compensate for the natural process of bone reabsorption. This imbalance creates an initial loss of bone mass, called osteopenia. As the condition progresses to osteoporosis, bone strength gets compromised leaving it susceptible to breaks and fractures. ...

May 15^th 2010 is Fibromyalgia Day.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is generally characterized by 2 major factors: pain experienced in all four quadrants of the body for a minimum of 12 weeks, and secondly, having 11 or the 18 noted 'tender' points in the shoulders, midback, arms, neck, lower back, hips, and knees. Although this is a specific criterion, it is important to acknowledge that FM symptoms ...

On May 3rd, Drs. Rahim and Chamberlain attended a great info session at Bloom Community Midwives held by Barbara Barta RM. She discussed the many benefits and positive outcomes of having a home birth as well as a water birth.

We were also joined by Jill Colpitts, a DONA certified doula and owner of Midwifery Supplies Canada. She is the Canadian distributor for Aquaborn Eco Birth Pools. These ...