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A Better Way to Treat Chronic Health Conditions: Functional Medicine

By Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN /

Kevin Ritzenthaler, D.C., D.C.B.C.N. When diagnosed with a chronic condition, most people have a similar experience: a diagnosis is made, medications are prescribed, and discussion centers on “living with” or “managing” the condition. But, often, no one addresses the question: why?  Why did you develop this disease?  What are the underlying factors?  Can anything be…

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4 Important Questions to Ask About Any Prescription Drug

By Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN /

Functional Medicine Offers Better Outcomes Without the Risk of Some Prescription Meds DR. KEVIN RITZENTHALER, DC, DCBCN, Innovative Health Today, it seems that there’s a “pill for every ill”. Advertisements for prescription medications have taken over nightly newscasts and magazines. As a society, taking prescription drugs is so commonplace that we often don’t give a…

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Reduce Your Risk of Dementia

By Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN /

7 Steps to a Healthier Brain Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN All of us know of someone or have heard of someone in their eighties and nineties and is as sharp as a tack. And yet, many of us also know of someone who is significantly younger and in some state of cognitive decline. As…

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Autoimmune Disease, There is Another Way

By Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN /

Reversing Autoimmune Disorders by Treating the Root Cause Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN Autoimmune diseases are reaching epidemic levels, in part, because there are so many of them.  Current medicine lists between 80 and 100 different types of autoimmune disorders or diseases.  Some of the more common ones include Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA),…

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