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Vaccination: What to Do?

With the recent report of measles in the Collingwood area, we’ve been fielding many questions from local parents. Is my kid at risk of measles if they are vaccinated? What about the kids who aren’t vaccinated?  Are they at risk? Are they increasing the risk of infection for my child? There is much emotion in… Continue reading →

How Good is the Evidence?

One of Dr. Tara’s family members was recently the recipient of a double lung and liver transplant. The miracle of him breathing with someone else’s lungs only five days after receiving them could not have happened without research, drugs and technology. Truly amazing. One of the things we’re complimented on here at StoneTree is that… Continue reading →

What Are You Addicted To?

Tis the season for spring-cleaning, and it is not uncommon for the StoneTree naturopaths to start recommending a good spring detox. Some of our patients tackle a change-of-season cleanse with great enthusiasm, but for many of us the thought of giving up booze, coffee, sugar, or gluten–just to name a few–seems a little more daunting…. Continue reading →

What’s Wrong With Gluten?

Going gluten-free is very sexy at the moment. We’re getting rid of our “Wheat Belly“, cleaning up our “Grain Brain”, and—as any naturopathic doctor worth their salt already knows—patient after patient reports that ditching wheat is making them feel better. But what is actually wrong with gluten? Most of us grew up eating cereal and… Continue reading →

Spring Cleaning…On the Inside

Naturopathic doctors have a reputation for being interested not in just what goes into your body, but in what comes out of it, too . We’re always asking questions about how much, how often, what does it look like, and more. It may seem strange to you, but there’s good reason for our interest. Your gastrointestinal… Continue reading →

Are Expired Medications Still Effective?

I had a great question from a patient this month who was traveling south and wanted to know if the antibiotic she had which expired in 2011 was still good. Many of us have a medicine cabinet full of the medications that have gone past their expiry date. What to do with them. Are they… Continue reading →

Yearly Breast Exams as Good as Mammograms?

This month the British Medical Journal published the results of the 25-year Canadian National Breast Screening Study. In this study, women between the ages of 45-59 who were at average risk for breast cancer were put into one of two groups.  The first group received an annual mammogram for five years, while the women in… Continue reading →

No More HST on Naturopathic Care!

Hooray! Great health care just got more affordable. The 2014 federal budget exempted naturopathic doctors’ services from HST and GST. It’s about time. 🙂 The changes take place immediately–you’ll notice a difference (the good kind!) in your bill for your next consult. “Naturopathic doctors are, indeed, primary healthcare providers. They integrate standard, medical diagnostics with… Continue reading →

Why I Don’t Get Sick in Winter

The other day Dan asked me, “When was the last time you got a cold where you couldn’t breathe at night?” The question got me thinking. When was the last time? I really couldn’t think of when it was. And not only has it been years since I had a winter cold that left me… Continue reading →

28 Days of Gratitude

Last year I set a New Years resolution about happiness. I committed to myself that I was going to focus on daily happiness for 365 days.  When I started on January 1st, I really had no idea how I was going to do that. How the year evolved turned out to be quite interesting. On… Continue reading →