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Breaking news for those affected by allergy or mold in the greater Denver and Boulder area: A new type of immunotherapy is now available. The recent flooding has given rise to more indoor mold problems than ever before. Mold can hide behind walls which adds to the problem. Mold can be toxic to people and animals as well as cause allergy symptoms. Bottom line: people can get sick and allergies can get worse. Immunotherapy (allergy shots) is a t...

Steve Parcell, ND Boulder, CO According to marketing experts, gaining popularity lately are B12 shots. When asked how they work for weight issues Parcell says " I think they work in some people because some people are actually low in vitamin B12. B12 is needed for red blood cell synthesis and we get our oxygen delivered to all the oragans and tissues in our bodies via red blood cells". Without oxygen there is no metabolism and no fat burning. Whe...

Vitamin B12 deficiency and elevated homocysteine Multiple Sclerosis Associated With Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Reynolds, E.H., et al, Archives of Neurology, August 1991;48:808- 811. Serum Homocysteine Levels and Multiple Sclerosis, Rio, J., et al, Archives of Neurology, December 1994;51:1181 Vitamin D  Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D: An Update, VanAmerongen BM, Dijkstra CD, et al, Eur J Clin Nutr, 2004:1-15 Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels...

Read this study on how intravenous vitamin Csignificantly improves circulation in the legs in older men....

There has been much debate about optimal cholesterol levels. On the one side there those who say cholesterol does not matter and one should include inflammation along with the importance of cholesterol and other markers. And then there are those who only target the cholesterol. Like most things that are debated in medicine the reality is somewhere in between. I believe the moderate view is the correct one. All factors must be considered especiall...