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by Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine Criteria for diagnosis of Lyme Disease, published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2022 shows a relaxation of the previous requirements. No longer is a positive ELISA test with specific bands in the Western Blot an absolute requirement. Now, a positive Western blot, whether or not accompanied […]

by Martha M Grout, MD, MD(H) Medical Director in Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine Alzheimers’s is not a disease. It’s a complex outcome from the marriage of our genes with our environment, with our lifestyle. We think of Alzheimer’s disease as a disease of the brain – we jokingly call it “Old Timer’s Disease” and […]

We have plenty of opportunities to choose healthier vs less healthy. The concept of metabolic morbidity is interesting – chronic dysfunction in metabolic state due to a multitude of factors, primarily decreased energy expenditure (poor exercise) and increased energy intake (poor food choices), resulting in impaired mitochondrial function, and manifesting in those organ systems where […]

It is never too late to start exercising – moving off the couch, getting up off the office chair, just moving with some energy behind it. When we think about declining functions in our later years, it is important to remember that there is a spectrum of decline, a slope of dysfunction. In the end, […]

Why would you want to know if you are just having a “senior moment” or if you are on the path to Alzheimer’s disease? Why would you want to know if you are just having a “senior moment” or if you are on the path to Alzheimer’s disease? Conventional medicine tells you that there is […]

Pathological Changes in the Cerebral Cortex A Convenient and Simple Diagnostic Test to screen for Early Alzheimer’s Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine offers Amyloid Beta (Aβ) screening, which research has shown to have a 90% accuracy in detecting Alzheimer’s disease, as part of our medical services for individuals and families in Scottsdale and its surrounding areas. The […]

The number of people around the world with dementia is staggering – and growing. The mind-robbing disease has no cure, but recent research is beginning to show how you may best be able to lower your chances of getting it. The June 2019 Web-MD magazine, delivered to my office door, has an article entitled: Guarding the […]

If you ever had any doubt about whether fluorides are bad for you, this article should help you make a decision to choose ceramic non-stick coatings over anything related to Teflon. Have you wondered why we are seeing so much osteoporosis? The PFAS and PFOS chemicals stop vitamin D from helping calcium deposit into our […]

Shawn K. Centers, MD(H), FACOP, is an Arizona licensed Homeopathic and Integrative Physician, the Director of Medical Education for AutismOne, and an internationally known expert and professor of Integrative Medicine. Dr Centers maintains a specialized consulting practice with an emphasis on rare, difficult to treat, developmental and neurological disorders. A former Chief Resident in Pediatrics […]

Essential oils have been used therapeutically for thousands of years. In fact, many believe they were the world’s first medicine.