Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
The first step to developing awareness that you are not functioning aswell as possible is to explore what you feel. Functional Medicine is uniquely equipped to help you delve into this complex...
Posted on Friday, April 01, 2022
Phytonutrients: Nature’s Pharmacy
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Everyone wants optimal health or to prevent the pain and dysfunction of a chronic illness. This is something that I want, and I pursue it in my daily life. I also seek it for my clients. The practice of Internal Medicine has been reduced to maintaining a
Everyone wants optimal health or to prevent the pain and dysfunction of a chronic illness. This is something that I want, and I pursue it in my daily life. I also seek it for my clients. The...
Posted on Friday, March 18, 2022
Toxicity
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
We are living in some toxic times! Functional medicine is especially equipped to deal with toxicity. The concept of total toxic burden guides our diagnostic and therapeutic plans. The total toxic...
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2021
Covid Prevention and Treatment Protocols
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
What is aging?
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
We all have a mental image of what we consider aging to be, but I prefer a simple definition: gradual loss of function over time. Chronic illness is the major cause of aging. Illness causes...
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Covid Update Sept 2021
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Delta Strain
Delta is a highly contagious, SARS-CoV-2 virus strain. Delta and other strains battled for supremacy and Delta is almost the last variant standing. The Alpha strain that came from the...
Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Parkinson’s Disease and Pesticides
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is an illness that affects approximately one million Americans. It is a neurodegenerative, multi-system disease. That means that nerve damage affects the whole body. Its...
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2021
Low T: the male “disease”
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
There is a lot of hype around testosterone replacement for men these days. We see clinics and ads hawking shots or creams for fixing every malady under the sun. Primarily sold as the answer for...
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2021
Bioidentical Women’s Hormone Therapy
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
We have heard much conflicting information regarding hormone replacement in the past 25 years. From Suzanne Sommers popularized term “bio-identical” in 1997 through the negative press...
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2021
Post Covid-19, Long Haulers
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
It is hard to believe, but we have entered year two of the coronavirus pandemic.I hear stories regularly of people who are experiencing symptoms well beyond the usual course of a viral illness. We...
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Regenerative healthcare / agriculture
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
March 2021
Spring is in the air and my food forest is popping with life! Bananas and papayas are growing fat. New pineapples are crowning. Lettuces, mustards, and brassicas are growing tall;...
Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2021
An Integrative Path to Healing: Q&A with Dr. Fred Harvey
Written by: Mary-Elizabeth Schurrer
If there ever was a time for a thorough, in-depth lens into the full spectrum of our health, this would be it. For the past year, our bodies have weakened beneath the pressures of anxiety, fear,...
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021
February 2021: Heart Month
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
This year is flying by! Valentine’s Day approaches already and that means February Heart Month is here. Go RED is the annual American Heart Association’s drive to help us remember that...
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021
Regenerative healthcare / agriculture
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Spring is in the air and my food forest is popping with life! Bananas and papayas are growing fat. New pineapples are crowning. Lettuces, mustards, and brassicas are growing tall; tomatoes and...
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021
Joy
Written by: Dr. Fred Harvey, MD
Joy is a quality of emotion much deeper and more resilient than happiness. Joy springs
from the deep, peaceful place in our innermost selves. Joy emanates from the source of love within our heart...
Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2020