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2022

There’s so much to know and so much to learn that can help not only yourself but your patients too! From running a business to nutritional advice, I thought it was important to share some of these thoughts with all of you! Stay tuned!

~Dr. Van D. Merkle

Start Feeling Better Today!

Testing can find many things! Good comprehensive blood testing is your key to finding out what is wrong with your body and what is causing your ailments and disease. Take2 Healthcare specializes in testing for heavy metals and other imbalances that can impair your bodies ability to efficiently eliminate toxic elements, in particular heavy metals. Listen to today’s radio show to learn much more!

January 7, 2023

Testosterone in men.

What kind of testing should be ran for looking at testosterone in men? Let’s find out.

December 9, 2022

Men with low estrogen

Tips on men with low estrogen and the clues found in bloodwork.

November 29, 2022

Tips for the Prostate

Looking for tips for how to care for a patient with prostate issues? Dr. Merkle discusses diet, tests and more!

September 2, 2022

Consultation Tips

When consulting with a patient, it’s important to ask the right questions. In today’s consultation tips video, we discuss a patient with a history of cancer in the family, recommended testing, and cost.

August 25, 2022

Colorectal Cancer – Case Management

Today we take a look at managing a patient with colorectal cancer. What to look for in testing both blood and heavy metals and what vitamins and diets can help the patient recover and restore health and vitality.

August 19, 2022

Digestive Problems and Prilosec

What course of action should you take when you have a patient with digestive problems? We take a look into what diets, protocols and testing should be done to help your patients!

July 28, 2022

Esophageal Cancer

Testing recommendations for a patient with Esophageal Cancer.

July 26, 2022

Blood Thinners and INR/PT

Taking a deeper look into blood thinners, blood work and the side effects of medications.

July 19, 2022

Large Kidney Stones

What do you look for with regards to kidney stones and what can it mean?

June 29, 2022

Menopausal Hormone Problems

Taking a deep look at post menopausal hormone problems. What can you see in the blood work, supplements, medications, and patient symptom survey.

June 16, 2022

Glyphosate and miscarriages

Exposure to glyphosate causing miscarriages in a woman and deformations in farm animals.

May 24, 2022

Resistant Glucose and A1C

What happens when a patient eats well but their Glucose and A1C are far to high?

May 16, 2022

You need Oxygen and Guillain-Barré Syndrome

You need an oxygen tank in your office! We also discuss Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a 50 year old patient, what to look for, what tests to run, and what protocols and diets to use for the best results.

April 25, 2022

Ovarian Cancer – Easter Radio Program

How can nutrition and diet improve cancer outcomes? We discuss this and much more on this edition of Ask the Experts WHIO Dayton News and Talk Radio AM1290 and News FM 95.7.

April 18, 2022

Payments and Coverage

New stem cell shots are causing Medicare payment problems for doctors. What could this mean for chiropractors and nutrition?

March 21, 2022

Pancreatic Insufficiency

Here we look at the labs for a 64 year old female with Chronic Pancreatitis and what protocols and diets this patient needs to start healing.

February 16, 2022

Making more and spending less

How can we make more and spend less? After making it a point to not buy anything from Amazon, it makes one realize that some things are better for us than other things! Focusing on health and doing what we can with what we have leads to a different, better, and more optimistic outcomes!

February 15, 2022

Effective actions to grow and maintain your business

Let’s start 2022 off strong! Staying in contact with your patients is key to their health and your bottom line.

February 11, 2022

Dr. Merkle got COVID

Dr. Merkle contacted COVID! Let’s talk about it!

January 31, 2022

Covid Marketing Tips and Labwork

We start this year off with a discussion on how to market your practice thoroughly during Covid! Despite Covid taking over our lexicon for the last 2 years, the world must keep turning. In this video Dr. Merkle discusses presenting COVID to events and communities in a constructive and useful way. SBN members can also access the presentation mentioned in this video on the SBN Library!

January 20, 2022