Doctors Thoughts
By Dr. Van D Merkle DC, DABCI, DCBCN, CCN
Nutrition Help • Blood Chemistry • Office Tips • and more!
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- Chronic Pancreatitis – July 16, 2023
- 14 Year Old With Low C-Peptide – May 24, 2023
- A new seminar from SBN! – May 11, 2023
- Safety in Genetic Testing? – May 6, 2023
- Maybe there is a safe natural solution to your health problem – April 8, 2023
- Your body needs to be healthy – March 25, 2023
- Be active be healthy – February 23, 2023
- Start feeling better – January 7, 2023
- Testosterone in men – December 9, 2022
- Low estrogen in men – November 29, 2022
- Tips for the prostate – September 2, 2022
- Consultation tips – August 25, 2022
- Colorectal cancer – August 19, 2022
- Digestive problems and prilosec – July 28, 2022
- Esophageal cancer – July 26, 2022
- Blood thinners and INRPT July 19, 2022
- Large kidney stones – June 29, 2022
- Menopausal hormone problems – June16, 2022
- Glyphosate and miscarriages – May 24, 2022
- Resistant glucose and A1C – May 16, 2022
- You need oxygen and guillain-Barré Syndrome – April 25, 2022
- Easter radio show ovarian cancer – April 18, 2022
- Payments and coverage – March 21, 2022
- Pancreatic insufficiency – February 16, 2022
- Making more and spending less – February 15
- Effective actions to grow and maintain your business – February 11, 2022
- Dr. Merkle Got COVID – January 31, 2022
- Covid marketing tips and labwork – January 20, 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
Let’s catch up on a previous patient who has chronic pancreatitis and see how they are doing now.
July 16, 2023
A 14 year old with low c-peptide
What could low c-peptide in a 14 year old male mean? What testing should be done and what should you look for in his test results?
May 24, 2023
A Brand New Seminar From SBN!
SBN has a new lecture! In this 12 hour seminar we focus on oral chelation, the thyroid, hormones, and PEMF (pulse electromagnetic frequency.) Join us! Visit www.sciencebasednutrition.com/seminars to register today!
May 11, 2023
Safety in Genetic Testing?
What kind of safety is there in genetic testing? What safety protocols are in place and who is making the vaccines? Find out this and more in today’s Ask an Expert radio show with Dr. Van D. Merkle!
May 6, 2023
Maybe there is a safe natural solution to your health problem
Our goal isn’t to take you off your medications, but to get your body healthy enough to not need them anymore. In today’s show we discuss a Take2 patient who had their MS symptoms clear up!
April 8, 2023
Your body needs to be healthy
In today’s show we discuss a 68 year old man with a testosterone of 158. After visiting Take2, his testosterone nearly doubled to 301. We can do much more than this and in today’s show Dr. Merkle will go over a few of these cases.
March 25, 2023
Be Active be healthy
Being active is excellent for our health, but injuring ourselves in the process isn’t! This could be something as minor as pulling a muscle or as major as severe heart problems. This morning Dr. Merkle takes us though supplements for an active body as well as some tests that Take2 Healthcare can have ran that take a look inside your body!
February 23, 2023
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