Doctors Thoughts
By Dr. Van D Merkle DC, DABCI, DCBCN, CCN
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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
Toxic metals in the blood – how dangerous is it?
Let’s take a look at an SBN member’s patient who showed high levels of heavy metals (copper, uranium, lead, mercury, and zinc.) Could this cause this patient to have elevated cancer or thyroid problems?
February 4, 2021
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – What to do?
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerves and brain cells. What can we as doctors and nutritionist do to help those with something as severe as ALS? Well quite a bit actually!
February 3, 2021
Hardships, COVID-19, Health, and Thriving!
Even through hardships, SBN can help your practice to remain busy with our nutritional program. The SBN system allows you to keep seeing patients and working to improve the health of your patients!
February 2, 2021
The most important thing you will hear…
What do we know about the new COVID vaccine that is rolling out, it’s efficacy, and possible side effects? With all the lockdowns, mandates, masks, sports cancellations, and so on, what has the increase of deaths been in 2020 vs 2019 and below? Today get to the bottom in terms of numbers for both of these questions!
January 30, 2021