Why Seek Treatment for Chronic Pain?

The Seekers Centre has been providing integrative chronic pain management since its inception in 2006. Integrative Medicine is an approach to healthcare that treats the whole person and engages the patient to become a partner in their healing. Integrative physicians...

Are you burned out? Managing stress during a pandemic

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the importance of stress and burnout among physicians and other healthcare workers. During these challenging times, it is more important than ever for doctors to take care of themselves. While one would assume...

Can Your Words Reveal Your Future?

Analyzing language predicts Alzheimer’s years in advance There are over 500,000 Canadians living with dementia today, with 25,000 newly diagnosed cases each year. These numbers come from the Alzheimer’s society of Canada, which also reports that 56% of Canadians are...

Is Chronic Pain Linked to Bacteria in Your Gut?

The gut-brain axis is a new idea in medicine whose importance is growing. This Canadian study of fibromyalgia patients adds this very common condition to a list of pain disorders that are linked to the microbiome, or the ecosystem of the gut. Researchers found that...

The Anti-AGEing Barbecue

Aah, summer. A time for swimming and sunning, relaxing with friends and enjoying good food. In Canada, like many other parts of the world, summer means barbecue. Cooked meat tastes good. If you are like most of our patients, you eat healthy food when you can, and...

Acupuncture For Your Brain

Modern medicine has been described as the greatest gift to mankind. While its role is different, I think acupuncture is just as precious a gift. This safe, simple treatment has been used by millions in China for thousands of years. While researchers are still figuring...