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Cough medicine for kids – is it safe?
New episode of The Baby Manual podcast out NOW on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple podcasts! Meet Dr. Jason Bronstein MD, a pediatric pulmonologist, and learn all about the most common lung conditions in children such as sleep apnea and asthma. Watch the full video interview on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@drcarolekeim), or listen wherever you find podcasts – the podcast is called The Baby Manual 🙂
From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Chip got back to living (Part 2)
Occupational, household, and environmental exposures can lead to high levels of Mercury, Lead, and other metals that are usually not checked. Aging and bone loss can release stored metals back into the bloodstream, contributing to cognitive decline and systemic symptoms. Proper testing, chelation, and preventive strategies can dramatically reduce the total body burden and protect long-term health.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Benefits with Dr. Julia Ward
Discover how hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers up to 20x more oxygen to tissues, fueling mitochondria, increasing energy production, and supporting deep cellular repair. Understand why consistent sessions create a “stacking effect,” helping reduce inflammation, support brain healing, and improve outcomes in conditions like autism and chronic illness. Learn how combining nervous system regulation, gut health, and oxygen therapy creates a more complete functional medicine approach to long-term healing.
Inflammation: The Hidden Driver of Pain, Fatigue, and Irritability After Menopause
Understand how chronic inflammation acts as the underlying driver of many symptoms women experience after menopause, from joint pain and fatigue to mood changes and sleep disturbances. Discover how everyday choices like diet, sleep habits, and environmental exposures can either fuel or reduce inflammation, and how small, consistent changes can significantly improve your health. Learn how a personalized, root-cause approach, including nutrition, detoxification, and targeted support, can help address persistent symptoms that conventional treatments often miss.
Lyme Disease and Alzheimer’s: The Hidden Link to Brain Inflammation
Discover how Lyme disease, co-infections, toxins, and chronic infections can drive neuroinflammation—leading to symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Understand how Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers like P-tau, beta amyloid, and neurofilament light can serve as early warning signs—often appearing years before symptoms develop. Learn how the 16-point MSIDS model helps identify root causes of inflammation, offering a more comprehensive and personalized approach to preventing and addressing cognitive decline.
The Better Question: Is Muscle the Missing Longevity Blueprint?
Muscle is the Foundation of Longevity Muscle supports metabolism, brain health, hormone balance, and independence. Maintaining and building muscle is essential to prevent cognitive decline, frailty, and loss of mobility as women age. Hormones and Muscle Are Deeply Connected Declines in estrogen and testosterone accelerate muscle loss and inflammation. Personalized approaches like BHRT can help restore balance and support long-term health when used appropriately. Lifestyle Drives Long-Term Resilience Strength training, adequate protein intake, healthy fats, gut health, and sustainable movement practices are key pillars for maintaining vitality and preventing age-related decline.
How Essential Oils Support Hormones, Gut Health, and the Brain
Understand how essential oils interact with the body through the olfactory system and limbic brain, influencing mood, memory, stress response, and overall nervous system regulation. Discover why sensitive patients benefit from a “low and slow” approach—starting with minimal exposure, gradually building tolerance, and avoiding overstimulation or adverse reactions. Learn how essential oils can support gut health, hormonal balance, and chronic infection protocols—especially when used alongside detox strategies and guided by an experienced practitioner.
Environmental Toxicity: The Overlooked Driver of Chronic Symptoms
Understand how ongoing exposure to mold and environmental toxins can overwhelm your body’s ability to detox, leading to persistent symptoms that don’t resolve with treatment alone. Discover how toxic load impacts the immune system, contributing to chronic conditions like autoimmune issues, infections, and inflammation that often go unexplained. Learn why addressing both your environment and your body’s detox capacity is necessary to restore balance and move forward in recovery.
Shoulder Pain, Rotator Cuff Injuries & Regenerative Treatments with Exosomes
Shoulder pain is often driven by age-related degeneration and mechanical stress. Rotator cuff injuries, arthritis, and impingement are common, with imaging often showing tendon and cartilage deterioration in older adults. Accurate diagnosis relies on anatomy-based physical exams. Tests like the empty can, lift-off, sulcus sign, and drawer test help identify specific tendon injuries, instability, and nerve-related pain. Regenerative injections (especially exosomes) are positioned as a treatment option. Targeted injections into the subacromial bursa, AC joint, or glenohumeral joint are emphasized, along with careful technique and post-treatment rest for optimal healing.
The 5-Day Reset That Calms Cravings
Discover how fasting mimicking helps downshift nutrient-sensing “alarm bells” and supports key longevity pathways by limiting simple sugars and protein. Understand why deep fasts (three days or more) can feel like a true reset—supporting cravings, motivation, and a cleaner relationship with food after just one cycle. Learn how a five-day protocol can support broad metabolic markers and why some people only need a few cycles per year for maintenance once goals are reached.
Why Stress Is Making Your Hormones Worse (Even If You Eat Healthy & Exercise)
Stress depletes the body’s resilience (ojas) Even with proper diet and exercise, increasing stress can worsen symptoms because the body has a limited reserve of energy and resilience. In Ayurveda, this is known as ojas, which depends on strong digestion (agni) and overall balance. When depleted, it can lead to fatigue, brain fog, burnout, and poor focus. Chronic stress often goes unnoticed until burnout Many women push through stress without realizing they’ve exceeded their capacity. Over time, accumulated stress from work, illness, or caregiving overwhelms the nervous system, leading to persistent symptoms despite healthy habits. Daily rituals and lifestyle habits restore balance Small, consistent practices can significantly improve stress resilience. Prioritizing sleep, eating for your body type, taking mindful breaks, using calming herbal support, and reducing social media while engaging in relaxing activities like reading all help shift the body out of stress mode and restore energy.