Parmar’s Blog

Advanced Integrative Oncology Palliative Care Course

Palliative Care Re-Defined So, the sabbatical has come and gone. The biggest ongoing project I intended to complete during my sabbatical, “the course” as so many of my patients...

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Welcoming Dr. Kevin Sclater, MD

Welcoming Dr. Kevin Sclater, MD to the IHC Team I am tremendously excited to introduce the newest member of our IHC Team, Dr. Kevin Sclater MD, Palliative Care Physician. ...

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Fighting the Opioid Crisis

B.C. naturopathic doctors urge province to let them help fight the opioid crisis. Deborah Phair, a Prince George naturopathic doctor, says the shortage of doctors, registered nurses, psychiatric nurses...

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IHC-CCC Team

My Integrated Health Clinic – Cancer Care Team I would like to introduce you to my tremendous IHC-Cancer Care Centre team of Naturopathic Physicians. The Cancer Care Centre provides...

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AAMP-2023 Conference

Integrative Oncology – Clinical Management from Seasoned Practitioners Advanced Applications in Medical Practice (AAMP) was created by Dr. Anderson with a mission to elevate physicians to a higher level...

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SIO-2023 Conference

Integrative Oncology as Standard of Care: The Time is Now  SIO is the premier multi-disciplinary professional organization for integrative oncology founded in 2003.  The mission of the SIO is...

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Hyperthermia and the Immune Response

Hyperthermia and the Immune Response  Hyperthermia (HT) makes the immune system become actively engaged against tumours. Yes, HT actually induces anti-tumour immunity, creating a type of “personalized” treatment approach....

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Colorectal Cancer Screening

Colorectal Cancer Screening  On the theme of cancer prevention, we here at IHC CCC are proud to have been chosen as one of the few centers in Canada chosen...

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Supporting the Immune System

Supporting the Immune System  Yes, the time has finally come. The treatment of metastatic disease has shifted dramatically in the past number of years from trying to kill cancer...

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Professor of Naturopathic Oncology

Professor of Naturopathic Oncology  Dr. Gurdev Parmar ND FABNO(USA) The founder and medical director of IHC’s Cancer Care Centre is also now the professor of Naturopathic Oncology at the...

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Treatment Options

Treatment Options  Question: What treatment options does the IHC CCC provide patients living with cancer? Answer: A TON, including: Time. In-depth consultations able to review all of your medical...

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Back to Basics

Back to Basics  Carrying forward the same theme of 2023, I feel compelled to continue introducing our readers to the IHC CCC. Back to basics. In our January newsletter,...

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Cancer Care – The Entire Spectrum

The Entire Spectrum, from Prevention & Screening to Active Treatment & Survivorship, As it is the beginning of a new year, I will take the opportunity to re-introduce our...

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Cancer Health Crisis

Cancer Health Crisis, Cancer is perhaps the biggest health crisis facing humanity today. Until now throughout the cancer care field, we have focused most attention on the tumor itself.However,...

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Neoadjuvant Treatment

Neoadjuvant Treatment, Neoadjuvant treatment is defined as the therapy administered before the “main treatment”, which is usually surgery. The purpose is to shrink the tumour before the surgery with...

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Mistletoe Therapy

A Panel Discussion on Mistletoe Therapy, Celebrating 100 Years of Mistletoe, Ivelisse Page, founder of Believe Big, interviews a panel of doctors and goes over the common questions patients...

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A Brief Overview of Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

A Brief Overview of Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment, By: Gianfranco Baronzio1*, Gurdev Parmar2, Marco Ballerini1, Andras Szasz3, Miriam Baronzio1 and Valter Cassutti1 Demetra ML Center, for Clinical Hyperthermia and...

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Supporting Your Body’s Healthy Digestion

Healthy Digestion, Supporting your body’s healthy digestion is pivotal to the success of any mainstream or integrative treatment program. Through the management of diet and the educated use of...

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Advanced Non-Invasive Cancer Tests

Advanced Non-Invasive Cancer Tests At Integrated Health Clinic (IHC), we have continuously searched the world over, for the most advanced testing available in the fight against cancer. What follows...

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Modifiable Risk Factors

Modifiable Risk Factors The vast majority of cancers are caused by “modifiable risk factors” or preventable causes including obesity, smoking, excessive alcohol intake, chronic stress, chronic infections, etc.So here...

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Health Ignited Podcast

Arming Your Immune System with Dr. Gurdev Parmar Dr. Gurdev Parmar speaks with Health Ignited podcast hosts Drs Nick and Sonya Jensen. This podcast can be accessed via the...

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Naturopathic Oncology Residency

Naturopathic Oncology Residency by Dr. Gurdev Parmar Dr. Gurdev Parmar has now long been a residency director and primary teaching supervisor of a naturopathic oncology residency at here at...

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Understanding the Immune System

Understanding the Immune System by Dr. Gurdev Parmar We’ve really come a long way in our understanding of the immune system in the last few decades. Since the turn...

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Lung Cancer Screening Program

BCCA Lung Cancer Screening Program by Dr. Gurdev Parmar Integrated Health Clinic is excited to work with the BC Cancer Agency in promoting their recently launched province-wide lung cancer...

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Cancer Prevention

Cancer Prevention by Dr. Gurdev Parmar The vast majority of cancers are caused by “modifiable risk factors” or preventable causes including obesity, smoking, excessive alcohol intake, chronic stress, chronic...

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Understanding the Power of the Fever Response

Understanding the Power of the Fever Response by Dr. Gurdev Parmar PODCAST There are many misconceptions about fever and how it works with the immune system. On this show,...

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Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain “Living with chronic pain dramatically reduces quality of life as it can last for weeks, even months beyond expected recovery. Our doctors are equipped to provide services...

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Iron Deficiency

Iron Deficiency Iron deficiency is incredibly common world wide, affecting approximately 12% of the global population. The numbers are highest in women 18-45yrs, and people living in lower-income countries....

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Integrative Protocols

Integrative Protocols Integrated Health Clinic Cancer Care Centre is committed to forwarding our understanding of medical practices. Our objective is to position ourselves to provide you the patient with...

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Arming the Immune System

Arming the Immune System by Dr. Gurdev Parmar Learn how hard our bodies work to maintain our body temperature, and what happens when our internal thermostat intelligently and purposefully...

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture Acupuncture has been recognized as a very good complementary treatment for cancer patients by the World Health Organization, and other Cancer Institutes and agencies in North America, Europe...

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Fever

Fever Until the late 1800s, fever was widely considered a healthy sign during disease. This view has changed with fever-lowering drugs now the knee-jerk reaction worldwide. We have more...

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Arming the Immune System

Arming the Immune System by Dr. Gurdev Parmar Discover the power of your natural immunity. Learn why we should allow our bodies to run their intelligent health maintenance programs,...

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Mental Health

Mental Health When it comes to mental health, now more than ever, every action counts. There are important reasons to start talking about mental illness. Hard to see, mental...

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The Foods We Eat

The Foods We Eat It is well-known that the cancer rates are increasing each year, particularly in the industrialized nations. One of the biggest factors contributing to this rise...

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Honey

Honey Did you know Honey helps: Prevention and treatment of radiation-induced mucositis. Prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia Empirically for the prevention and treatment of radiation-induced dysphagiaHow to do it: Swish...

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Endocrine Disruption

Endocrine Disruption In addition to direct carcinogenicity, a significant pathway from environmental toxins to carcinogenesis is endocrine disruption. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal)...

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Sleep

Sleep It is well-established that sleep plays a central role in human health. Given its impact on nearly all systems of the body, evidence points to various ways that...

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Redo Project

The Redo Project REDO Project: The Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project is an international collaboration initiated by a diverse group of researchers, clinicians and patient advocates all working...

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Dr. Ralf Kleef – 1961 – 2021

A Dear Friend & Colleague  It is with tremendous sadness that I share the news that my dear friend and colleague, Dr. Ralf Kleef, MD, passed away on Monday,...

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Antioxidant Protection from Ionizing Radiation from Scans

Antioxidant Protection from Ionizing Radiation from Scans In 2012 Canadians received 4.4 million computed tomography (CT) exams, nearly double the number in 2003. (Canadian Institute for Health Information). These...

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Mental Health Check

Mental Health Check How often do you check in on your mental health? It is an important and often overlooked component of overall health. At @integratedhealthclinic, our approach to...

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The Gut Microbiome

The Gut Microbiome They tell you to “trust your gut” but do you actually take care of your gut so it can function properly? Your gut microbiome is made...

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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)

Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) Several common chemotherapeutic drugs can accumulate to levels that are neurotoxic and result in the development of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The most common...

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Hyperthermia (mEHT) and Intravenous Vitamin C

Hyperthermia (mEHT) and Intravenous Vitamin C A recent Phase 2 trial was published on the outcomes of patients with advanced lung cancer who received treatment with modulated Electro-Hyperthermia (mEHT)...

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Hyperthermia, The Immune System’s Ally

Integrative Hyperthermia Hyperthermia: The immune system’s ally in the battle against cancer. “Our immune system knows how to fight such diseases as cancer. Inside our lymph nodes, T-cells are activated...

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The Moss Report Podcast

Clinic Conversations: Canada’s Integrated Health Clinic with Gurdev Parmar, ND The Moss Report Podcast is now available. It was my distinct honour to have been a recent guest on...

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Textbook of Naturopathic Oncology

Textbook of Naturopathic Oncology: A Desktop Guide of Integrative Cancer Care is now available at a new reduced price. With the constant stream of new information, and well in...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Pain Symptoms

PAIN SYMPTOMS Brief Overview Cancer-related pain can be either acute or chronic. Acute pain may be directly related to cancer (i.e., pathological fracture, obstruction), a side effect of the...

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Mahan Health with Dr. Hanisha

PODCAST – Integrative Oncology with Dr. Gurdev Parmar Details Cancer was the second leading cause of death in 2020 and outside of chemotherapy and radiation there still are few...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Colorectal Cancer

COLORECTAL CANCER Brief Overview A person with an average risk of colorectal cancer has about a 5% chance of developing colorectal cancer overall. Generally, most colorectal cancers (about 95%)...

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Naturopathic Oncology, What Does That Mean?

Naturopathic Oncology, What Does That Mean? Thanks for attending our recent webinar with AANMC. We had a wonderful turnout and your questions were engaging and informative. If you’d like...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Bladder Cancer

BLADDER CANCER Brief Overview An estimated 80,470 adults (61,700 men and 18,770 women) in the United States will be diagnosed with bladder cancer. Among men, bladder cancer is the...

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Pearlz Video

PEARLZ VIDEO INTRODUCTION Introduction video to Clinical Pearlz eBook Series.   Link to the Pearlz website Click Here Yours in Health, Gurdev Parmar, ND

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Symptoms (cont.)

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Symptoms (cont.) This first Clinical Pearlz eBook Series on side effect management includes the integrative approach to the management of many common side effects. For...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Symptoms

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Symptoms The role of any healthcare provider is to optimize outcomes for the patient, to ensure there are no contraindications to chosen therapies, to lessen...

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Naturopathic Oncology

Naturopathic Oncology, What Does That Mean? From cancer screening, to active co-management during treatment, to aftercare and survivorship, find out exactly what a naturopathic oncology practice looks like in...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Types (cont.)

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Types (cont.) In addition to the integrative treatment considerations discussed in an earlier post, well-evidenced lifestyle measures such as exercise, normalization of circadian rhythm, proper...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Types

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Types The Clinical Pearlz eBook Series also includes eBooks on various cancer types, including their overview, causative factors, presentation, conventional management and integrative naturopathic interventions....

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Pearlz Blog Series-Preface (cont.)

PEARLZ PREFACE (cont.) The decisions that patients make immediately following a cancer diagnosis have a significant and measurable effect on their outcomes. The scientific medical literature provides a wealth...

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Pearlz Blog Series-Preface

PEARLZ PREFACE It is clear that people diagnosed with cancer regularly integrate naturopathic therapies into their treatment plans. Surveys have shown that up to 90% of people being treated...

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8-Year Observational Study

There is a considerable amount of research supporting the use of hyperthermia a treatment in oncology, and on the use of naturopathic treatment methods to complement therapy. This investigation...

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