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Integrative Family Nurse Practitioner

Ways to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer, Most Cancers, and Even Heart Disease

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

This subject is near and dear to me.  I have lost an aunt to breast cancer, another to lung cancer.  As a health care provider, I have held the hands of many women as we discussed the lump in their breast, fearful of the worst.  I am a woman and have a daughter – I […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, bio-identical hormones, disease prevention, heart disease, organic, reduce risk of death

Natural Ways to Treat or Prevent High Blood Pressure: Part I

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

What if someone was to tell you that treating your high blood pressure with medication may not necessarily equate to a reduced risk of having a heart attack or stroke?  Yes, I have opened up a Pandora’s Box with that question – but there is mounting evidence that this may be true and I encourage […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, blood pressure, disease prevention, exercise, health, healthy eating, heart attack, heart disease, reduce risk of death, weight-loss

Want Faster Recovery and Better Endurance Or Just General Good Health? Try the IV!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

As an integrative practitioner of family medicine, in addition to working with chronically ill people using intravenous (IV) nutrition, I have worked with athletes to improve their performance and to speed their recovery. The benefits of IV nutrition are immeasurable and there is very little risk.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, auto-immune disorders, celiac disease, colds, detoxificiation, disease prevention, exercise, health, heart disease, men's health, natural remedies

Don’t Break Your Heart, Go Honky Tonking!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

I was sitting down at my kitchen table a few Saturdays ago when my phone rings.  It was a friend doing the proverbial trap he is good at.  He says, “What are you doing?”,   “Nothing”, I reply. “Well then, you have no excuse to get down here to the Grange to hear us play!”  Ha! […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, dancing, disease prevention, exercise, health, heart disease, reduce risk of death

Get the Lead Out!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

If there was one health issue I could focus on and potentially save thousands of lives, it would be cardiovascular disease. Are you aware that one in three Americans die from heart attack or strokes?  That is almost 34% of all deaths!  It far outranks cancer, kidney disease, infections, and accidental deaths! Some of the top risk factors […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, chelation, detoxificiation, disease prevention, heart attack, heart disease, lead toxicity, reduce risk of death, stroke

Fountain of Youth for Men? Maybe…

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Not to sound like an advertisement, but men, there IS a hormone you can take to live healthier with less risk of disease and with improved vitality, libido and energy.  That hormone is testosterone. We are not talking steroids or the doses that body builders use to enhance their sports performance.  In fact, taking very […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, men's health, reduce risk of death, testosterone replacement therapy

Anti-Aging Medicine – Much more than Botox!

By Renae Blanton, MSN, FNP-C, FAIHM

Unfortunately, when people hear the term “Anti-aging Medicine”, most people immediately think of the external things done to look younger– cosmetic surgery, Botox, chemical peels, etc.   The key word for these modalities is “look younger”.  There are a variety of measures that can be utilized to successfully look AND feel younger with the wonderful side […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anti-aging, bio-identical hormones, disease prevention

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