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INCREASING LONGEVITY BY REDUCING RISK AND OPTIMIZING FUNCTION USING THE BEST OF ALTERNATIVE AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE Arizona Advanced Medicine is an association of primary care physicians who emphasize prevention of disease, identification and management of health risk, optimization of detoxification and organ functions, and lifestyle intervention in order to extend quality years of life. EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS Our doctors have over 70 years of clinical experience in Integrated Medicine. We offer the cutting edge in Anti-Aging/Longevity Medicine, using the best of conventional and alternative medical diagnostics and therapeutics. We are innovators in our field, constantly exploring our medicine through ongoing clinical trials. We present our outcomes to doctors in medical venues nationally and internationally. You can be sure that our methods produce clinical results. Please click on the "Physicians" button for more information on our award winning physicians. INDIVIDUALIZED CARE We take the time to listen to you and to dialogue with you. All our workups and treatment protocols are individualized to the person's needs based on the screening questionnairres, physical exam, enrgy testing, functional testing, and laboratory findings. We give specific attention to the essential body functions: Digestion and Assimilation (getting things into you), Detoxification and Elimination (metabolizing and getting things out of you), and Regulation (monitoring and adjusting internal body processes). All findings are clearly explained to you: what their significance is to you, and how they affect your health risk. A detailed plan to help you achieve your health goals is developed and enacted with you. This will always include lifestyle evaluation (diet, exercise and stress management) and intervention, if necessary. You are then periodically monitored to assure that you are attaining your goals.We evaluate and treat all kinds of medical conditions, whether acute or chronic, but other doctors refer their patients to us for advice and our expertise in certain areas. Please click on the "Services" button to see more information about our various protocols. CLINICAL OUTCOMES TRACKING The only way to know if your patients respond to a treatment protocol is to track outcomes. We think that this is essential to making our medicine the best that it can be for our patients. We have ongoing clinical trials in a variety of areas to test the safety and efficacy of products and treatment protocols. Often, participation in a clinical trial will save you some money. Depending on the trial you may receive discounts or free: office visits, laboratory tests, and medication. If you are interested in participating in a clinical outcomes trial, please click on the "Research" button to see entry criteria, exclusion criteria and the protocol. FRIENDLY, SUPPORTIVE STAFF Our highly trained, friendly staff are happy to help you with scheduling, laboratory information, or purchasing/ordering supplies and supplements. In the office they will assist you with exams, labwork and IV infusions. For any questions or information, please contact us at 480-905-9200. After hours you can page the doctor by calling the office number. We are not an urgent care or emergency room, but, please contact us after hours if your problem can not wait until the following business day. The doctor usually will return calls within 30 minutes. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECTSome
of the characteristic qualities of complimentary medicine that are used in this practice
include the following: 2. Although prescription and over-the-counter medications are
used when the physician believes it is necessary, an attempt is made to use products that
are natural to the body. These include nutritional supplements such as vitamins, minerals,
enzymes, amino acids, essential fatty acids, herbs, and homeopathic products. 3. In addition to recommending that a patient take
nutritional supplements by mouth, we frequently recommend that a patient receive a series
of injections either intravenously or by intramuscular injection. Some of the reasons for
recommending this procedure
include the assurance that the particular
substance gets into
the body (which may not happen when the supplement is taken orally and the patient has absorption
problems) and achieving a high concentration of the substances in the bloodstream, which
may be difficult if the substance is taken only by
mouth. This route of administration may not be accepted by consensus mainstream medicine. 4.
Energy is the first thing that changes in a pathological process. Several systems of
medicine (Acupuncture or Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine and
Kinesiology) use energy as their primary mode of treatment. In the past 50 years equipment
has been developed to evaluate energy disturbances. These electrodermal screening devices
are considered to be investigational by conventional, mainstream medicine. We believe that
everyone’s energy needs to be evaluated and imbalances treated. Energy treatments are
messages that your body needs to follow in order to proceed towards health. Most of these
messages are delivered by the prescription of customized specific homeopathic remedies. 5. For some patients, we recommend either classical or
combination homeopathic remedies. It is based on the principle of “like cures
like” and uses extremely tiny concentrations of animal, vegetable or mineral
substances to stimulate the body’s healing mechanisms. Although homeopathy is fairly
well established in
some
European countries, 6. Because
we look for imbalances in the body and for trends that may result in illness if not
addressed, we sometimes order tests that may be considered by consensus-mainstream
medicine to be either unnecessary or of no value. These may include tests for nutritional
status, such as blood levels of functional vitamin-mineral tests, levels of hormone, amino
acids, essential fatty acids, neurotransmitters, immune status, candidiasis, viral
syndromes and toxic chemicals, or tests for allergies, liver detoxification and stool
analysis. 7. We believe that environmental factors may play a
major role in health and disease. Some of the diseases of unknown cause may be triggered
or perpetuated by common environmental substances, many of which are man-made. Individuals
may vary greatly in their susceptibility of various substances, so that one individual may
be made deathly ill by an exposure to a substance, while another is not at all affected.
We attempt to identify offending substances and help patients to detoxify from past
exposures that are affecting them. 8. We very much believe in a person’s involvement
in his or her own health care. We encourage you to question, explore and participate in
decisions surrounding diagnostic and treatment procedures. We encourage consultation with
consensus, mainstream medicine practitioners and use any other means that a person feels
he/she needs to use tohelp decide about health issues. 9. We believe in the mind-body-spirit connection in
bringing about wellness and preventing and dealing with illness. Consequently, part of our
program may involve recommendation for counseling, meditation or psychotherapy. 10.
Exercise is extremely important in maintaining health and promoting wellness as well as
helping one to recover from an illness. Graded exercise, both aerobic and stretching, is
encouraged for most patients. 11.
We sometimes use medication that is approved by the FDA to treat one condition for the
treatment of another condition for which the FDA has not approved the medication. Perhaps
the best example is our use of EDTA-chelation therapy to treat many forms of
atherosclerotic-cardiovascular disease and other degenerative diseases. 12.
We
strongly support spinal manipulation for many of our complimentary and alternative-care
patients. We recommend that all patients receive a musculoskeletal examination and
evaluation. Keeping your spine in alignment supports the nervous system and allows for
proper communication within the body. Of course, any time there is interference or a loss
of proper brain-body communication, all systems of the body will be suppressed. The goal
of manipulative care in this office is to ensure improved nerve and body function, which
results in faster response to care and a more holistic approach to achieving health and
wellness. The
above represents some of the ways that our practice may differ from other physician’s
offices that you have visited. You should also be aware of the following points: 1. Our practice is exclusively an office-based
practice. We do not work in a hospital. Additionally, some patients come long distances to
receive care at our office. Consequently, we strongly recommend that in addition to our
care, you maintain a relationship with one or more physicians appropriate to your
condition and situation. For example, most of you may want to have a relationship with a
family physician or a pediatrician in the case of children. Cardiac patients should have
either a cardiologist or internist or both. We are happy
to
cooperate with any physician who is willing to work with us. 2. We make no representations, claims or guarantees
that you will
be helped with your medical problems or conditions by undergoing treatment
here. However,
we will do our
best to help you accomplish your healthcare and wellness goals. 3. In our office, we make available some nutritional
supplements and other recommended products; generally, we believe the prices are
competitive with outside sources. We can arrange to make some of these products available
for shipping to you from this office. You are in no way obligated to purchase these
products from this office. You are free to purchase these products from any source that
you may choose. 4. Most health-insurance plans today have clauses which
limit coverage to “usual and customary fees
for reasonable and necessary services.” Because many of the treatments used in
complementary medicine are not recognized by consensus-mainstream medicine, we cannot
guarantee the amount or availability of coverage for our services and treatment under your
health-care insurance policy. You are responsible for the payment of our invoices without
regard to insurance coverage. You are entitled to know the cost of all services and
procedures in advance.
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