by Dr. Chan | Dec 13, 2016 | General
BriefCase features short recaps of clinical cases that I have encountered. It is always helpful for me to read about other people’s successful cases. You never know what you’ll comes across so I thought I’d share some of the ones that have crossed my...
by Dr. Chan | Jul 13, 2015 | General
From a physical perspective, our bodies are made up of organs, organs are made up of tissues, and tissues are made up of cells and the fluid-filled space that they swim around in. And for all of the very complex health problems that we see as naturopathic doctors,...
by Dr. Chan | Jul 10, 2015 | General
se·vere·ly I never intended for it to happen, but a significant portion of my naturopathic medical practice deals with sports medicine and treatment of athletes. The people who come to see me for their aches and pains can range from my young student athletes with...
by Dr. Chan | Jul 8, 2015 | General
The other day, I was taken aback by a question from a new patient. She asked me, “Dr. Chan, are you able to order… lab tests?” The tone in her voice was almost as if she was taking a stab in the dark and expecting her query to go nowhere. In my mind,...
by Dr. Chan | Jul 5, 2015 | General
After graduating from naturopathic college in 2003, I left Toronto to return home to Edmonton [*insert joke here]. After exhausting my brain and burning out my adrenals from four years of intense study, I couldn’t wait to get out there and start putting my...
