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Biochemical Individuality

Posted on September 6, 2024 By Paul Tayler, BS, BA – Director of Information Services Riordan Clinic is often asked, “Why all the nutrient testing?” There ...

Recipe: Zucchini Quiche

Posted on September 7, 2023 Ingredients 10 oz zucchini ½ cup shallots 1 tablespoon packed chopped fresh herbs, such as basil and chives 4 oz cheddar cheese 2/3 cup ...

Goat Cheese & Herb Omelet

Posted on February 28, 2023 Ingredients: 4 large eggs 2 Tbsp milk or water 1/4 tsp ground pepper 1/8 tsp salt 1/3 cup crumbled goat cheese 1 1/2 Tbsp chopped fresh ...

Creamy Pumpkin Soup

Posted on September 30, 2022 Ingredients 4 Tbsp olive oil, divided One 4-pound sugar pie pumpkin 1 large yellow onion, chopped 4 large or 6 medium garlic cloves, ...

What is UBI?

Posted on August 1, 2022 UBI – Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation – helps boost the immune system by exposing blood to ultraviolet light. In this procedure, 60 CCs ...

Zucchini Lasagna

Posted on August 1, 2022 Ingredients 3 large garlic cloves 2 Tbsp unsalted butter 1 (15-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, fire roasted if possible 1 (15-ounce) can ...

Broccoli Salad

Posted on July 1, 2022 Ingredients 1 ½ to 2 pounds broccoli on the stalk, enough for 8 cups florets 1 cup sliced red onion 1 carrot, julienned or grated ½ ...

Watermelon Feta Salad

Posted on June 7, 2022 Ingredients 8 cups cubed ripe seedless watermelon (5 pounds or 1/2 medium watermelon) 1 Tbsp olive oil 2 oz feta cheese, crumbled 4 ...

Dangers of Glyphosate

Posted on November 16, 2021 Author: Ron Hunninghake, MD Glyphosate, more commonly known as Roundup, is used by many people and farmers as a tool to kill weeds ...

Preventing Pain as We Age

Posted on September 15, 2021 Author: Dustin Moffitt, ND Does it often feel like every passing birthday brings new aches and pains? These pains not only affect how ...

Welcome Laura!

Posted on August 3, 2021 Laura Vasquez, MSN, APRN, NP-C, Overland Park Campus Laura Vasquez, MSN, APRN, NP-C, is a nurse practitioner who will support Medical ...

My Journey with Tai Chi

Posted on August 3, 2021 Author: David Scott It began in 1975. In exchange for teaching him songwriting and guitar, a Tai Chi instructor offered me lessons. He ...

All About Autoimmunity

Posted on April 16, 2021 Author: Ron Hunninghake, MD More and more, it seems that people have or know someone that has an autoimmune condition. An article ...

Muscle as Medicine

Posted on March 8, 2021 Author: Dustin Moffitt, ND A three-letter word we all dread, O-L-D. The feeling of time growing on our bodies as our youth trails ...

Fire Cider Recipe

Posted on December 9, 2020 Fire Cider is an herbal remedy often used to help prevent seasonal illness such as colds and the flu. While Fire Cider itself hasn’t ...

IV Vitamin C for Cancer

Posted on September 2, 2020 The pharmacologic doses of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) have shown significant anticancer effects in animal models and tissue culture ...

Cancer Go Book

Posted on August 28, 2020 “Carry a notebook with you to write everything down.” That was the first advice that Melissa received after hearing those life-changing ...

How Well are You Aging?

Posted on July 1, 2020 The first step to aging well is knowing how well you’re aging. You may be 50 years old, but your PhysioAge could be 40 — or well over ...

A New Model Of Aging

Posted on July 1, 2020 Author: Gael Wheeler, DO OK, time for a pop quiz! What is the one thing that every single human being is doing at this very moment? ...

The Miracle Molecule

Posted on June 10, 2020 Author: Michael (Mike) Shaw, PA-C, ABAAHP The chemical properties of Nitric Oxide were first characterized in 1772. Ferid Murad first ...

An Exciting Year Ahead

Posted on February 12, 2020 Our founder, Dr. Hugh Riordan, often asked himself, “Have we been useful?” when assessing the activities of the Riordan Clinic. As we ...

Expect the Unexpected

Posted on February 12, 2020 45 years (and going!) of patient care at the Riordan Clinic Riordan Clinic focuses on prevention—getting to the root cause instead of ...

An Exciting Year Ahead

Posted on January 3, 2020 “It is amazing what can be accomplished when you seek out and find the right experts to work a problem. Thank you!!” – Warren, ...

Healing with Light

Posted on October 8, 2019 Reprinted from Health Hunter, July 2012 Phototherapy is the medical use of light to activate the healing properties of the blood. ...

Cancer-Related Fatigue

Posted on August 5, 2019 By Lucas Tims, ND, FABNO Cancer-Related Fatigue has been reviewed and updated from the original Health Hunters article Vol. 33 No. 8 in ...

Bulletproof Coffee

Posted on June 4, 2019 Have you heard about the recent trend of putting butter in your coffee? Does that sound crazy, or just a little bit delicious? ...

3 Easy Home Detox Baths

Posted on April 5, 2019 Spring is quickly approaching, and now is a great time to try a home detoxification regimen that will prime your immunity and cleanse ...

NEW: Formula 216

Posted on April 5, 2019 By Bill Sardi, Ph.D.  It was futurist Ray Kurzweil who said the speed of information is accelerating at such an exponential rate that ...

Is CBD Right for Me?

Posted on March 5, 2019 By Lucas Tims, ND, FABNO Chances are you’ve heard of CBD. Perhaps you’ve read about it online or even seen signs for local shops ...

Epsom Salt Bath

Posted on March 2, 2018 Epsom salt baths are a great way to wind down after a busy day. Epsom salts contain magnesium, which is a necessary mineral for so many ...

Staff Picks

Posted on February 5, 2018 Dr. Ron Hunninghake 1.What do you like about this product?  Simple. Safe. Scientifically grounded.  The perfect universal vitamin ...

The Emotions of PMS

Posted on January 8, 2018 Author: Dr. Jennifer Mead Pre-menstrual syndrome, otherwise known as PMS, is a combination of symptoms that women experience prior to ...

Paleo Nutter Butters

Posted on June 1, 2017 By Jackie Caldwell   grainfreewellness.com Prep Time:  15 Minutes Cook Time:  20 Minutes Yield:  12-14 Jackie’s Tips: If you warm honey ...

How to Avoid Sugar

Posted on March 28, 2017 By: Anne Zauderer, DC If you had read the title of this article to our ancestors 10,000 years ago, you would have sounded crazy. Avoid ...

Bulletproof Coffee

Posted on March 20, 2017 Have you heard about the recent trend of putting butter in your coffee? Does that sound crazy, or just a little bit ...

Positive Parenting

Posted on February 28, 2017 By: Tim Lawton, MD Parenting – once you step through that one-way door into parenthood, you can never go back. Parenting changes your ...

In Defense of Estrogen

Posted on December 2, 2016 Phyllis J. Bronson, Ph.D The etiology of the aging female has taken on a life of its own in the Western world, where the most basic ...

High-Dose IV Vitamin C

Posted on October 7, 2016 Dr. Atsuo Yanagisawa shadowed me at the Riordan Clinic in 2005, the year of Dr. Hugh Riordan’s sudden passing. As both an M.D. ...

Are You Rusting Inside?

Posted on August 1, 2016 Author: Nia Stephanopolous-Chichura, MD Summer 2016 in Kansas City, Dr. Nia is scheduling patients for the Riordan Clinic’s new site ...

Toxic Nutrients

Posted on June 30, 2016 By Dr. Thomas Levy There are many things that are unequivocally good for you that become bad for you when you take too much of them. ...

Eye Health

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Dr. Faryal Ali, BS, MLS, (ASCP) Having normal vision allows us to see things without wearing corrective glasses or contact lenses. ...

Hoyt Lee’s Journey

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Shawna Overbey, Hoyt Lee’s Mother “There’s something ‘BIG’ behind his left eye,” the pediatric ophthalmologist exclaimed.  “We ...

Vitamin C and Cancer

Posted on March 3, 2016 By: Jennifer Mead, ND and William Wassell, MD The Riordan Clinic is probably most famous for Dr. Riordan’s interest in furthering ...

What Motivates Change?

Posted on February 5, 2016 By Karen Wheeler, APRN Why is it that humans have such a hard time changing habits? Why do we wait until a crisis before taking action? ...

The Miracle of Magnesium

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Dr. Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD More quality supplements are available to the health-seeking consumer today than ever before. These ...

Chelation Therapy

Posted on January 14, 2016 By Annette Chlumsky, RN Chelation therapy using the synthetic amino acid known as EDTA (ethylene diamine tetracetic acid) intravenously ...

Sammy’s Very Sick

Posted on December 1, 2015 By Verne Harnish The following is an excerpt from a November 6th email titled “Verne’s Insights” and written by businessman and ...

Optimal Kids

Posted on October 2, 2015 We are in the midst of a crisis. We have a generation of kids that are disappearing before our eyes. Gone are the days where ...

The Mouth-Body Connection

Posted on October 2, 2015 While nobody would deny that the mouth is a part of the body, it is nevertheless most notable how few physicians and dentists routinely ...

The Super Probiotic

Posted on September 1, 2015 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. Are we human, or are we bacteria? Bacteria are the oldest living organisms on the planet. As simple ...

Beating the Sugar Blues

Posted on February 1, 2015 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. “Beating the Sugar Blues” is a book on hypoglycemia published in 2001. Two MDs, Lincoln and Eaddy, made the ...

Food as Medicine

Posted on January 12, 2015 The title for this article comes from a quote from one of the most historically famous physicians, Hippocrates. He said, “Let food be ...

Patient Profile

Posted on September 24, 2014 More than 10 million people are currently living with cancer in the United States. Many factors beyond our control contribute to the ...

Cancer Has a Sweet Tooth

Posted on September 18, 2014 In 1931, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to a German scientist, Otto Warburg, Ph.D. He discovered that cancer cells have a ...

Invest In the Vision

Posted on September 10, 2014 We are pleased to continue showcasing Kansas artists. The artwork adds color to Riordan Clinic waiting and treatment areas and “feeds ...

Bio-Center Laboratory

Posted on August 9, 2014 As you have read, the gastrointestinal tract is complex, and is a vital part of the immune system. Many functions of the ...

Patient Profile

Posted on July 23, 2014 A certain amount of sex hormones are needed to complete conception (man + women= baby). Testosterone helps men have the strength to ...

Bio-Center Laboratory

Posted on July 18, 2014 In our lead article on hormone loss, Dr. Mike Bauerschmidt recommends determination of hormone levels as an essential part of aging ...

Invest In The Vision

Posted on July 11, 2014 Are you interested in a simple way to quickly donate to Riordan Clinic at no extra cost to you? The answer is easy with AmazonSmile.

Patient Profile

Posted on June 24, 2014 We have all been told about the benefits of a healthy diet, but can we say we listen? What if you were told the benefits of cutting out ...

Sugar, Obesity, and Pain

Posted on June 22, 2014 Why do modern nutritionists want to deprive us of sugar? Are they just mean? Who would “steal candy from a baby"? Babies love sweets! ...

Bio-Center Laboratory

Posted on June 20, 2014 Obesity is associated with a lengthy array of abnormalities (e.g. sugar levels) many of which can be measured through laboratory ...

3 Easy Home Detox Baths

Posted on December 17, 2013 Winter is quickly approaching and now is a great time to try a home detoxification regimen that will prime your immunity and cleanse ...

Immunity and UV Light

Posted on November 19, 2013 I have always had immense respect for the human body and how intelligently the mechanisms collaborate to produce life. Every organ, ...

Invest in the Future

Posted on October 1, 2013 “From the minute I walked in your clinic, I felt an unbelievable warmth and passion for others,” writes one patient. Another says, “I ...

In Gratitude

Posted on September 26, 2013 As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on many to make our vision a reality. So many come together to provide our patients with a ...

Art "feeds the soul!”

Posted on August 12, 2013 The June Health Hunters Newsletter told you of our plans to upgrade the look and feel of the Dome interiors with more comfortable and ...

Patient Profile: Autism

Posted on August 7, 2013 For most people, verbal communication and social interaction are tools used in their everyday lives. If you were not able to be ...

August Specials

Posted on August 2, 2013 During the month of August the Riordan Clinic Supplement Store and Marie's Cafe and Bakery are offering some amazing specials that will ...

In Gratitude…

Posted on June 18, 2013 As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on many to make our vision a reality. So many come together to provide our patients with a ...

Invest in the Vision

Posted on June 17, 2013 Since the Riordan Clinic campus opened nin 1985, the pyramid and geodesic domes have been icons on the Wichita skyline. Co-founders ...

Sugar, Obesity, and Pain

Posted on June 1, 2013 By Ron Hunninghake, M.D. Why do modern nutritionists want to deprive us of sugar? Are they just mean? Who would “steal candy from a ...

Invest in the Vision

Posted on May 31, 2013 Your investment toward one of the areas listed below will enable the Riordan Clinic to continue its reputation as a leader in ...

In Gratitude…

Posted on April 23, 2013 As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on many to make our vision a reality.So many come together to provide our patients with a ...

In Gratitude

Posted on February 22, 2013 As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on many to make our vision a reality. So many come together to provide our patients with a ...

We Are Expanding!

Posted on February 20, 2013 Are you, or do you know, a like-minded physician (MD, DO) interested in fulfilling the Riordan Clinic’s mission of “stimulating and ...

February Patient Profile

Posted on February 11, 2013 It is often said that once you have a diagnosis, there is nothing you can do for it except suffer with it the rest of your life. ...