Welcome to the ImmunoLife Series with Dr. Dean Mitchell – clinical Immunologist and holistic medical doctor in NYC. immunolife-blog-header-1.jpg The ImmunoLife series is about Dr. Mitchell’s upcoming book “ImmunoLife.” Both the book and the video series discuss what you can do to strengthen your own immune system naturally and with proven scientific methods. The topics […]
Interstitial Cystitis and Candida Overgrowth: Helping One Helps the Other
This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. CONNECT WITH US: [site-icons icon=facebook] [site-icons icon=twitter] [site-icons icon=instagram] [site-icons icon=linkedin] [site-icons icon=youtube] [updated April 2019] Interstitial cystitis (IC) is the medical term for “a painful bladder.” Bladder pain is a complicated pain compared to muscle pain. […]
Meat Allergy: A Mystery Food Allergy Until Now
A severe food allergy in many cases is a straight forward diagnosis for an experienced allergist to make. The key to diagnosing is a comprehensive, detailed history of what the patient ate in relation to the time the allergic reaction occurred. Peanut allergy, tree nut allergy, and shellfish allergy are all high protein foods and […]
Thank You Jane Brody for Giving Recognition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
[blog updated April 2019] Jane Brody, the well-known New York Times science writer, has done more to advance public health information than anyone in the past twenty-five years. I should know, I’ve been reading her column religiously since I started medical residency over 25 years ago. She is fair and careful to present the facts […]
How You Take Your Vitamins and Supplements Makes All The Difference!
[blog updated April 2019] You walk into any pharmacy or health food store and you see hundreds of bottles of vitamins and supplements. You think to yourself which should I buy that will improve my health? You may spend time considering which brand of vitamin to choose, the dosage and, of course, the cost. But […]
David vs. Goliath: Mitchell Medical Group vs. Hospital-Owned Practices
[blog updated April 2019] Bigger isn’t always better… While a big hospital-owned practice may have lots of money to advertise, to have beautiful waiting areas and lots of equipment, it may not feel like the most intimate setting to discuss your medical issues. At Mitchell Medical Group, our offices in New York City (57 West […]
Candida Die-Off Prevention: Dr. Mitchell’s Preventive Prescription
[updated April 2019] I am seeing dozens of patients that suffer from Candida hypersensitivity every week in my NYC and Long Island practices. I am especially impressed at how smart and well-informed so many of these patients are about the diet and their condition. In fact, many of my patients have traveled hundreds of miles […]
The 10th Doctor: How a Holistic Doctor is Different
How many doctors would you say you have seen for your medical symptoms? One? Two – for a second opinion? More than that? At Mitchell Medical Group in NYC, Dr. Ricki and I half-jokingly refer to ourselves as The 10th doctors as it is not uncommon for our patients to have seen at least nine […]
Candida Diagnosis: From Your Mouth to your Gut
[updated April 2019] At Mitchell Medical Group, we are seeing patients every week showing clear manifestations of yeast overgrowth or Candidiasis. It’s not really that shocking considering that Americans are exposed to contributing factors of candida overgrowth regularly such as antibiotics, steroids, birth control pills, poor diet, alcohol overuse, and stress. All of these contributing […]
IV Vitamin Treatments are not just for Billionaires
I was watching a recent episode of the TV show Billions (yes I’m hooked like so many other viewers at Damian Lewis’s portrayal of a hedge fund billionaire on Showtime) and in the blink of an eye the entire office is receiving intravenous infusions to help them concentrate better and in some cases recoup from […]