Cari Tells All!
“Mom, what is that?” My 8 year old asked this while watching an old family video. She had seen me handing a bag of “fruit snacks” to my then 3 year old (now 14). She’d never seen that glorified gummy confection before, because I haven’t bought them...
Introducing Cari’s Corner
Hello! Welcome to my little corner of the website! I’m Cari, Dr. Kilcup’s wife. For a long time I’ve been behind the scenes as my husband’s editor. (You can let me know if I’ve missed any spelling or grammatical errors!) He has asked me...
How to Treat Depression Without Medication
If getting to the cause of depression and treating depression without medication is something you’re interested in, then you’re in the right place. Like every kind of disease, depression has a cause, and the cause is not a lack of drugs. I have broken...
Estronex: A Simple Test to Evaluate a Woman’s Risk for Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates 231,804 new cases of breast cancer in 2015. In 2010 the same organization estimated 207,909 new cases of breast cancer. As with all cancers, prevention is the best treatment. Estronex is a simple urine test that determines if a...
Enjoy the Fish Without the Risk of Mercury Poisoning
The dangers of mercury poisoning are real. It can be confusing knowing what is safe to eat, especially when it comes to fish, in regard to what contains mercury. Which is obviously very frustrating when a person is trying to eat fish to be healthy! Today I found this...
Do You Offer Virtual Care?
I can hear you, “How can you fix my back over the internet?”. That’s an excellent question, and you’re right, I can’t physically fix your back without getting my hands on you. It’s very frustrating when I know if I could just see the patient in person, I...
The KEY to Weight Loss
I don’t care what the diet is, if you’re going to experience healthy weight loss, there is one thing that must be right. It must get rid of fat. Weight loss can come from losing water, bone or muscle, which obviously is not healthy. The key to weight...
Acid Reflux
Acid reflux is a very common problem and is associated with many terms. GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease), heartburn, indigestion and even ulcers are conditions that are often lumped together with acid reflux. My purpose in writing this article is to help people...
What to Do After Taking Antibiotics
What’s the best thing for a person to do after taking antibiotics? If you’re asking that question, you’re smarter than the average bear! A lot of people learn the hard way that after taking antibiotics there are certain things that need to be done...
I Have a Confession to Make
I have a breakfast addiction. It started innocently enough around a month ago. All I wanted was a tasty, healthy, and convenient breakfast that gave me lots of nutrients that I don’t get in my diet elsewhere. I had been looking for something like this for...Broccoli the Magnificent
My daughter Taylor once wrote a paper for her English 101 class about broccoli. It’s so good that I asked her if we could put it on my website. One of the things that I was most impressed with was just how many incredible health benefits were associated with...
Pistachios and Cholesterol
Did you know that there is an amazing and beneficial connection between pistachios and cholesterol? There has been a number of excellent studies that show that eating one to two one-ounce servings of pistachios a day will lower LDL (the bad cholesterol), raise HDL...Ways We Can Work Together
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