Dr. James Biddle
discusses test results.

Anne Walch, MHS, PA-C, examines patient.

 


Jan Ross, BSN, takes
patient's blood pressure.

Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging

In addition to a detailed history and exam, we utilize powerful and advanced diagnostic testing, beyond the thorough lab evaluation you expect from any good physician.  We offer deeper investigation into the functional status of your digestive, immune, hormonal, and detoxification systems.  We can also assess your nutritional status and your current burden of known toxins such as lead and mercury.
 
 

Nutritional Counseling

"Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food" was advised by Hippocrates over two millennia ago.   It's still true today that what I eat becomes my body.  At AIM, we integrate the latest advances in nutritional sciences with common sense wisdom to personalize your dietary advice.  By adding powerful nutritional supplements and IV therapies, over 50% of our adult-onset diabetics are able to stop their insulin injections or medications.  It's exciting that Type-2 Diabetes is curable in a majority of patients!  By curable, we mean no insulin, no prescriptions, and no diabetic complications.  Therefore, we've found that education is our most powerful treatment strategy.

 

We trust nature's template, so when our patients need hormones, we choose to use biochemical compounds that are identical to whose produced in our own bodies, rather than synthetic and patented hormone mimics.   We find superior results with fewer adverse reactions with "identical to natural" hormones.  This is especially true for female hormones, but also for testosterone, thyroid, and adrenal hormones.  We strongly encourage you to use therapies that are native to your body and as natural as possible.

 

Chelation Therapy is a revolutionary way to treat degenerative diseases, especially heart disease, vascular disease, diabetes, and chronic lead poisoning.  The IV infusion of a special amino acid called EDTA, along with vitamins and minerals, helps to improve blood flow, remove toxic metals, reverse insulin resistance, and reduce free radicals in the body.  This can improve circulation and may help you avoid invasive procedures such as angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery.  Thousands of Americans have chosen the alternative of IV Chelation Therapy, with at least 80% reporting significant clinical benefits.

Studies of Chelation Therapy suggest that it reduces the risk of heart attacks, bypass surgery, strokes, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and senility.

 

This valuable test is now available at an affordable price at Asheville Integrative Medicine. Call us to learn more about Screening Breast Thermography.

 

Allergy Testing and Therapy

If you've tried shots and endless medications to control your allergies, you should know about new treatments that are safer, more effective and more convenient.

The conventional approach to treating allergic reactions is to give you a shot every week, which is both inconvenient and potentially dangerous. Oral drop treatments are safer, more beneficial to your immune system, and much easier to live with. Most insurance policies will cover these treatments.

For more information on Allergy Testing and Treatment at AIM, click here!

 

Gastrogram Studies

The Heidelberg gastrogram was originally designed as a research instrument to accurately monitor a subject's gastric (stomach) pH. It did not take long for physicians interested in nutritional medicine to recognize the clinical possibilities, and to begin testing their patients. The valuable information gained from a gastric pH study can help you and your physician to more accurately diagnose imbalances in stomach acid, and design an effective treatment plan.  The entire test runs about 2 hours, start to finish, and should not be at all uncomfortable.  Most importantly, once completed, the study can help to direct the best course of treatment to correct stomach pH imbalances. For more information click here.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a method of delivering oxygen deeper into the body. It is done by breathing oxygen while inside a pressurized-air chamber. The pressure in the chamber causes the oxygen you breathe to be dissolved into your blood plasma, in addition to what the red blood cells can carry.  The extra oxygen is delivered to the cellular organelles, such as mitochondria, which generate energy for the cells.  When the mitochondria make more energy, then the cells can do whatever they are supposed to do, such as help heal wounds, help the body fight infections, and help injured cells become fully functioning again. Patients are generally treated once or twice a day, at one hour per treatment, for 20-80 treatments, then often on a maintenance schedule. For more information click here.