Heart and Lung Wellness

Who is this program for?
Anyone who experiences the symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath, coughing, heart palpitations, poor circulation or leg swelling.

Are you at high risk?
Cardiovascular disease is a silent killer. If you have a family history of heart or lung disease, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglycerides, obesity or a sedentary lifestyle we can help improve your health and reduce your risk of disease and complications. Cardiovascular screening needs to start at age 40.

Why Choose this program?
True health comes from treating the underlying causes of disease as well as your symptoms, while rebuilding your health. Our program can be either a complement or an alternative to conventional medicine.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive care by a physician-supervised team of medical students
• Cases are reviewed as a team
• Medical students are an excellent resource for cutting edge therapies and new research
• 50% discount on consultation & 20% discount on procedure fees
• Free exercise stress testing and treatment discounts with participation in the coronary artery disease study
• Free initial body composition analysis
  

What conditions do we address?

• Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema, Pneumonia and Lung Cancer
• Angina: Coronary artery disease
• Arteriosclerosis: Hardening of the arteries
• Cardiomyopathy: Enlarged heart
• CHF: Congestive Heart Failure
• COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Heart Rhythm & Valve Diseases
• Hormone Replacement for Heart & Lung Disease
• Hypertension: High blood pressure
• Peripheral Vascular Disease: Arteries and veins
• Stroke Prevention & Management
• Syncope: Fainting episodes
  

Services Available:

• Allergy Testing: Airborne & Foods via Blood IgE, IgG or RAST, Intradermal or Scratch Testing
• Artery & Vein Evaluations for Strokes & Circulation, and Cardiovision: Hardening of the arteries risk assessment
• Body Composition Analysis: Percentages of body fat, body mass, water and related risk factors
• Consultations: History, examination & ongoing care
• Diabetic & Carbohydrate Metabolism Consultations
• Electrocardiogram: 12-lead resting, on-site continuous cardiac and 24-hour monitoring with heart rate variability
• Exercise Stress Testing and Acoustic Cardiograph
• Spirometry: Pulmonary function testing
• Wellness Consultations & Weight Management: diet, exercise and stress management
  

Therapeutic Options:

• Chelation: Oral and intravenous
• Diet: Optimal caloric, protein, carbohydrate & fat balance
• Exercise Training: Aerobic, flexibility & resistance
• Fasting, Cleaning and Detoxification
• Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy and Hydrotherapy
• Intravenous: Vitamin, mineral, & hydrating
• Nutritional Supplementation
• Oxygen Therapy
• Prescription Drugs
  

Fees
Consultations discounted 50% and procedures are discounted 20%. This discount excludes any products purchased from the dispensary.

Staff
In addition to the fourth-year NCNM medical students participating in the program, Dr. Milner’s residents, phlebotomy, intravenous, medical technicians and health advisors assist in the design, development and implementation of the program.

Program
We welcome the Portland Community to our Naturopathic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine Clinic. Each week fourth-year naturopathic medical student interns and naturopathic residents make available to the public their expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and management of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. This medical team is under the training and supervision of their Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine professor, Martin Milner, N.D.

Structure
NCNM fourth-year naturopathic medical student interns pair up with support staff and Dr. Milner as a team to provide consultations, physical examinations, related testing, patient care and wellness services. Patients are seen in consultation for 30 or 60 minutes. During the last part of the consultation patients are seen by Dr. Milner with the medical students to finalize the assessment and treatment plan. After each shift the students Dr. Milner, his residents and the support staff meet for one hour to review patient management and further optimize their care.For more information or to schedule an appointment, call: (503) 232-1100 

Research Projects

• Coronary Artery Disease Study
  Our study will be evaluating the effectiveness of the combination of diet, exercise, oxygen multistep therapy, stress management, oral chelating agents and intravenous vitamin and mineral therapy in the treatment of coronary artery disease.
• Naturopathic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine Textbook
  After teaching Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine for 18 years, Dr. Milner is developing a research team including fourth year medical students and resident physicians dedicated to the completion of a textbook in Naturopathic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine.