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Let the Garden Be Your Medicine Cabinet

Biodynamic farmer Alice Bamford joins The Doctors to discuss her new book, “One Gun Ranch,” and explain how we can all garden our way to better health. “I love that the book really focuses on the concept of growing food as your medicine, so to speak,” says ER Physician Dr. Travis Stork. Alice explains that One Gun Ranch is home to about 60 animals, all of them rescues, including horses, as well as biodynamic garden beds full of beneficial plants.

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Are You Prepared for the Real Cost of Kids?

You can’t put a price-tag on a parent’s love – but you can estimate the cost of raising a child, and a new study finds that most couples underestimate what they’ll be spending when that bundle of joy. The founder of Tot Squad, Jennifer Saxton, recommends that couples who are planning to add a baby to the family start preparing financially two years in advance.

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Travis Barker’s Health Crisis

Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker joins The Doctors to talk about surviving a plane crash and overcoming drug addiction. Tragically, DJ AM, his fellow survivor, succumbed to drug addiction the following year. “You’ve had more experiences than most people will have in a lifetime,” adds ER Physician Dr. Travis Stork.

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Doug the Pug’s Medical Scare!

Leslie and Rob noticed the Doug was feeling itchy, so “I had given him a pill that a vet had given me, to help with the itching,” Leslie explains. “But the next day, we noticed bright red spots on his stomach.” When Leslie and Rob took Doug to the vet, she told them that his platelets were critically low and his life was in danger. The vet diagonosed IGP, an autoimmune disease, and prescribed steroids and antibiotics.

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Treating Drug Addicts – with Pot?!

Marijuana has sometimes been described as a “gateway drug” that encourages hard-drug use. “So few people seek treatment, and we do need as many tools in the arsenal as possible,” notes ER Physician Dr. Travis Stork. High Sobriety founder Dr. Joe Schrank says that this can provide a point of entry into treatment for those who find the idea of detox overwhelming.

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