Dr. Leslie Batten
Naturopathic Physician
(p) 503.860.4338 | (f) 866.561.8033
Services and Treatments
Our patients come to us with a variety of concerns. We recognize that everyone is unique, so the health plan for any specific condition will be unique as well. We see everyone - babies to seniors - as well as conditions from acute to chronic.
Wellness and Prevention
It's always better to not get sick in the first place. Food and exercise are medicine, and we will work with you to develop the health plan that is right for you. It starts with a complete health history, review of systems, and of course, your current complaint(s). If you've not had lab work done in a while, we'll do a blood draw as well as obtain a urine sample. A physical exam will be performed. And, we do refer out when indicated (e.g. acupuncturist, chiropractor, MD specialist, psychologist, psychiatrist, physical therapist).
General Health Care for the Whole Family
Rather than provide a list of common conditions that we treat, please understand that we treat YOU. We treat the physical/spiritual/emotional/mental you. If you have an acute condition, please come in for treatment. If you have a chronic condition, let's work together to move you to "chronic wellness."
Cancer Support
We will work with you and your oncologist to help you through treatments and help ensure their success. We are skilled in treating many common side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, immune and biological therapies, and surgery. We are here to help you every step of the way. There are so many things that can be done to support you through your cancer treatment:
- Strengthen your immune system before, during, and after treatment;
- Decrease the side effects of your treatment;
- Focus on the nutritional deficiencies that are common when receiving treatment;
- Boost the effectiveness of your treatment;
- Enhance the cancer-killing effects of your treatment;
- Address the organ damage induced by your treatment;
- Help strengthen the emotional, mental and spiritual part of you that tends to get overlooked when diagnosed with cancer;
- Help reduce your chances of recurrence;
- Take steps to act directly against your cancer in the following ways:
- help cancer cells choose death rather than life (apoptosis);
- protect your DNA from mutating;
- limit the ways in which the cancer cells proliferate;
- help reduce metastasis;
- enhance natural tumor-supressor proteins (e.g. p53);
- inhibit substances that activate tumors (e.g. NFκ-B);
To learn more about how I as a naturopathic physician can help you through cancer treatment, please read my "I Have Cancer" article.
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