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Southbury Clinic
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Andrew Rubman, ND, FABNE
    • Susan Gordon, PhD.
  • Our Services
  • Our Office
  • Virtual Visits
  • Publications
    • Dr. Rubman's Publications
    • Dr. Gordon's Publications

Dr. Rubman's PUBLICaTIONs

Andrew Rubman, ND, FABNE, is medical director of Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines in Southbury, Connecticut and a Fellow of the specialty society, The Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (EndoANP). Dr. Rubman views himself as a teacher as well as a physician, helping his patients make better informed choices about their health care and become better consumers of both traditional and conventional medical options. His 40-year career started with Robert Atkins, MD, (of Atkins Diet fame) in New York City.


As a primary care provider, Dr. Rubman helps people of all ages, from infants to those in their 90s, resist illness by improving wellness and has specialty interests in gastroenterology and endocrinology. He also has a sub-specialty of diagnosing and treating peri-menopausal women, and contributed to the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) nutritional protocol used as a component of the curriculum of all medical schools in the US.


Dr. Rubman is a founding member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), as well as a member of the Bottom Line Personal Panel of Experts. He is author of the Bottom Line blog, “Nature Doc’s Patient Diary.” He offers office visits and distance consultations and actively treats and consults with patients worldwide. SouthburyClinic.com

Videos

  • B12 – What’s all the “buzz” about?
  • C- Vitamin C; the immune “boosting” champ
  • Calcium – Not all sources are the same
  • Chemotherapy – Supplements and diet can help with symptoms. Get professional advice
  • D – Vitamin D – Essential but in moderation
  • Diabetes – How some supplements can help with neuropathy
  • Echinacea – The anti-viral powerhouse
  • Eggs – What you always wanted to know
  • Grains and gluten – Why you may want to exclude them for a while
  • Immunity – These supplements can boost a flagging immune system
  • Incontinence – How stress can be an important factor
  • L-carnitine – If you haven’t heard of it, maybe you should
  • Meet Dr. Rubman
  • Melatonin – How this sleep aid is a powerful hormone that you need to be aware of
  • Naturopathy – What is it and how can it help
  • Pain – Some natural substances you may wish to consider
  • Probiotics – Why many don’t work but some do
  • Sleep – How certain supplements can help
  • St. John’s Wort – Does it really work and how?
  • Vaginal dryness – A safe, natural intervention that helps restore tissue
  • Vitamin D – Essential but in moderation
  • Vitamins – I take a multi, what are the others that are of value?

Blogs

  • Abdominal pain – If it does not go away, even if you get “discharged”, always question the diagnosis
  • Abuse – How a nun found a way to dispel the evil from her past
  • Allergies – Can an old bee sting be the culprit?
  • Anemia – How correcting this problem can have long term often unexpected benefits
  • Anemia at altitude – How “high country” sports can produce a nasty surprise
  • Anxiety – After accident and trauma
  • Back problem in Istanbul – One adjustment fixed a Turkish rug merchant
  • Baker’s Cyst – Healing a novel knee cyst without surgery
  • C-Section – Avoided with in labor room with lower back adjustment
  • Chest pain – How a mid-air crisis was averted with a simple challenge
  • Chinese herbs – Be very careful of the source
  • Clint Eastwood – Why I blame him for my career
  • Dizziness – How a pilot’s problem was solved by moving a vertebrae
  • Ear clogging – Solving a problem for flyers (and divers too)
  • Emergency Department – How your ND can help with your care
  • Epstein Barr Virus – Finally a cure is possible
  • Falls – When an elder falls, it is often prudent to go to the hospital, but not always
  • Hand and wrist pain – Simple solution for “lefties”
  • Indigestion – Helped with acupuncture
  • Infertility – How too many “good” vitamins could be the culprit
  • Insomnia – Curing that especially “middle of the night” wakefulness
  • Joint pain – How a dietary change, simply because you have moved, can be the culprit
  • Lyme Co-infections – How symptoms such as muscle pain and weakness can miss this diagnosis
  • Melanoma – How an exam finding and an accomplished dermatologist saved a patient
  • Memory – How a Marine “lifer” got battle-challenged memory back with a supplement
  • Menopause – How IBS can worsen symptoms
  • Menses – Easing a teenager’s initial problems
  • Nursing home health – A simple nutritional “boost” for many residents
  • Pain – Comes when this Gitmo guard goes on duty and disappears when back in CT. Why?
  • Prostate – How meds and treatment from the urologist can be improved with input from an ND
  • Rotator Cuff Injury – How natural medicine can help delay or avoid surgery
  • Rash – On face cured from the inside out
  • Sciatica – A fortunate quick fix
  • Splinter – “Birthing” an old foreign body
  • Tragedy – How “looking within” helped to deal with the unacceptable
  • Voice weakness – When a strong clear voice is “mission critical”

Articles

  • Aphrodisiacs – Dr. Rubman on Natural Aphrodisiacs for Men & Women
  • Bad breath – Besides the obvious causes, what could be the hidden reason
  • Belly button odor – The reason for this “strange” issue and a solution
  • Bipolar disorder – Natural interventions to ease symptoms and decrease medication needs
  • Blood pressure – Dietary supplements can affect BP although many that “might” don’t
  • Cake decorations – Often what looks “sparkly” is best left off the item
  • Depression – A blood test can sometimes identify an unusual cause
  • Diabetes – Natural wound healing remedies
  • Endometriosis – Easing the pain naturally
  • Fat (Stress Associated) – Rubman’s Digestion Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat
  • Flu – Shortening the course of this and other “pesky” viruses (yes including THAT one!)
  • Gas – Rubman’s Digestion Connection: Fixes for Flatulence
  • Ghee – Is it good or not?
  • Gluten Free – May be full of junk; kid’s foods in particular
  • Gummies – A novel delivery system that may not give you what you think
  • Heart tests – They are really not just about cholesterol any more
  • Hormones – Testing for mid-life issues (Note that later in life, most tests are inaccurate)
  • H. Pylori – Rubman’s Digestion Connection: Safer Treatment for H. Pylori
  • Ice cream – There’s a healthy way to eat the stuff; occasionally
  • Incontinence – A natural cure
  • Joint pain – Often created by issues in the gut
  • Milk – The milk of other mammals may be better to drink than cow’s milk
  • Miscarriage – The result of “too healthy” a diet?
  • Mold toxicity – What you should do if exposed
  • NAC – N-acetyl cysteine: benefits and caution
  • Naturopathic Physicians and Doctors – Be sure that you are getting the “real deal”!
  • Postbiotics – Is this a help or hype?
  • Probiotics – Rubman’s Digestion Connection: The Truth About Probiotics
  • Probiotics – Can also be the cause of “brain fog”!
  • Serious Disease Symptoms – Rubman on Subtle Symptoms of Serious Disease
  • Sleep – How are last meal of the day may have a significant effect
  • Stomach woes – Some common sense solutions to common problems with digestion
  • Supplements – You may not know about these now; but you probably should
  • Tanning Beds – Rubman Takes a Contrarian View on Tanning Beds
  • Turmeric or Curcumin – The same or different?
  • Ulcers (GI) – Rubman on L. Glutamine and Other Natural Ulcer Treatments
  • Yeast infections – A silent cause of incontinence?

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