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Feb 7
3 min

Know your Farmer and Buy Directly from Them– Organic Agriculture in Boise, Idaho

Our food production system in the United States is broken. We aggressively till the soil releasing carbon every year. We then fertilize t...

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Bill Brandenburg, MD

Jan 30
1 min

Preparing for the Covid19 Vaccine

The Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines are 95% effective and very safe overall. Wander Medicine recommends that everyone receive one of the...

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Direct Primary Care is a Better Way to Consume Healthcare

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Jan 23
3 min

Direct Primary Care is a Better Way to Consume Healthcare

Primary care is the most important aspect of the clinical healthcare system. Unfortunately, in a fee-for-service model, there is no incen...

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Bill Brandenburg, MD

Jan 13
2 min

Health is Contagious

The environment we live in constantly shapes all of us. As part of this environment, our actions shape the lives of others as well. No ma...

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Employers – You are the Gatekeepers to Healthcare Reform

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Dec 26, 2020
2 min

Employers – You are the Gatekeepers to Healthcare Reform

About half of the people in the United States (156 million) get their health insurance from their employer. As the payers of the largest ...

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Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca, and Indigenous Culture in the Southern Peruvian Amazon

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Dec 19, 2020
21 min

Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca, and Indigenous Culture in the Southern Peruvian Amazon

William E Brandenburg, MD June 14, 2019 Introduction In my third year of residency, I spent some time in the Peruvian Amazon studying pla...

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How to Safely and Effectively Respond To Emergencies Involving Human Casualties

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Dec 14, 2020
6 min

How to Safely and Effectively Respond To Emergencies Involving Human Casualties

Background – Are We Prepared for the Next Disaster? Emergency preparedness has never been more relevant. In the last year COVID19 has tak...

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Immunizations at Wander Medicine and the Rise of Preventable Infectious Diseases

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Dec 9, 2020
3 min

Immunizations at Wander Medicine and the Rise of Preventable Infectious Diseases

Immunizations represent the greatest medical therapy advancement ever achieved by humans. They allow us to cure and eradicate diseases th...

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Employers, Direct Primary Care is a Game Changer that will Keep your Work Force and Finances Healthy

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Dec 3, 2020
3 min

Employers, Direct Primary Care is a Game Changer that will Keep your Work Force and Finances Healthy

Monthly premiums, deductible’s, and the health of the average American are spiraling out of control. Health insurance has become unafford...

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Karlee Brandenburg, RN-BSN

Nov 23, 2020
4 min

Vitamin C Therapy at Wander Medicine

What is vitamin C? Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is an essential vitamin found in several foods and sold as a dietary supplemen...

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Pilot Physicals at Wander Medicine in Boise, Idaho

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Nov 15, 2020
2 min

Pilot Physicals at Wander Medicine in Boise, Idaho

Class 2 and 3 FAA medical certificates are now available at Wander Medicine. At this time, we do not have clearance from the FAA to perfo...

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Bill Brandenburg, MD

Nov 3, 2020
7 min

Zion National Park Babymoon

Introduction The United States National Park System consists of 422 individual parks, monuments and locations of natural and/or cultural ...

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Mental Health in The Pacific Islander Community

Kapiolani Pua'auli, MA

Nov 3, 2020
4 min

Mental Health in The Pacific Islander Community

Growing up in the Pacific Islander “Pasifika” culture, there was no word for “suicide” or “mental health”. It was just “ma’I," which tran...

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Bill Brandenburg, MD

Oct 20, 2020
7 min

Ketamine and Outer Space

Ketamine Basics Ketamine is a small molecule used as medication in both humans and animals. It effects many targets throughout the body, ...

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Bill Brandenburg, MD

Oct 7, 2020
12 min

Healthy Diets

Introduction We are what we eat, drink, and breathe. While our bodies can do amazing biochemical things to what we ingest, our choices ma...

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Lindsay Ruggles, DNP, FNP-C

Sep 26, 2020
7 min

Gender Disparities in Health Care

I have admired Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for years and have long considered her an incredible role model to people everywhere. With her...

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Karlee Brandenburg, RN-BSN

Sep 21, 2020
5 min

Vitamin B12 Therapy at Wander Medicine

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 is the largest and most complex vitamin. It is an essential water soluble vitamin found in the food we...

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Wilderness, Travel, Occupational, and Aviation Medicine at Wander Medicine Clinic in Boise, Idaho

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Sep 16, 2020
5 min

Wilderness, Travel, Occupational, and Aviation Medicine at Wander Medicine Clinic in Boise, Idaho

At Wander Medicine, we pride ourselves on keeping people safe and healthy in any environment. We have chosen this as our slogan and call ...

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Exercising Your Brain Will Make You Smarter and Prevent Dementia

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Sep 14, 2020
8 min

Exercising Your Brain Will Make You Smarter and Prevent Dementia

Right now, most of the elderly people in care homes are locked up. They are not allowed to have visitors, to leave, and are often prohibi...

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Lifestyle Medicine at Wander Medicine at Boise, Idaho

Bill Brandenburg, MD

Sep 13, 2020
6 min

Lifestyle Medicine at Wander Medicine at Boise, Idaho

2020 is rapidly accelerating many of the awful trends that plague our overall health. Our sedentary society has never sat around more. Ou...

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