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Filling the Family Doctor Shortage

DID YOU KNOW? Naturopathic Doctors are trained as primary care practitioners. Ontario, Canada faces a shortage of family doctors, and an ND can help fill the gap. You are able to book an appointment directly with a naturopathic doctor and obtain primary health care in a pay for service model. The approach to care involves the same kind of blood work, medical intake and physical assessment. Naturopathic care is individualized medicine. It looks for the root cause of the issue and corrects nutrit…

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Need a Tune Up?

Vibration Therapeutics



Everything in the universe oscillates at a vibration. A vibration is a wave. Sound is a wave. Vibration has sound. Vibration applied through weighted tuning fork moves through the body, removes blocks, reduces pain and increases energy flow. Ultimately it helps restore the body's natural biorhythms and cycles and promotes relaxation.



Tuning forks are applied to specific acupuncture points or applied in sequence along acupuncture channels. This can be a practical altern…

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Decision: Detox or Disease?

Do you support detox or disease? Every choice you make sends your body into one direction or the other. Disease is an imbalanced state where the level of toxins overwhelm an individual's capacity. Think of your body as a toxic bucket. If you keep adding to it, it gets full! That's disease. What do you do when a bucket is full? You stop putting more stuff into it and you start draining some out. That's detox.



Our body must balance metabolism of acid-alkaline, water, minerals, the nervous, gla…

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Nutrigenomics

Bring your 23andme or Anscentry.com to life with practical nutrition.



Areas of health support include:



  • Vitamins, minerals & omega-3s
  • Detoxification
  • Glucose metabolism
  • Metabolic & weight management
  • Cognitive health & memory
  • Immune health
  • Energy & fitness
  • Cardiovascular health
  • Gastrointestinal health


The missing piece of your health puzzle.



Using PureGenomics, your raw data from genetic reports, other clinical tests and your health history, Dr. Laura M. Brown, ND will custom design a pract…

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Life, naturally

Naturopathic Medicine exists to strengthen and encourage optimal health. It is a practice that addresses the fundamentals of disease. It honours and cooperates with the healing power of nature. 



If you seek a caring professional who is a registered naturopathic doctor in Guelph with a functional medicine approach, you've come to the right place.



Honey bees on a white poppy and flax


Principles of Naturopathic Medicine  



 1.   Primum non nocere - do no harm, effective health care with the lea…

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Executive Health Assessment

Prevention is always key in health. What better time than now to check in on yourself. For $525*, includes laboratory testing, initial hour appointment and 15min followup**. A look at your blood will help will not only diagnose disease, but to catch things before they happen! Together with a comprehensive intake questionnaire and discussion about your health and goals, you will have a plan to keep you healthy for the long run. Additional laboratory and appointments to address your health con…

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Remote care and virtual appointments

Keep up to date on your health goals! Dr. Laura M. Brown, ND is registered to practice in the province of Ontario. As long as you and Dr. Laura are both in Ontario, she may provide you care. Remote care is beneficial to save time, reduce travel, and limit social exposure.



In fact, many patients across the province have had success with telephone appointments.



  1. You may book an initial telephone appointment, and in it we decide what testing we need to do.
  2. Then the requisition for blood work…

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Welcome!

As of Jan 7, 2020 Dr. Laura M. Brown ND will be found here, at SOUTHEND Natural Medicine. Feel free to browse the site, provide feedback and come and visit at 17 Goodwin Dr. Guelph.



A new day dawns

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Laboratory Analysis

Decisions for treatment and follow-up often are assisted with orders for lab or imaging. Bring any recent laboratory analysis or medical imaging to your Naturopathic Doctor. Biochemical and molecular testing can offer invaluable assistance in directing and monitoring healthcare solutions.  



Each patient's biochemical individuality exerts a major influence on their genetic makeup. Multiple, subtle mutations or single nucleotide polymorphisms could unlock the difference in health when combined w…

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Nutrition and Diet

Therapeutic use of foods is a mainstay for naturopathic medicine. Dietary modification and or nutritional supplements often can address health concerns with fewer side effects and less complications than conventional medicine. 



Dr, Laura M .Brown, ND can help you evaluate and address:



  • food intolerances
  • nutritional deficiency or excess
  • dietary imbalances
  • methods to adopt and adapt to new diet lifestyles




Dr. Laura M. Brown, is a registered naturopathic doctor with a functional medicine app…

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