Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D.

Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. is a prominent leader in the field of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Connealy began practicing medicine in 1986.

She is the Medical Director of Cancer Center for Healing and Center for New Medicine, and the author of The Cancer Revolution. Leigh Erin Connealy, MD attended the University of Texas School of Public Health, and then attended the University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School. She completed her post-graduate training at the Harbor/UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Connealy soon realized that conventional medicine had very limited returns and did not always improve the health of her patients. Her patients were hungry for alternative approaches for improving their health. This led her to study integrative and complementary therapies, and since then she has revolutionized the landscape of medicine. Dr. Connealy feels that we must treat the patient with the disease and not the disease of the patient. She has discovered that many factors contribute to the disease process; therefore, many modalities must be used to reverse it. Dr. Connealy treats the WHOLE person, and is open to all potential treatment possibilities. She has over twenty years of experience in finding the ‘root cause of an illness’, and has taken numerous advanced courses, including homeopathic, nutritional and lifestyle approaches, while studying disease, chronic illness, and cancer treatments. She has a true passion to change her patients’ lives, and give them their life back. In 1992, she founded the Center for New Medicine in Irvine, California, where she serves as Medical Director. Her practice is firmly based in the belief that strictly treating the health problems with medications does not find the root cause of the illness. The Center offers a vast array of services for men, women and children, including detoxification, holistic dentistry, nutrition, fitness and weight loss, cosmetic/laser treatment, pain management, allergy therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, sleep disorders, and much more. We also provide specialized services in gynecology, natural fertility, menopause, hormone imbalances for all ages, healthy sexuality, healthy aging, and personalized preventive medicine. Some of the chronic conditions treated at the clinic include cancer, heart disease, diabetes, neurological and auto-immune disorders. Dr. Connealy writes and has been published in monthly health columns for "Coast" and "OC Health", Orange County based magazines and is published in "The Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association" (JANA), along with Healthy Aging Magazine. She is a frequent writer for Natural News. She is also a weekly co-host on Frank Jordan’s national radio show "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise" on Sirius/XM Channel 131 digital cable, KSPA 1510 AM, and WAVA 780. Dr. Connealy is a frequent guest speaker at professional organizations and on local cable television shows when highlighting health topics like KTBN or Know the Cause with Doug Kaufman airing across the country periodically. She has a weekly publication newsletter with Newport Natural Health and Eagle Publishing. To learn more about Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. we invite you to visit www.centerfornewmedicine.com or www.perfectlyhealthy.com or www.connealymd.com or www.newportnaturalhealth.com.

6 Hughes • Suite 100 • Irvine • California • 92618 949.680.1880 • 949.680.1881 fax www.centerfornewmedicine.com • info@cfnmedicine.com

04/10/2026

Simple and fresh!🍅🤍

04/09/2026

I think it’s always important to remember that everything in the body is connected. We are not just a set of systems! Our oral health is closely tied to other areas in the body including the brain, lymph system, breasts, and digestive organs. For anyone looking for holistic dental care, Holistic Dental Arts in Orange County is my rec! 🦷🪥

04/08/2026

Before it becomes cancer, it rarely starts as something dramatic or obvious. It looks like subtle shifts in the internal environment—patterns that, over time, change how cells function and respond to stress.

It’s also important to understand that this process doesn’t happen overnight. It can take 8–10 years (or more) for a tumor to become detectable, which means there is a long window where these underlying changes are taking place.

It often looks like:

🧬High cortisol—the body stays in a chronic stress state, breaking down tissue and suppressing immune function
🧬Low vitamin D—reduced support for cell differentiation and immune regulation
🧬Chronically high estradiol—continuous growth signaling without proper balance
🧬Low progesterone—loss of a stabilizing, protective influence on tissues
🧬High endotoxin burden—gut-derived inflammation that disrupts metabolism and immune function
🧬Low T3—slowed cellular energy production and reduced repair capacity
🧬Elevated TSH—a signal the body is struggling to maintain proper thyroid function, also promotes tissue growth
🧬High prolactin—often elevated in stress states, promoting tissue growth and metabolic dysfunction
🧬Increased BMI—reflects hormonal and inflammatory shifts
🧬Increased reliance on glycolysis + elevated lactate—a shift away from efficient energy production toward a more primitive metabolic state
🧬Chronic inflammation + excessive ROS—ongoing cellular damage and oxidative stress
🧬Insulin resistance—a constant growth and fat storage signal, a sign the body is not using glucose efficiently

These patterns don’t mean something is “wrong” beyond repair, they’re signals. The body is constantly communicating, long before anything becomes visible on a scan. And because it often takes years for a tumor to form, there is a meaningful window to intervene and shift the trajectory.

Cancer isn’t only about a tumor; it reflects a broader change in the internal environment. And that also means there are many points where things can be restored and redirected.

04/07/2026

No one knows your body better than you. 💪

04/07/2026

What our doctors had for lunch! 🍎🍎🍎

04/06/2026

❤️❤️❤️

04/02/2026

Mental health is inseparable from physical health. Our metabolism, hormones, nutrient status, etc. all influence our brain function. So, the same factors that are contributing to increasing cancer rates are also driving anxiety and depression:

Toxin overload (xenoestrogens, plastics, pesticides, heavy metals, etc.)
Diets high in seed oils
Sedentary lifestyles
Lack of sunlight
Hormone imbalances
Low thyroid function
Nutrient deficiencies
Disrupted sleep
Blue light exposure
Chronic stress
EMF exposures
Personal stressors (relationships, finances, etc.)
Social isolation

Because of this, healing often requires more than just positive thinking or increasing one neuronotransmitter It means supporting the whole person: metabolically, emotionally, and spiritually.

The health of our mind is also the health of our body.🧠🧠🧠

04/02/2026

Patient Case: Calcifications with “perfect” cholesterol

There are many contributing factors to heart disease. The modern model tends to focus heavily on cholesterol. If levels are out of range, a statin is prescribed, with the assumption that this reduces risk. But this does not automatically provide protection.

We see this clearly in my patient who has cholesterol levels well within range, yet has calcifications in her arteries and soft tissue. These calcifications raise the risk of a heart disease and a cardiovascular event. So the question becomes: what else is driving this?

In her case, insulin is elevated which suggests her body is under stress and not metabolizing glucose efficiently. When glucose is not being properly oxidized, it shifts the body toward a more inflammatory, stressed which can contribute to vascular damage over time. Calcifications often the result of multiple physiologic changes occurring together, including:

🫀Elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) from inadequate calcium intake, which increases calcium mobilization and can drive calcium into soft tissues
🫀 Thyroid dysfunction, which slows metabolism, impairs energy production, and alters how minerals are regulated in the body
🫀 Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, which damage vascular tissue and create a site for calcium deposition
🫀 Impaired glucose metabolism and elevated insulin, which contribute to vascular stress and dysfunction
🫀 Imbalances in vitamin D and K, which affect how calcium is transported and where it is deposited

Treating any condition is complicated. It is not one medication for one diagnosis. The body is interconnected, and we have to be willing to evaluate all of these factors if we want to understand what is actually driving disease.

04/01/2026

Happy Wednesday! ❤️❤️❤️

03/31/2026

Every second, trillions of cells are working to sustain you. There are a trillion things going right at any given moment, even when it doesn’t feel that way. The body is constantly adapting, repairing, and trying to keep you alive. We forget how much is happening beneath the surface—trillions of microscopic miracles. ⚡️❤️🔬🧫

03/30/2026

As a doctor, my goal is to de-diagnose you. Not to keep adding labels or managing symptoms indefinitely, but to help the body move back toward a state where those labels are no longer necessary. We don’t want to manage disease—we want to create the conditions for true health. Unfortunately, much of the current system is not built this way. It is more accurately a sick care system. It is not about creating or maintaining health. And once someone is in it, the focus often shifts to monitoring and managing problems rather than preventing them or addressing why they developed in the first place.

The real work of health happens long before someone is diagnosed or experiences a medical emergency. Health is an every day event. All of our choices are health choices. Our daily inputs—nutrition, sleep, stress, environment—shape how the body functions over time.

03/27/2026

Hormones come from the Greek word hormao, which means “to set in motion.” That’s exactly what they do. Hormones are chemical signals that control almost every process in the body—metabolism, growth, reproduction, immune function, sleep, and tissue repair.

Every cell is constantly responding to these signals. They tell cells when to grow, when to slow down, when to repair, and when to die.

The issue isn’t that any one hormone is “bad.” Estradiol, cortisol, insulin—they all have important roles. The problem is when these signals are chronically too high or too low.

Hormone imbalances are often early warning signs like canaries in a coal mine showing us that something deeper in the body is off. For example:
• High insulin often reflects an inability to use glucose or chronic stress
• Low thyroid function can reflect low energy production
• High estradiol relative to progesterone can reflect poor detoxification or chronic inflammation and stress

Over time, chronic hormone imbalances can change how cells behave. They can increase cell division, reduce normal cell death, disrupt differentiation, and shift how cells produce energy. These are the same processes involved in cancer development.

So it’s not about labeling hormones as good or bad. It’s about recognizing that when they are chronically elevated or suppressed, they’re often signaling that something in the internal environment is off and if that pattern continues long enough, it can contribute to disease.

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