It seems that every day, week, or month has some association to it. National Cupcake Day or National Ride Your Bike To Work Week. But this highlighted week is something I can finally get behind. May 12th-18th is National Women’s Health Week and there is nothing I can think of that has a greater impact
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As I have honed my practice over the years to focus on women’s health and hormone balance, naturally, infertility has been a growing part of my practice. However, fertility is also of personal interest to me. I am a few months away from officially being in my mid-thirties and want to have children of my
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It saddens me that the majority of my practice are patients that have come to me as a last resort. While I would love to promote overall wellness and prevention of disease, the reality is, most people come in after they’ve seen multiple specialists and still don’t have the answers they are looking for.
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With kids back in school and summer vacations a not-so-distant memory, it’s time to start thinking about sweater weather, pumpkin spice mania, and cold and flus. While cold and flu season officially starts in October, I’ve already had some patients and friends catching colds and having to miss work or school. It may be hard to
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Now that we understand the role hormones play in the stress response and their general impacts on different parts of our body, it’s important to understand the sneaky ways stress can manifest. Since hormones, by their definition, travel throughout the blood, they can reach every organ, tissue, or system. In fact, almost every cell in
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“My calendar has been overbooked for weeks. I have absolutely no time.” “I work 16 hour days and weekends. Gotta hustle.” These phrases are commonplace in our stressed-out culture. In fact, stress has quickly become an epidemic, with three out of four Americans citing stress as causing physical or psychological symptoms. It’s pervasive in our
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Do you feel like you struggle with the pressures and demands of work and life? If so, you’re not alone. According to a 2014 American Psychological Association report, 77% of Americans regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress. The most common symptoms cited were fatigue, headache, irritability, and anger. And it’s not getting better…almost half
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Our lives look vastly different than they did just 30 short years ago. Devices are ubiquitous, an unimaginable reality in the pre-internet days. Whether you prefer PC, tablet, phone, or now even watch, you can get your daily dose of technology in whatever form you’d like. Smartphones in particular seem to be becoming an integral
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