Category: Conditions
The Importance of Massage as We Age
For most of us, aging is not something we look forward to; the impact it has on our physical (and mental) health is dramatic. As kids, all we want to [...]
The Power of CoQ10
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an organic compound that is fast becoming my favorite supplement. Among its many functions is its critical role in ATP, or ene [...]
Oh, Sweet Slow Waves of Deep Sleep! A Deep Dive into Dreamland
Feeling tired today? According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2020 poll, the average American feels sleepy three days a week, and close to half sa [...]
Reducing Stress Is the Heart’s Work
You’ve probably sat through a Zoom meeting and watched a weak presentation, thinking, “What an incoherent presentation that was!” Or maybe you saw som [...]
Difficulty Sleeping? Massage Therapy Can Help
According to the American Psychiatric Association, sleep disorders involve problems with quality, timing, and amount of sleep, resulting in daytime di [...]
Oral & Dental Therapy Kills Bacteria Quickly
Current research has demonstrated a strong correlation between oral health and the following health issues: cardiac health, cognitive function, lung h [...]
What You Should Know About Dense Breasts and Mammography
As women, every October we are bombarded with pink ribbons, athletes wearing pink socks, and commercials and billboards telling us to “get your mammog [...]
Boosting Immunity Mindfully to Beat Stress
It’s no secret that stress negatively affects the immune system. Indirectly, stressed people tend to engage in behaviors that have negative effects on [...]
Unexplained or Unexplored Infertility?
The inability to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term is caused by a myriad of medical conditions and other contributing factors. Therefore, e [...]
Natural Ways to Address the Complexities of Fibromyalgia
Do you suffer from chronic or severe pain throughout your body? Have your traditional physicians concluded that your symptoms are psychosomatic after [...]
The Ups and Downs of Perimenopause: Tips for a Healthier Transition
Anxious, depressed, angry. Bloated, can’t sleep, can’t remember, no period, then full-blown red storm. Anxious, depressed, angry…again! Why don’t more [...]
Healthy Aging with Bioidentical Hormones
Jane is a 48-year-old female who presented to our clinic with complaints of fatigue, irregular menstruation, headaches, low libido, difficulty sleepin [...]
Massage Therapy: Self-Care or a Luxury?
How do you view massage therapy? Should it be treated as a rare indulgence or luxury or does it offer valuable health benefits? It seems there is a wi [...]
My Journey with Lyme Disease
I don’t suppose you can call it lucky, but I knew I had Lyme disease within the first few days. No rash, no bull’s-eye. I made some mistakes but also [...]
The Basics of Bioidentical Hormone Replacement (BHRT)
Both women and men suffer from a wide array of symptoms that occur when our hormone levels naturally fall as we age. Synthetic pharmaceuticals prescri [...]
The Potential Use of Acupuncture in Long COVID Patients
It may seem paradoxical, but very often the patients I feel most confident working with are those for whom conventional interventions have not helped. [...]
Herbal Broth Hot Flash Relief
First discovered and researched a little over 100 years ago, hormones serve as communication messengers to initiate or terminate processes all over th [...]
Should Toxin Exposure Be a Part of Preventative Screening?
Did you know that there are thousands of manufactured chemicals in the United States? These chemicals are found in numerous places; in food, water, co [...]
Are You Detoxing Your Breasts?
Research has shown that up to 90% of cancers including breast cancer are from lifestyle and environmental factors, which leaves 10% relating to geneti [...]
Stay Healthy All Year with Vitamin D
Vitamin D is emerging as a good preventive measure for COVID-19 both to bolster immune response and to dampen the escalating inflammatory response, wh [...]
How to Feed Your Immune System
For thousands of years, food therapy has been foundational in medicine. Growing up in an ethnically Greek household where food is vital, herbal teas, [...]
The Emotional and Energetic Roots of Pain and Illness
Our pain and illness are not randomly created. We are all complex, multidimensional organisms. We know that a physical ailment affects us emotionally, [...]
Healing Chronic Illness with Functional Medicine
Chronic health issues can be a daily burden. Many are suffering with Post-COVID (or Long-COVID) syndrome, that includes fatigue, brain fog, and residu [...]
The Four Pillars of Optimal Health
As much as we would like one, there is no single answer to achieving optimal health. In truth, a healthy lifestyle is one rooted in balance, not quick [...]