Occasional digestive symptoms can be both painful and annoying, but when things like bloating, gas, diarrhea or constipation, or heartburn are a constant presence in your life, they can really limit where you go and what you do. Many of my patients [...]
Your food choices can be one of the most powerful tools you have to eliminate symptoms of PMS. There’s no doubt that the foods you eat have a direct impact on the way you feel. If you find yourself sluggish, irritable, anxious, [...]
Have you ever stopped to think about what stress might be doing to your body? I talk with my patients and listen to their diversity of health issues. I hear a common thread with the root of their symptoms: too much responsibility [...]
Stress affects women in so many ways. One of the biggest reasons women come to see me is because they aren’t sleeping. And most of the time, I discover it’s related to stress. Fuzzy thinking, fatigue, and insomnia can have profound effects [...]
Nature’s healing properties, found in plants, herbs, roots, and flowers have been an essential part of restoring health for centuries, long before we could reach for pills from grocery store shelves. Now, finally, the science of using botanical remedies to treat health [...]
Updated 9/20/2020 People ask me all the time how I keep my skin looking so smooth and healthy. They tell me they’ve tried every product they could find to try and get their skin to stay smooth and clear, to no avail. [...]
Our bodies have some interesting sensations from time to time, and sometimes we don’t know why. Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is one of those perplexing conditions that leaves patients, and their doctors, with some unanswered questions. When patients come to me saying [...]
Inflammation is a quickly becoming recognized in conventional medicine as a key component of serious health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Inflammation is the body’s response to infection. Acute inflammation occurs almost immediately after trauma -- from a cut or [...]
We have all heard about diabetes and how prevalent it is becoming in our country, especially Type 2. This condition, although commonly called “adult-onset diabetes", actually affects people of all ages, and is connected to a diet high in sugar, lack of [...]
Many women feel a sense of dread when they think about menopause. They’ve heard horror stories about unpleasant symptoms, including weight gain, insomnia, mood swings, and vaginal dryness; none of these sound fun to experience. The fear that early menopause seems as [...]
