Many women I talk with are confused by the conflicting voices constantly chiming in on caffeine - I would be too! Does caffeine harm or help your body? Does coffee cause breast lumps? Hot flashes? Ulcers? Does it help liver disease, diabetes, [...]
Do you know someone with fibromyalgia? Do you have symptoms of this syndrome yourself? At the very least, I’m sure that many of you have heard about fibromyalgia. But there’s a lot of confusion and misunderstanding around the causes and treatments of [...]
Do you know someone who always seems to be angry? Maybe it’s even you? Did you know that the way you cope with your feelings of anger is an important factor that can predict your long-term health? Suppressed anger is associated with [...]
Are you confused about the media messages around fat? If so, you aren’t alone. For a long time the media and marketing companies sent the message that fat is the enemy. More recent stories dispute that claim, and the result is that [...]
Updated 05/29/2022 My friend Cindy is going through menopause, and it’s been a doozy. She’s having regular hot flashes and high irritability, among other symptoms. In short, she’s miserable! When I asked what she was doing about her symptoms, her response was [...]
MRI–guided ultrasound ablation for fibroids MRI-guided high-intensity ultrasound (MRgFUS), otherwise known as high–intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), has become a wonderful new addition developed as a noninvasive treatment modality for uterine fibroids. MRgFUS/HIFU actually uses high-intensity focused ultrasound beams to heat and obliterate [...]
Updated 11/25/2020 Unlike many of my patients, who find me after becoming frustrated with a health care system that fails to spend the time needed to discover the root causes of uncomfortable symptoms, Anna came to me proactively for a general health [...]
Updated 8/16/2020 Most women come to see me because they’re looking for natural solutions for uncomfortable symptoms, rather than relying on heavy duty prescription medications. But they have a lot of questions about these natural alternatives when it comes to perimenopause and [...]
Second only to cesarean section, hysterectomies are one of the most commonly performed surgeries on women -- more than a half a million each year. This operation is done to remove all or part of the uterus, sometimes the cervix, and the [...]
Birth control, hormone replacement therapy and more Hormones are the chemical messengers in the body, and for women diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), these messages may be inconsistent. SLE -- the most common form of lupus -- is an autoimmune disease [...]
