Antibiotics are routinely given for a variety of infections. We have come to expect the prescription, and we will even call our doctors and request them at the first sign of infection. To be sure, antibiotics are a godsend. I am thankful for them. However, in my
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We have many women coming in and asking about bio-identical hormones. Bio-identical hormones have the same structure (chemical and molecular) as the body’s own hormones. The problem is that we don’t know what these hormones are made from in most cases. Many creams are made from yams
Read more →It has been said that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. So what does this mean for my life? It means that if I have no information, I will gravitate towards any information, and I may be getting information that is impaired
Read more →Adrenal dysfunction is not widely recognized in the medical field. In fact, I have heard MDs say that this is not a real syndrome. There is a blood test that will check the ACTH hormone in the blood, but I can’t say that I have ever seen
Read more →Many women suffer from sub-clinical thyroid dysfunction. I say ‘sub-clinical’ because their blood work shows that their thyroid panel is in the appropriate reference range. The appropriate range is a bell curve. This is what is normal for most people. We are not ‘most people’. We are
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