natural medicine

Heart disease is the number one killer of menopausal women, yet many of us are unaware of how our risks increase as our hormone levels drop.  A study published in the Journal of American College...

Despite the fact that we live in an age of increasing body acceptance and positivity, “period” can still be considered a dirty word. But like so many other physical cycles, menstruation has important messages for...

Finding out you have a fibroid can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. Don’t worry, you are not alone. In fact, according to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, between 80% and...

“Let food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food” is a popular quote attributed to Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived from 460 B.C. to 375 B.C. and is widely known as “the...

Natural Solutions for Chronic Pain An evolving understanding of pain is leading us to treatments that are safer — and more effective — than opioids. Chronic pain has become an epidemic.  It is estimated that...

We’ve all heard of home remedies.  Some of them sound legit, while others sound like something your great Aunt Eleanor came up with while hitting the bottle a little too hard.  The problem is, it...

What do Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oprah, Jim Carrey, Lindsey Vonn (Olympic Gold Medalist), and Will Smith all have in common? They ALL practice visualization for success. Visualization is a simple yet incredibly powerful technique for growth...

Getting sick can sometimes be inevitable.  Despite your healthy diet, superb hygiene and immune boosting supplements, sometimes we catch a virus.  This is especially true for those of us with young children around.  So, how...

The flu season runs from October through May, with the peak times being from December through February.  Right now, we are smack dab in the middle of it. And this year we are seeing some...

Ugh! It’s “that time of month”!  Why does it have to be so miserable for so many women? What causes menstrual cramps anyhow?  And how do you get rid of them? While many women are...

I spend most of my days working with patients who believe they have one of “the hard cases”.  They have been from one doctor to the next, to specialists, therapists, but they still aren’t getting...

This is the time of year when everyone is looking for a way to avoid getting sick!  Those of us with young children or who travel by air know all too well – how annoying...