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Category Archives: Women’s Health
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
It is important to educate the public on this condition because it is so prevalent world wide. It is generally acknowledged that an estimated 10% of all women during their reproductive years are affected by endometriosis. This is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found elsewhere in the body, which [...]
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Fibrocystic breasts, breast pain that waxes and wanes with the menstrual cycle, a suspicious mammogram or thermogram, and breast cancer, as women we have a lot to worry about when it comes to breast health! In general, women can achieve healthier breasts (less pain and lower cancer rates) by limiting several environmental pollutants:
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
After completing my BA, I looked at MS programs in Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Oriental Medicine all over the country. I was young, without ties to a community, and was open to moving anywhere. I chose to attend Five Branches University because out of all of my prospective schools, that one was strongest in [...]
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
The following is a particularly eloquent email one of my patients sent me before she made her first appointment. Like many women with PCOS, hers was a trying path to pregnancy. However, with the right combination of Chinese and Western medicine, she was able to conceive and have a healthy pregnancy. To the left is [...]
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Nothing makes me happier than following up with a patient who became pregnant under my care. For example, yesterday Isaw a patient who I haven’t seen since her first trimester. Now she is in her 36th week. She wrote of her experience during her first trimester: I am research scientist, and I have always been a little [...]
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Having just returned from the International Women’s Health Seminar in Costa Rica, I feel compelled to share my experience with you. We discussed the heart of Oriental and Integrative Medicine–addressing the individual patient’s constitution in conjunction with treating disease manifestations and symptoms. For me, this seminar was very inspiring as it married several key concepts [...]
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
I am so excited to be attending the seminar, ”Gynecology, Fertility and Promoting an Easy Labor” in Costa Rica. It will be taught by one of my esteemed Japanese Acupuncture teachers, David Euler. Topics will include: Menopause Support Infertility Causes and Solutions Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts Irregular Cycles, PMS Healthy Pregnancy and Delivery The timing couldn’t be better, [...]
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Since the publication of the first research trials demonstrating dramatically higher pregnancy rates when acupuncture is combined with in-vitro fertilization almost a decade ago, the demand for highly trained Chinese medicine practitioners in the field of reproductive medicine has drastically escalated. Unfortunately, the demand for fertility specialists has outpaced the training….until now. A new era [...]
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Infertility and Miscarriage By definition, those who have suffered a miscarriage are not infertile, although up to one third of these couples have faced fertility challenges before conceiving. It can be easy for fertility specialists and prospective parents to place so much attention and emphasis on getting pregnant that they loose perspective of what is [...]
Below is an excerpt from my book, Practical Fertility. Thyroid Questions and Answers So far we’ve talked about the pituitary, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix and of course the UTERUS in regards to fertility, but what about that unsung hero, the thyroid? The thyroid gland
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