Recently, I had a dear friend approach me about the importance of community. She asked me how a community, or lack thereof, has an impact on health. The Correlation of Feeling Good and Living Longer Dan Buettner has studied Blue Zones around the world, which are areas that contain more centenarians than other places on the […]
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I awoke at 7am in California to find my daughter, in Washington, has a high fever that has returned. We don’t want to expose our nanny to a high fever and illness. Dad has already missed two days of work, which is a big deal when you own the company. What is a mom to
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Xenoestrogens are part of a group of chemicals known as endocrine (hormone) disruptors. Endocrine disruptors, once in our system, can mimic or block our hormones and begin telling our tissues what to do. This is a problem, as they then start interfering with what our hormones naturally do to keep us in balance. This especially
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It has been two and a half years since I made the biggest transition of my career since becoming a doctor. After the birth of my daughter, I switched to predominantly taking phone and video visits with patients. My husband travels a lot and in order to be able to continue to see patients, it
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Moving back to the pacific Northwest has been lovely, since I consider it my home. However, I have to admit that I miss the California sunshine! When I attended the University of Washington, I had a professor who tracked test scores and temperatures. Whenever there was more sun in the spring, test scores were always
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Many women spend three weeks out of the month dreading that one week. Your regular doctor tells you to get on the pill. Some women are lucky and have no problems with their periods. These ladies are definitely the exception. The majority of women experience some discomfort around their menstrual cycles. There is good news.
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Have you heard of the BRCA1/2 gene? They are often labeled as the genetic cause of breast cancer. Doctors started running BRCA screenings on their patients, especially if the patient had a family history of breast cancer. The test results, combined with other lifestyle factors, would determine their overall risk and prompt certain patients to
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Estrogen dominance is a term found all over the internet these days. I have had a lot of women ask about it. So what exactly is estrogen dominance? Some women may have too much estrogen (or too much of the wrong type of estrogen), which leads to estrogen dominance. Too much estrogen can be caused by
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Many of my patients come in thinking they have a problem with their thyroid when they are having issues losing weight. Though it is not the only hormone pathway that is important for weight loss, it is one of them. In mainstream medicine, the thyroid is seen as black and white. If your TSH is
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A research study by the World Health Organization states that no amount of alcohol is safe for cancer prevention. In some analyses of previous studies, it is linked to breast, cervical, and mouth cancers. As a woman that enjoys wine and frequents Napa, it made me want to sort through the data. Many of us
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