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Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance: Which are you?

A common question I ask my patients is, “Are there any foods that you avoid?” The answers range anywhere from “absolutely not” to a very long list. I ask this question because I find the things you put in your mouth may be affecting all of those symptoms you just described.
Fatigue? Gas and Bloating? Headaches? Constipation? Rashes? Acne? Joint pain? PMS?Yes – they can all be food related.
As the commercials on television will tell you (and it is true) 70%-80% of your immune system lives right around your intestines. It is a smart maneuver in human design because anything [...]

The HPV Vaccine – What do you need to Know?

By now most everyone has seen the commercials on television about the most common HPV vaccine called Gardasil. HPV stands for the Human Papillomavirus and is responsible for both genital warts and abnormal changes on your pap test including cervical cancer. Even though there are hundreds of different strains, HPV-16 and HPV-18 account for 70% of cervical cancer while HPV-6 and HPV-11 cause 90% of genital warts. Therefore, these four strains are the basis for Gardasil’s protection.
The vaccine is not a live-virus but a “virus-like” particle that will still stimulate a woman’s immunity against these four strains of HPV. The [...]

HPV: The Basic FAQs You Need to Know.

HPV stands for the Human Papillomavirus and is currently the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide.
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly 20 million Americans between age 15 and 24 years old have HPV. This is the virus that causes genital warts as well as those abnormal changes on your pap test that can lead to cervical cancer.
There are many strains of HPV with some remaining dormant, not doing anything (that we know of), and others causing problems.
When you go for your pap test, you can have your healthcare practitioner include a ‘high-risk HPV test’ for greater accuracy [...]

Slow down there speedy!

Are you the first one done at a meal? Wiping your mouth in satisfaction while others are still cutting their meat?Do people make fun of the fact that you “inhale” rather than “chew?”
Well keep reading and start chewing…s-l-o-w-l-y! A recent study in the British Medical Journal found that eating quickly until full tripled your chances of being overweight! They cited cheap, fast food and eating in front of the television as major contributors to absent eating.
Chewing your food starts the digestion process. What you don’t chew up into itty-bitty tiny pieces from your mouth makes more [...]

October 17th is National Mammography Day!

Mammograms detect 80 percent to 90 percent of breast cancers in women without symptoms, and all women 40 and older should get a yearly mammogram, says the American Cancer Society.
Many of my patients are concerned about the radiation exposure to their breasts and often question whether they need to go EVERY year.
“Dr. Jones – I don’t feel a lump.”“Nobody in my family has breast cancer.”“I’m pretty healthy, I think I would know if I had breast cancer.”
These are quotes I hear all the time. Then, of course, they want to know my opinion.
Well here goes.
Yes, I know you do [...]

Mayan Abdominal Massage: Love it!

What is this wonderful technique of massage? And why is it called Mayan Abdominal? Well, this Massage is founded on the ancient Mayan technique of abdominal massage. It is an external, non-invasive manipulation that repositions internal organs that have shifted, thereby restricting the flow of blood, lymph, nerve and chi.
For women, it specifically helps all kinds of symptoms such as: painful periods, heavy periods, tilted uterus, irritable bowel, constipation, fertility challenges, endometriosis, low back ache and many others.
Normal or Tilted?Normally the uterus leans slightly over the bladder in the center of the pelvis, about one and a half inches above [...]

It’s September Already?? Let’s be Empowher’d!

Things have been busy this summer in Oregon but I vow to stay focused on my writing and informing you of all the latest and greatest on women’s health. To help me do this, I have just been asked to be a weekly contributor to the women’s health website, www.empowher.com.
The site is for you and all about you! How cool is that? Plus it ranks right up there with my philosophy about women’s health – you need to be properly informed in order to make any decisions.
The site is going through some changes as it’s relatively new so stay on [...]

Thyroid and Heart Disease – beyond the basics.

Do you feel as if you have many symptoms of a thyroid disorder but every time you have the lab test done, you’re told it’s “fine.”
You’ve got it all – the cold hands and feet, the inability to lose weight despite a healthy diet AND exercising at least 30 minutes most days of the week, tendency towards constipation, dry hair, dry skin, feeling sluggish and tired…. yet why are you considered “normal” or “fine?”
It’s my opinion that a complete thyroid test should be run on everyone (men too) every couple of years especially after major events such as birth, menopause, [...]

Women and Heart Attacks – Differing Symptoms?

What happens if you suddenly start to feel tired, nauseated, and jaw pain? What would you think?
According to a recent study on 25,755 men and women in 14 different countries, women often presented with ‘atypical symptoms’ and ‘invisible’ blood vessel blockages yet other test results confirmed they were having a heart attack, according to the study published online in the journal Heart.
To compound this, women often receive less work-up and less treatment than men!
The following is from the article:Women with the same level of coronary artery disease as men were significantly less likely to receive drugs or statins that [...]

Diet determines gender? Read on…

As some of you may know, I get all of my worldly news from the Yahoo! front page. If it’s not on there I might not know about it….
Having said that I woke up this morning and found the following title, “Mother’s diet can help determine sex of child: study”
I have been saying for years that there is a trend towards female babies but my friends and fellow doctors thought I was crazy. This study looked at 740 women in Britain who did not know the sex of their unborn baby and asked them details about their [...]