It’s Men’s Health Month, which is a time set aside to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease. And with Father’s Day right around the corner, I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about a widely believed health myth that could be very damaging to the health of you or the men in your life.
Category Archives: Women’s Health
Guest Post by Bridgit Danner, FDNP, LAc
Menopause is, in our cultural vocabulary, described as the symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats. But menopause is actually the cessation of your menstrual cycle. You know it’s ceased when you haven’t had a cycle for a year. Peri-menopause is a period that extends for a long time before menopause. But what is going on in perimenopause anyway?
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Today marks the start of National Diabetes Awareness Month, and in honor, I’ve been working on something very special to share with you. It’s called, The Diabetes Nutrition Guide with 31 Expert Tips for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, and it’s a pretty awesome (and free) 128-page eBook that you can download (here).
Brand new research on breast cancer prevention presents strong evidence that simple lifestyle changes, like diet and healthy weight management, can significantly reduce risk, which is great news when the worldwide incidence of breast cancer has increased by more than 20% since 2008. So what do you need to do to decrease your risk?
Hot flashes in menopause are often treated with estrogen, but some hot flashes have more to do with your cortisol levels and are best treated with other methods. Learn three way to help deal with cortisol-related hot flashes.