Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Jun 30th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
This past 1.5 years of covid has spawned even more folks struggling with insomnia and anxiety. At least that has been true in my clinical practice. Insomnia includes insufficient sleep, difficulty falling asleep (sleep latency) and poor sleep. Insomnia can cause multiple problems including a decline in cognitive function, depression, low immunity and cardiovascular disease, […]
Jun 9th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
This is not a blog that addresses the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine nor is it a blog that addresses when and if your patient should get a screening mammogram. What it is about is how the COVID-19 vaccine can temporarily affect lymph nodes that can then give a false result on the […]
May 28th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Korean red ginseng has been used traditionally for the relief of some menopause symptoms, and also has some previously published data for this purpose. In the current double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial, Korean Red Ginseng was studied in women with surgical menopause due to a gynecological cancer. This is important as women with surgical menopause can […]
May 18th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
There’s been a lot of thought and discussion since the beginning of the Covid pandemic about self-care. The pandemic has affected women in some heightened ways. Women are more likely to be the care giver for children who have been at home due to no day care, or at home with virtual school. Women are […]
Apr 26th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Difficulty sleeping/insomnia is one of the most common issues women face and is one of the most common complaints of women going through the menopause transition and the most common sleep disorder in the general population. Insomnia is defined as a sleep complaint that occurs at least three times per week for at least 3 […]
Apr 5th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has become a very common condition in the U.S. It’s been reported that 25-40% of Americans experience symptomatic GERD at some point and approximately 7-10% experience symptoms of GERD on a daily basis. I can confirm this in my clinical practice. Many individuals control their symptoms with over the counter (OTC) […]
Mar 19th, 2021 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
It’s mid march, and I know all of us are acutely aware that it’s been one full year since our lives have been drastically altered by COVID-19. During this last year, we have had many challenges- and for sure some of us have had some major life altering ones, but hopefully there have still been […]
Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumor in the uterus. Most do not cause any symptoms and don’t require any investigation or treatment. But, for some women, maybe about a third, women with uterine fibroids, also called uterine myomas may need a therapy—either to control abnormal uterine bleeding, reduce the size due to pressure […]
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