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Posted in Botanicals, Dietary Supplements, General on Mar 24th, 2023
Over the course of a woman’s lifetime, a woman has about a 50% change of developing at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) and 20-30% experience recurring UTIs. The mainstay of conventional treatment are antibiotics, which do in fact usually work quite well. However, one problem is that they can also lead to a vulnerability […]
Posted in Cancer Prevention, Dietary Supplements, Endocrine Health, General, Prevention, Probiotics, Vaginal Health on Mar 7th, 2023
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the most frequent infectious disease throughout the world and are defined as infectious organisms which are transmitted between sex partners. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 19 million cases are reported each year with more than 20 different STIs. [i] HPV is one of the most […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, PCOS, Probiotics on Jan 31st, 2023
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormonal condition that affects the metabolic and reproductive physiological functions of a woman’s system. It is associated with a multitude of symptoms and issues and includes: irregular menstrual cycle, reduced fertility, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperandrogenism (hirsutism, acne, hair loss) and skin discolorations. Conventional medicine typically offers anti-androgenic […]
Posted in Botanicals, Dietary Supplements, General, Menopause, Urinary Incontinence on Dec 15th, 2022
Overactive bladder, also called OAB causes frequent and sudden desire to urinate and can be difficult to control, leading to urinary leakage, a.k.a. urge incontinence (UI), and nocturia (waking up more than two times in the night to urinate). It also is associated with frequency of urination day and night. Frequent urination is usually eight […]
Posted in Botanicals, Dietary Supplements, General, Turmeric on Nov 30th, 2022
Various natural agents have come into view as having a potential role in reducing risk of severe covid symptoms, addressing covid symptoms, and addressing long covid issues. One of these is Curcuma long root, aka turmeric, aka curcumin. Common signs and symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, dry cough, congestion, sore throat and tiredness. More severe […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, Mind and Emotional, Nutrition, Prevention on Oct 11th, 2022
As of this date, no interventions to prevent cognitive decline in asymptomatic older adults have been approve by the FDA. The statistics on dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease are sobering: 1 IN 3 SENIORS DIES WITH ALZHEIMER’S OR ANOTHER DEMENTIA. IT KILLS MORE THAN BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER COMBINED Between 2000 and 2018, deaths from […]
Posted in Botanicals, Dietary Supplements, General, Mind and Emotional on Aug 30th, 2022
Nootropics is a term used to describe those agents that improve cognition, memory, creativity or motivation. Nootropic substances can be as common as everyday caffeine and nicotine, or stimulants such as amphetamine and methylphenidate or many prescription items including levodopa. Nootropic agents can also include plants, vitamins or other dietary supplements. Bacopa monnieri is one […]
Posted in Botanicals, Chaste tree berry, Dietary Supplements, General on Jul 31st, 2022
Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a well-recognized clinical condition characterized by lack of sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, and/or pelvic pain/penetration, or a combination of these symptoms. Low desire is called hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), low arousal is called female arousal disorder (FAD), female orgasmic disorder (FOD) is delayed, infrequent or absent orgasms, or significantly […]
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