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Posted in Endocrine Health, General, Headaches, Migraine, Nutrition, Pregnancy on Dec 11th, 2023
This blog is meant to highlight some key points about migraines in women, and give you the opportunity to watch a podcast on migraines that I recently produced with the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP). (https://nanp.org/) Migraine headaches in women that are associated with hormonal changes, affect about 12 million women in the U.S. […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, Endocrine Health, Headaches, Menstrual Cycle, Migraine, Mind and Emotional, Nutrition, Premenstrual Syndrome, Vitamin D on Jul 30th, 2021
Primary dysmenorrhea is defined as menstrual pain without any pelvic pathology. This is the most common menstrual symptom in adolescent girls and young women. The onset of menstrual pain usually occurs just before or at the first onset of the menstrual flow and typically lasts ½ day to 3 days. Some women have additional symptoms […]
Posted in Botanicals, Elderberry, General, Headaches, Prevention on Jan 14th, 2021
The fruit and flowers of Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) have been traditionally used to treat and help to prevent common colds and the flu. Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae native to most of Europe and North America. Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry native to a large area of North America east of the Rocky […]
Posted in Botanicals, Depression, Dietary Supplements, Fatigue, General, Headaches, Mind and Emotional, Prevention, Stress on Apr 23rd, 2018
Stress is an all-encompassing concept, but it is a very core physiological reaction to life events, and is mediated by hormones, cytokines, and catecholamines. While we cannot possibly avoid all stressors, chronic and/or severe stress can exceed our adaptation mechanisms. Stressors come in all sizes and shapes that include physical or emotional events, environmental, or […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, Headaches, Migraine, Mind and Emotional, Stress on Jul 31st, 2016
Migraines are chronic and debilitating and affect 12-20% of the world’s population, and are more common in women. Women account for about three quarters of the 28 million Americans who experience migraine headaches. Attacks can begin at any age, but they typically start during childhood or adolescence when they are pretty equal in boys and […]
Posted in Botanicals, Headaches, Migraine, Mind and Emotional on Jul 9th, 2007
Women account for about three quarters of the 28 million Americans who experience migraine headaches. Migraines can begin at any age, and occur fairly equally in boys and girls until adolescence. The prevalence of migraines in women in their early forties, and then declines steadily with age. How does a migraine occur? The process resulting […]
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