Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Oct 6th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Many herbal options have been studied for the purpose of relieving menopause symptoms. Black cohosh has been studied the most. This current study evaluates the effectiveness of a combination of black cohosh and rhodiola, compared with black cohosh alone to relieve menopause symptoms. Numerous symptoms are possible with perimenopause and/or menopause. These include hot flashes/night […]
Sep 28th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
We have only a few studies on natural ingredients in endometriosis. I was hoping to see a positive result with this study, but unfortunately, that was not the case. This study was designed to determine if vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation improved endometriosis related pelvic pain in adolescents. Women aged 12-25 with surgically […]
Sep 11th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
I read an article recently that I thought made a very profound point: “When you are thinking about a pandemic, you have to differentiate between what comes from being infected and what comes from being affected”. (Quote from Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science). As of […]
Aug 31st, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Two things to focus on here are air pollutants and heat from climate change. There are many other environmental exposure impacts on women’s health, fertility, pregnancies and in utero exposure, but the systematic review of 68 studies from 2007 to 2019 evaluated the association between ambient heat, air pollution and obstetric outcomes including preterm birth […]
Aug 14th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Perimenopause and menopausal symptoms can include hot flashes/nightsweats, insomnia, anxiety, depression, cognitive changes, decline in sexual desire, and skin and mucus atrophy including the eyes, mouth, vulva, vagina and our general skin thinning, wrinkling and drying. That list might seem long enough, but there can be others. The good news is that not all women […]
Jul 31st, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
Where I live in Oregon, I’m happily surrounded by a prolific selection of fresh berries— those in the wild and commercially grown. My childhood was rich with berry foraging while playing in the woods—red and blue huckleberries, salmon berries, thimbleberries, elderberries and blackberries. And living in Oregon, we are rich in thousands of acres of […]
Jul 20th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
The most common symptom women experience in perimenopause and menopause, is hot flashes— day and/or night. They are also called vasomotor symptoms, which are a sudden feeling of heat, burning and/or sweating with a slight increase in body temperature due to increased metabolic rate and vasoconstriction in the periphery. These fluctuating levels of estrogen, and […]
Jun 30th, 2020 by Tori Hudson, N.D.
As we can all see from the news and from our local neighborhoods, there is a resistance by many, to wear masks during this communicable infectious disease pandemic. I’m a physician, so as you can imagine, my lens is health related, not politics, not individual rights vs. community welfare, not economic, not philosophical. What follows […]
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