Everything about our life can affect our stress hormones. Our outlook on life and our perspective can affect how happy you are and all affect your stress hormones. Cortisol is our main stress hormone. This hormone is secreted in response to any physical, emotional or chemical stress. Cortisol is released from your adrenal glands. People…
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This week we are going to cover the Sex (your hormones) Drugs (medication reactions and interactions) and Rock and Roll (staying up to late) of memory issues and how that effect you. Sex hormones are well known to affect your memory. Studies have shown that memory issues in women pre-menopausal are not as often reported…
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One of my first years in medicine a patient came in with a T-shirt that said, “Ask me again, I have CRS”. Of course, I asked about what this CRS was . . . I laughed so hard. I “CRS= Can’t Remember Shit.” He clearly had a sense of humor about something that I would…
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Patients often ask me about chronic fatigue. They want to know what it is and what causes it. The truth is we don’t know. The theories include immune problems, hormonal issues, psychological stress, physical stress, and infections. This is where several infections come in play. Mycoplasma it is one of the infections thought to trigger…
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A lot of patients come to me with the primary concern of fatigue, so I want to share some information with you about one of the main infections that can cause fatigue, Epstein Barr Virus, also known as Mono or the kissing disease. Most of us have heard of mono, but don’t know much about…
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Did you know that I grew up in Connecticut? Besides being one of the most difficult states for a child to learn to spell . . . and I remember it being a struggle . . . Connecticut is home to the discovery of Lyme Disease. During my clinical studies, I worked with some amazing…
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A lot of patients come to me and ask me about fatigue and infections, so I want to share some information with you. It may not be what you expect. There are 3 infections I see in my clinic that cause fatigue and not the type of fatigue that makes you skip cleaning your bathroom,…
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Finally, we are heading back towards the longest days of the year! This can feel like a very long haul for those suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Some people refer to this disorder in short form as SAD which also is a fit for the symptoms you can experience! Seasonal Affective Disorder is a very…
Read Full ArticleNot many people want to open up and talk about their mood. You are not alone if you are one of the millions of people affected by depression. When one suffers from a mood disorder it shouldn’t be taken lightly. Often people feel like depression is a dirty word and they won’t even say it…
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Often, patients are confused by the symptoms they experience, are unsure what their health problem exactly is; they are especially confused between diabetes, heart disease and metabolic syndrome. Here I am going to talk about the differences between metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome is a combination of a few factors like elevated LDL and…
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