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Can Basal Body Temperature Diagnose A Thyroid Condition?
My doctor is using my basal body temperature as a guide to determine if I've met my optimum thyroid medication level.
What is the "fight or flight response?"
What happens to us when we are under excessive stress?
When we experience excessive stress—whether from internal worry or external circumstances—a bodily reaction is triggered, called the "fight or flight" response.
Stress and Fertility
Stress: Can It Harm Fertility?
Balance Your Hormones To Help With Acne
It is common knowledge that acne is caused by oily skin but few people know what causes that shine on your face and especially the T-zone. The oil is due to high levels of a hormone named androgen. However, since a normal secretion of androgen gives healthy skin, it cannot be completely done away with either.
The hormones are most actively produced during puberty, hence the oily skin and acne. Now the question that arises is how to balance one's hormones to help with acne.
Progesterone
The female body requires an optimal balance of progesterone and the estrogen hormones (a trio of related hormones called estradiol, estrone, and estriol). Progesterone deficiency occurs when the hormonal balance is shifted in favor of the estrogens. This condition is also referred to as "estrogen dominance."
What is Graves’ Disease and how treated?
Graves' disease is the most common form of hyperthyroidism.
The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy.
What can Vitamin D foods do for you?
What can high-vitamin D foods do for you?
- Help prevent a growing list of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, breast cancer, colon cancer, and ovarian cancer
- Help keep your bones and teeth strong and healthy
- Regulate the growth and activity of your cells
- Reduce inflammation
From Thyroid Care to Thyroid Cure: The Benefits of Including Chinese Medicine
Doctor Richard Shames, MD & Acupuncturist Georjana Shames, LAc, Dipl. OM
As a doctor known for treating difficult thyroid conditions, a colleague recently inquired of me, "Dr. Shames, why have an acupuncturist as part of your practice? What can she offer thyroid patients that you—that we—cannot?" The short answer is "Plenty!" But here is what I actually told him.
Can Your Thyroid Give You the Blues?
Is your thyroid the cause of your depression or your foul mood? It could be.
There is evidence available that links the two together. Those that are tired and depressed may find that their thyroid is actually behind the problem.
Adrenal Burnout
Adrenal Exhaustion
Adrenal Fatigue is becoming a national epidemic.
