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Are you depressed or do you suffer from anxiety?

Are you seeking relief from your own mind? As you search for answers to these pressing health concerns, it helps to understand how hormones and other brain chemicals affect moods.  

Why A Good Physician is Vital

Do you have a good doctor? 

You may be surprised to learn that heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States.

As men reach the fourth decade of their lives, growth hormone (made by the pituitary gland) begins to decline. 

Although some men choose to accept the inevitability of the drop, others naturally increase their levels of growth hormone by upping the intensity of resistance training.

Traumatic brain injury or head trauma can cause pituitary hormone deficiency.

 Recent studies indicate “that one or more pituitary hormones may be affected by traumatic brain injury or...

Autoimmune diseases are on the rise.

There are currently more than 80 identified autoimmune diseases, including those you have likely heard of:

Women are more likely to multitask than men and often seem to take pride in their ability to get several things done at once. 

Unfortunately, multitasking can make people extremely nervous, as they fret about a long list of errands, chores, and other responsibilities waiting to be checked off a never-ending list.

Did you know that an undiagnosed thyroid problem can affect the ability to conceive?

A thyroid that functions properly is absolutely vital for both conception and having a healthy pregnancy. Difficulties with fertility and getting pregnant are not uncommon.

Depression, this country's most common mental health condition, is frequently caused by thyroid imbalance.

Thyroid problems are extremely common and often hidden. Thyroid imbalance often causes mental imbalance.

Acupuncture for Menopause Can Help

Hello, this is licensed acupuncturist Georjana Shames, and today I’d love to talk about menopause with you.

Great news! Acupuncture can help you ease into menopause and reduce many of the uncomfortable symptoms women often experience around the ages of 45-55. If you would like to avoid hormone replacement therapy or if you are already on hormone replacement therapy but still experiencing symptoms, the gentle 5,000-year-old techniques of acupuncture can really help.

The Balanced Body—A Mind-Body Lifestyle

Do you have a Baby Boomer Body™? I sure do! We were the first generation to exercise just because it felt good. We were the jogger generation. Remember “no pain, no gain” in the 80s and thong leotards…with matching leg warmers?! 

Men: Keep that youthful, vital, and virile feeling through midlife.

Men are not immune to midlife changes. They too experience the so-called change of life as a result of declining hormones, specifically low testosterone, which is commonly seen beginning in the fourth decade of life. This is often associated with symptoms of aging in males referred to as "andropause," named after the androgens, the medical name for male hormones. This is the counterpart to menopause in women when ovarian production of estrogens and progesterone begins to decline. But for men, it is a more gradual process than the rollercoaster many women experience during menopause.