Acupuncture for menopause
The most troublesome symptoms for women during menopause are hot flashes and night sweats. Also known in the literature as hot “flushes,” these vasomotor symptoms are the most frequent cause of women to seek...
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse, The Mesh Controversy and Integrative Health
Integrative healthcare clinicians (IH) may frequently encounter female patients with troubling symptoms of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). POP is very common, more frequent among older women, but often without significant difficulty. Population based studies...
Adverse Childhood Experiences: ACEs in Women and Chronic Pain
The National Women's Health Week kicks off on Mother's Day, May 12, and is celebrated through May 18, 2019. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women’s Health leads National Women’s...
Acetaminophen: Guidelines and evidence
Acetaminophen (also known as APAP and in Europe and UK, paracetamol) is the most commonly used drug in the US. It is contained in over 600 prescription and over-the-counter medications. It is widely available...
IBS: Non-pharmacological and integrative health treatments
More than 1/3 and up to 1/2 of IBS patients opt for the drug-free and more natural interventions provided by integrative health (IH) practitioners in the hope of relief of disabling symptoms with fewer...
IBS: The evidence for conventional pharmacological treatment
IBS is one of the most common disorders seen in primary care and gastroenterology specialty practice. Conventional medicine approaches consist of combinations of diet advise, psychological, and drug therapies. Current conventional medicine guidelines make a...
IBS: The gut-brain-microbiome connections
For over 4000 years, the system of classical traditional Chinese medicine described fundamental connections of the bowel and the “lung.’ This linkage guided acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioners ever since. Hippocrates is said to...
IBS: A condition without a cause
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is identified clinically as a “syndrome” and as such it is defined by a collection of symptoms rather than a definite patho-anatomical disease entity with pathological markers. Various clinical (and...
Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Pediatric Patients
A December 2018 article by Roy Benaroch, MD, published by KevinMD.com, and blogged on ‘Pediatric Insider’, describes physical profiles defining this Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). You may have seen reports of a ‘polio-like’ illness...