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Pain lives in your brain, not just in your bad shoulder...
This is a meta-analysis of how pain is perceived in the brain. Acupuncture is shown through neuroimaging to help with the pain areas of the brain.
aculorib
Aug 44 min read
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What We're Learning About Pre-term Birth and Herbicides
Namely, what is Glyphosate and why do I care so much about it? Let me just start with the fact that I know this is a very controversial topic. The literature is mixed on the consumption of genetically modified foods, and today I want to skirt a bit around the issues of the foods themselves, and talk a bit more about the herbicide most commonly known as Roundup, that was borne of the same folks who developed GM foods. I'm from the states, which means that I've been grappling
aculorib
Aug 45 min read
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Stress, Cortisol, and the Reproductive System: What the Research Says
There is a reason that my initial intake form includes a little section for mental and emotional health. Not only for fertility, but for all aspects of life, stress and psychological load are really important to understand, and these things often have an impact on all sorts of health issues. A lot of the time stress isn't a main concern for most of the patients I see, it's usually lurking somewhere in the background after some digging. But there it is, almost always, under
aculorib
Jul 224 min read
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and PCOS/PMOS
This is one of my favorite topics: endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDC's... lets talk about it. A major review published this year in Nature Reviews Endocrinology looked at the growing link between everyday chemical exposure and female reproductive disorders, including PCOS/PMOS, earlier puberty, and premature menopause. The evidence is strong enough, not just by this study, but from analyses known for years and years... EDCs interfere with the body's hormone signalling by
aculorib
Jun 254 min read
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