What is Goddess of Fertility Day? Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH Did you know that every year on March 18 some people celebrate Goddess of Fertility Day? Did you even know there was such a thing as a Goddess of Fertility Day? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. Would you like to venture a guess [...]

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STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD WITH KAREN ERICKSON, BS KAREN ERICKSON, BS November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and according to The National Cancer Institute, cigarette smoking causes 87% of lung cancer deaths. In addition, smoking increases a woman’s risk of stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, blood clots, coronary and peripheral artery diseases and many [...]

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Urinary Incontinence: causes and treatments Dr. Marilyn Mitchell, MD What is Urinary Incontinence?   Urinary incontinence is an inability to hold your urine until you get to a toilet. Women experience incontinence twice as often as men. Pregnancy and childbirth, menopause and the structure of the female urinary tract account for this difference.     [...]

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Women: Understanding your libido Dr. Marilyn Mitchell, MD A survey in 1999 revealed that sexual problems occur in about 43% of women in the United States, and as the population ages that percentage may be even higher now. Libido or lack of sexual desire is the most common sexual complaint. An occasional transient problem is [...]

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Why I Still Recommend Fish Oil Supplements to My Pregnant Patients Dr. Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc A study just released questions the benefits of fish oil for pregnant women . “[Omega 3 fish oil] supplementation will actually not give you a huge benefit in terms of neurodevelopmental outcomes and reducing depressive symptoms,” said Maria Makrides, [...]

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Aging, Sex, and Birth Control: What’s a Woman to Do? Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH There are many different responsibilities women deal with at different stages in their life. One of these important responsibilities involves her ability to conceive a healthy child. However, what happens if a woman is not yet ready to have a [...]

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Ten Take Charge Tips Tackling Women’s Health Concerns by Dr Kristina L. Sargent Ladies, we as women, are not taking care of ourselves! The top 5 health concerns for women are heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, depression and autoimmune disorders. Which direction are you headed? Are you making choices to propel you to health or disease? [...]

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Super Foods for Women by Dr Melody Hart Imagine eating your way to prevent osteoporosis, gallbladder disease, lower cholesterol, anemia, minimize hot flashes and protect against breast cancer. 1. Papaya. This tropical fruit packs about twice the vitamin C of an orange. Add it to your arsenal against gallbladder disease, which afflicts twice as many [...]

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Midlife Sexuality by Dr Marilyn Mitchell, MD, BHSP When it comes to sexuality in mid-life, we are often surprised to be experiencing changes. For women at menopause, we know that estrogen production is reduced by up to sixty-six percent and testosterone decreases up to fifty percent, and for men at midlife there can also be [...]

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Celebrate a Mindful Mother’s Day by Teresa Zeigler L.Ac., CH Dipl., MSOM With Mother’s day around the corner many of us are beginning to make brunch, lunch, dinner reservations at greatly inflated prices for our Ma Dear. This year why not try something a little different. Here are some suggestions that will de-stress, energize, and [...]

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Benefits Of Breastfeeding by Dr Marilyn Mitchell, MD, BHSP Breastfeeding has once again become popular among new moms as the preferred method of feeding their infants. This is a healthy trend, as there are many benefits to breastfeeding for both baby and mother. Babies who take in breast milk receive nutrients and enzymes in the [...]

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Women: How and Why to Put Yourself 1st Dr. Helen Lee As Dr. Bruce Lipton discusses in his book “Biology of Belief”, we are downloading information about how to “survive” in our environment/world directly into our subconscious (automatic) mind from the womb till about 6 years old! This information includes such things as: what we [...]

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How To Cool Down Your Hot Flashes Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc There are more menopausal women now than at any other time in history. In fact, in a book she co-authored in 1996, Ellen Brown states that “Forty million women are scheduled to go through ‘the change’ in the next twenty years.”1 And, unfortunately, most [...]

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What is Goddess of Fertility Day? – by Ian Wahl, DA, LAc, CH Urinary Incontinence: causes and treatments – by Dr Marilyn Mitchell, MD, BHSP Women: Understanding your libido – by Dr Marilyn Mitchell, MD, BHSP Why I still recommend fish oil to my pregnant patients – by Dr. Ian Wahl, DAc,LAc Aging, Sex, and [...]

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Choose the Pickles, Not the Ice Cream by Dr Kristina Sargent Eating for two, craving pickles and ice cream, ah yes, the joys of pregnancy, but these little joys are creating a generation of children with more health issues than the previous generation. Its not good enough to just “eat well” when you are pregnant, [...]

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Painful Periods? ASSERT Yourself By Ian Wahl DA, LAc, CH Most women have experienced painful menstrual cramping, known as dysmenorrhea. For some women the cramps are debilitating; others experience only a slight discomfort. What causes painful periods? Medical science believes that the hormone prostaglandin triggers uterine contractions.1 This hormone is secreted during ovulation. Current medical [...]

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