Health
Eating Disorders: Not Just About Food
Anorexia and bulimia are about more than food, and they aren't just a "phase." They're serious illnesses involving the body, mind, and spirit, and all three must be addressed in order to save the sufferer. I know – I struggled with eating disorders for five years. My senior year of high school, I...
“I Feel Terrible . . . in Spurts.”
Fibromyalgia is a fairly common ailment people suffer from, but we still know very little about it. One thing we do know is one of the main causes is inadequate hormone regulation. A patient of mine told me she "felt terrible in spurts" recently when she came in for her initial hormone checkup....
Women's 2012 Health Quiz
Take this quick quiz to find out how you can be healthier and happier in 2012. 1. If you can’t lose weight no matter what you do, what should you have your doctor check? a. your cholesterol b. your iron and calcium c. your TSH d. your free T3 2. Your doctor...
Did You Get BLASTed?
The traditional Christmas junk food, combined with the stress of the season, can wreak havoc on a person's goals to stay healthy. The key to changing this isn't hormones - it's habit. The holiday “eating frenzy” is here. I hope you don’t get “BLASTed.” That’s an acronym we use in our...
“So, Doc, Am I Going Crazy?”
This is the question Susan asked me as we sat down to go over her hormone blood test results. She came to see me because she said she just wasn’t able “to keep up with life anymore.” No wonder: 3 children under the age of 7, working 20 hours a week as a bookkeeper, husband...
Chest Pain: When to Worry
Few symptoms alarm patients more than undiagnosed chest pain. Many people equate a pain in the chest area as heart pain, but the causes are multiple and the associated symptoms varied. The following are some guidelines we use in helping us determine which body system is most likely the cause of...
When A Woman Doesn’t Feel Well, She Won’t Feel Good About Herself
There is a link between how a woman feels physically and how she feels about her self worth. Read on to find out how they can both be improved. Or is it “When A Woman Doesn’t Feel Good About Herself, She Won’t Feel Well”? The real question is this: is there a link between how a...
Physical Prep Tips for Missionaries
Missionary work is spiritual, mental, and physical work. As a member of the Missionary Medical Committee, these are my suggestions for being ready for the physical aspects of the work. In "Sir Galahad" by Alfred, Lordr Tennyson, the title character says, “My strength is as the strength of ten,...
"If I Sit Still For Very Long, I Fall Asleep!"
Fatigue is the number one complaint I hear about in the patients I see. Believe it or not, this is one of our diagnostic questions we ask our patients. It goes something like this, “Sarah, let say it’s a Sunday afternoon and you sit down on the couch to read a good book. How long...
Vaccines: An Ounce of Prevention
As a physician, I have a responsibility to educate others about the best way to prevent health problems, and vaccines are some of the most powerful preventative measures. These are my medical opinions on the matter, as well as common misconceptions people have when debating whether or not to immunize.
{Poll} Vaccines
Where do you stand in the vaccination debate? Vaccinations aren't things that many people take lightly, so we knew our vaccine health article would stir up some strong response. Knowing that, we wanted to get some more first-hand response from LDS Living readers. Where do you stand on...
The Mystery of "Messed-up Hormones"
When hormones are messed up, the key is to re-balance them. Meet Mia. Mia is a delightful young married woman, 23 years old. She came to our clinic with her mother seeking help for what she called “raging hormones.” I asked her to explain. “Ever since I was about 15 my hormones have been...
Moods and Foods: Is What You’re Eating . . . Eating You?
“I find that really hard to believe.” That was the comment a mother made to me last week when I told her she had to stop letting her 8-year-old son drink diet soda, and that the chicken nuggets (his favorite food) were probably contributing to some of his behavioral problems. Actually, I...
Infertility: When Children Don’t Come Easily
I have sat in Relief Society, looking around at the sisters, certain that none of them knew how I felt. I was sure that they had no clue what it was like to feel the deep sorrow and grief caused by infertility. To others, my body looks fine and they would never suspect that inside, my soul is...
Depressed? Check Your Hormones
Studies show that depression is more common in women than men when we look at hospital admissions, population studies, suicide attempts, and the prescription of antidepressants. There is a preponderance of evidence to show that it relates directly to the levels of a woman’s hormones. The peaks...
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