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Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment Shows Potential for Knee Osteoarthritis
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, once reserved for elite athletes, continues to gain popularity among the general public. Research is also overwhelmingly positive in the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal complaints. The following article shows the potential for PRP...
Endocrine Disruptors – the top 12 chemicals that mess with your hormones
www.EWG.org is a wonderfully educative, not-for-profit organization that helps the EPA in its functions to monitor and guide industry and consumers regarding chemicals in the environment and how this affects our health. Much of chronic disease, including...
Interview: Doctors should work for patients, not insurances.
Better care, with fewer health care costs, in a system where everyone has a HealthSavingsAccount? Read the following interview and see if you agree. Doctor LaGrelius MD truly has an in depth understanding of how to restructure the health care sector’s backbone to...
Prolotherapy Can Improve Knee Osteoarthritis
A colleague and someone that I learned directly from, Jeff Patterson DO, co-authored a recent blinded trial of dextrose prolotherapy vs. placebo injection or exercise therapy. The results suggested that prolotherapy is an effective solution for knee osteoarthritis...
Fibromyalgia Pain Treated With Prolotherapy
It is interesting to note that the classical tender points of fibromyalgia are over tendon and ligament insertions. These insertion points have the lowest pain threshold of any somatic structure, meaning, even a small stimulus can be interpreted as a large amount of...
Neurotransmitter health and balance: GABA for being Zen
GABA is a brain hormone that promotes feeling of calmness and alert relaxation. The GABA system is at the center of fighting anxiety and keeping feelings of overwhelm at bay. The very fact that anti-anxiety medicine like clonazepam, diazepam and alprazolam are some of...
Neurotransmitter health and balance: Dopamine for contentment
Dopamine is the hormone of contentment and feeling centered. Feelings of discontent, hopelessness, decreased stress tolerance and volatile temper is a sure indication that your dopamine system may not be functioning as well as it should to ground you.Adventure...
Neurotransmitter health and balance: Serotonin for joy
Serotonin is the neurotransmitter of pleasure and enjoyment, feeling good. Serotonin is the main hormone associated with good mood, feeling happy, enjoying your life, family and friends. If you do not feel happy, get pleasure from things you used to enjoy or feel down...
Neurotransmitter health and balance: Acetylcholine for cognition
Neurotransmitters and brain hormones play an important role in how we feel, behave and determine our emotional and intellectual lives. Much of these hormones, like serotonin and dopamine are found in the digestive tract, making digestive tract health essential for...
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