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Women's Health
Dr. Russell

Women, Beware Of Your Doctors

It saddens me that the majority of my practice are patients that have come to me as a last resort. While I would love to promote overall wellness and prevention of disease, the reality is, most people come in after they’ve seen multiple specialists and still don’t have the answers they are looking for.   The longer I’ve been in practice, the more certain I am of the existence of a deadly gender bias against women in medicine. The countless

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November 12, 2018 1 Comment
Immune Health
Dr. Russell

Surviving Cold And Flu Season: Natural Ways To Boost Your Immune System

With kids back in school and summer vacations a not-so-distant memory, it’s time to start thinking about sweater weather, pumpkin spice mania, and cold and flus. While cold and flu season officially starts in October, I’ve already had some patients and friends catching colds and having to miss work or school. It may be hard to believe after an unusually wet and gloomy summer but cold and flu season is approaching fast. This makes now a great time to start boosting

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September 11, 2018 No Comments
Digestive Health
Dr. Russell

The Hidden Effects Of Stress

Now that we understand the role hormones play in the stress response and their general impacts on different parts of our body, it’s important to understand the sneaky ways stress can manifest. Since hormones, by their definition, travel throughout the blood, they can reach every organ, tissue, or system. In fact, almost every cell in your body is only six cells away or less from a supply of blood. In other words, that’s like having a Starbucks every six houses. Because of

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July 16, 2018 No Comments
Mental Health
Dr. Russell

Are Your Hormones Stressing You Out: The Link Between Stress and Hormone Imbalance

“My calendar has been overbooked for weeks. I have absolutely no time.” “I work 16 hour days and weekends. Gotta hustle.”  These phrases are commonplace in our stressed-out culture. In fact, stress has quickly become an epidemic, with three out of four Americans citing stress as causing physical or psychological symptoms. It’s pervasive in our culture and if you aren’t stressed, you must not be doing enough. We all know that stress can interrupt our sleep, make us more irritable,

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May 18, 2018 No Comments
Mental Health
Dr. Russell

Unplugging: Five Steps To Making Your Digital Detox A Success

Our lives look vastly different than they did just 30 short years ago. Devices are ubiquitous, an unimaginable reality in the pre-internet days.  Whether you prefer PC, tablet, phone, or now even watch, you can get your daily dose of technology in whatever form you’d like. Smartphones in particular seem to be becoming an integral part of our lives. 62% of smartphone users look at their device within 15 minutes of waking and use almost 50 times throughout the day.

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January 9, 2018 No Comments
Mental Health
Dr. Russell

Why I Am Grateful For My Migraines

I, like many of you out there, have an invisible illness.   I have been suffering from migraines for half my life. They usually occur every 4-8 weeks, leave me bedridden for 36-48 hours, and just wholly disrupt my life.   Unfortunately, migraines are a multi-faceted disease that we still don’t fully understand. This makes them extremely difficult to treat, conventionally or holistically. I’ve scoured the research, tried every type of natural remedy or suggestion. I’ve even used medications at

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December 19, 2017 1 Comment
Nutrition
Dr. Russell

What Do Hormones Have To Do With Diabetes?

Our country has a major problem with sugar. In fact, the average American eats the body weight of an adult (~150 pounds) in sugar per year. Compare that to 1890, where we consumed only five pounds of sugar per year, a 3000% increase! The emergence of sugar in our culture has a convoluted and political history (check out Sugar Coated if you want to learn more) but that doesn’t change the fact that blood sugar issues and their subsequent consequences

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July 1, 2017 3 Comments
Environmental Health
Dr. Russell

Should I Take A Break From Coffee?

The strong reactions I get when I ask someone to give up coffee continues to amaze me. Not give up indefinitely. Not abstain for a year. But for thirty days. A blink of the eye when compared to the length of a lifetime. So it may be hard to imagine that I like to subject myself to this torture at least once a year. Actually, like might be a bit of a stretch, but I do think it’s a good

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May 30, 2017 4 Comments
Stress management
Dr. Russell

Already Behind on Your New Year’s Resolution?

Just a few short weeks ago, we welcomed a new year. And with it, came new (or recycled) resolutions. It’s as though making a resolution is a right of passage. But how many of those new year’s goals and resolutions do you actually achieve and maintain? How effective has setting a new year’s resolution been to improve your life? Now that the excitement of the new year has dissipated, let’s be honest about your resolutions. If you’re like the vast

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January 26, 2017 No Comments
Immune Health
Dr. Russell

7 Tips For Healthy Travel

It’s that time of year when traveling is a part of most families’ holiday experience. Whether it’s by plane, train, or automobile, staying healthy while traveling can bring its share of challenges.  Early last month I flew out to Arizona for some additional craniosacral training and while I was enjoying one of my favorite past times of people-watching, it occurred to me that I take for granted all the tricks I’ve learned along the way to ensure a healthier traveling experience. While

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December 12, 2016 No Comments
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