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Category: Hormones

Hormones
Dr. Russell

Flow No More: Our Top 4 Tips For Fibroids

As women, we spend a lot of time learning about what it’s like when your period starts, but we rarely spend time discussing what it’s like when it ends. When your period starts, it’s like flipping on a light switch. One day, it’s off, then the next day, it’s there. When it ends, it is not like the “on” switch just turns “off”. It’s more like a dimmer switch on your ovaries. For one or two months, it may be

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Hormones
Dr. Russell

Geriatric Pregnancy: Is It A Real Concern Or Just An Antiquated Idea?

As I have honed my practice over the years to focus on women’s health and hormone balance, naturally, infertility has been a growing part of my practice. However, fertility is also of personal interest to me. I am a few months away from officially being in my mid-thirties and want to have children of my own someday. While this was not part of my plan to wait this long, completing medical school and growing my practice were goals I wanted

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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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