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Mental Health
Dr. Russell

Mental Health Tools For Surviving The Coronavirus

Our lives have drastically changed over the past few years. I know I had more than one conversation with patients a short time ago, encouraging them to not worry too much about things. While I still stand by the not getting caught up in the waves of panic that are fueled by social media and the news, times have definitely changed. With continuously empty grocery store shelves, businesses closing, strict physical distancing recommendations, and now having a mandated stay-at-home directive

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April 20, 2020 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
Staff

Stress: Do You Have More Control Than You Realize?

Do you feel like you struggle with the pressures and demands of work and life?  If so, you’re not alone. According to a 2014 American Psychological Association report, 77% of Americans regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress. The most common symptoms cited were fatigue, headache, irritability, and anger.  And it’s not getting better…almost half of Americans feel like their levels of stress has increased over the past five years. What Is Stress? Stress is your body’s way of responding

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April 2, 2018 2 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
General
Dr. Russell

There Is No Magic Pill: Six Forgotten Truths About Healing

We live in a society that has been taught to think that healing comes in a small pill.  All we need is to find the right pill or the right combination of pills and we’ll get better.  However, “heal” is of Germaic origin (heilen), meaning to make whole. If we look at the old English roots, hǣlan means to restore to sound health.  Therefore, healing historically has been about restoring a person to wholeness. So I’d like to challenge how

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September 26, 2016 No Comments

Are You Ignoring This Key Relationship?

If you’re anything like a normal American, your schedule is probably busting at the seams due to all the things you’re trying to balance. If you’re not working (or worried about work), then you’re probably busy taking care of your family (my family is currently of the canine variety but she still need to be taken care of nonetheless). And don’t forget about trying to have a social life. Squeezing in time for a coffee date here or a long over-due

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May 28, 2015 No Comments

Are You Changing With The Seasons?

Have you noticed now that Winter seems long behind us, people aren’t in such dreadful moods? When I first moved to Frederick, I was amazed at how friendly people were and it seemed completely natural for a total stranger to smile and engage in conversation.  This is a far cry from growing up in Southern California, where you know better than to make eye contact with strangers. But as Winter clobbered us with single digit (or below, factoring in wind chill) temperatures,

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April 20, 2015 No Comments

Clearing Up The Coconut Oil Confusion

“What is the latest research on coconut oil?  Years ago they said it was absolutely no good but that thinking seems to have changed, especially in Alzheimer’s research.” Great question.  It’s difficult to stay up-to-date on the most current research and even more difficult to discern what’s good research.  Luckily, I was able to time-warp back into my undergrad mode (where I was involved in research for over a year) to look at the research surrounding coconut oil and health.

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June 11, 2013 No Comments
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