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Sleep issues, depression and anxiety are commonly experienced by the roughly 1 billion women around the world who are currently in their postmenopausal years.  And while sleep issues are a growing problem in the general population they are particularly heightened in postmenopausal women, with rough…

EU member states arguably have better healthcare systems, cost controls and outcomes over countries such as the United States (general source).  Along those lines, the EU has made tremendous strides in broad ranges of consumer and data protections and workers rights, among other advances.  Within t…

Post surgical delirium is more common than people may realize. According to this study it may affect up to 37-46% of the general surgical population. While symptoms may vary they generally involve changes in their ability to focus, changes in memory, language and/or generalized confusion, and/or pe…

Through a variety of data samples it is estimated that approximately 30% of the global adult population experiences some aspect of insomnia on a frequent basis (1 ). Long term consequences of sleep issues have a broad array of affects. Some of these are related to reduced reaction time; automobile …

According to the text, "Micronutrients: Metabolic Tuning - Prevention - Therapy", magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body and is essential to our health. It is required for over 300 essential metabolic reactions in the human body such as an energy production, cardiovascular …

Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition in which the trigeminal nerve, a nerve that goes from the brain to the face, is affected. In most cases, the nerve is pinched or compressed and causes a shooting facial pain, or even unexplainable sensations in the face in some patients. It often affects only one…

Stress, which includes or can be subdivided into depression and anxiety, affects millions of people daily.  For many college students in particular it is nearly a way of being.  I have experienced this as a college student when I was in grad school, and saw it with my students back when I was teach…

7-10 million people around the world are living with Parkinson's Disease with men being 1.5 times more likely to develop the condition than women.  This is more than all of the people with Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis combined.  The symptoms are brought …

In recent years modern western medicine has found more and more relationships between our digestive systems and our mental health.  While it was understood long before we could explain it in biochemical terms, Chinese Medicine has long known that these relationships exist and treated these conditio…

Maternal separation anxiety involves a mother experiencing emotions of worry, sadness and/or guilt during temporary separations from their child. No study has shown precise numbers but it seems to be a somewhat common phenomena, if not under diagnosed, which according to some studies is more likely…

A range of research puts chronic insomnia rates around 30% and those with at least one bad night per week much higher, around 65%. Now the one off night of sleeplessness is probably just annoying and part of life. We all have times where we may have too much on our mind or a period of time with …

Neck pain, statistically speaking, will be experienced by nearly 50% of the global population in their adult lifetime. It can be a very painful condition, which due to how we use our necks for day to day life, can limit social and physical activities for approximately 25% or so of sufferers. Wit…

Xiao Chai Hu Tang is one of the most important formulas within the extensive offerings of Chinese herbal medicine.  As with many Chinese herbal medicine formulas it offers benefit for a broad range of issues when it is properly used according to the correct underlying diagnosis (see "how to choose …

People very often seek out Chinese Medicine, both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, for a wide range of mental health issues.  Some seek it out because other western options have not worked well for them or lead to too many undesirable side effects.  Others are seeking it out to try to work…

Roughly 6000 babies will be born with Down Syndrome each year in the United States. The effects and severity of these effects will vary greatly and there is much room for treatment. Besides the understanding of the genetic component, trisomy 21, there is still much to learn about what differenti…