“Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down” Natalie Goldberg Many of the women I see in the clinic come in with physical ailments, but in the vast [...]
High CRP may mean you one day need CPR! This week I found myself explaining some blood tests to a patient. In particular I was interested in her C-Reactive Protein (CRP) results. This is a simple blood test that is often overlooked in a standard battery of tests, and yet it’s a test which [...]
24 hours a day, 7 days a week our senses are bombarded with images and sounds of a world fraught with difficulty. Twenty four hour a day television, radio and the internet crash their way relentlessly into our private worlds, bringing us visions of terror, death and despair from around the globe. It is [...]
HOW MANY EGG FOLICLES HAVE YOU GOT LEFT IN YOUR OVARIES? AMH TEST As an acupuncturist and naturopath, working with women trying to conceive is a big part of my daily clinic life. Recently, many of them have asked me about the new AMH blood test hitting the headlines in New Zealand. [...]
I am representative of the modern woman. I want it all…. Happy marriage, thriving children, and a career that keeps me engaged and stimulated. I have always been a career woman, but it doesn’t mean that my role as a mother is not hugely important to me. There have been many occasions when mothering and [...]
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Anyone who has ever endured the agony of a bladder infection will be able to relate to the burning, cutting, misery entailed in simply going for a wee. While cystitis is not exclusively a female phenomenon, it effects significantly more women than men, due to our anatomical differences. One in two women will experience the [...]
