Do you suffer from night after night of restless sleep? Up and down all night long, waking up feeling tired, dragging and exhausted? On top of that, maybe you feel like your daily life is in a fog. Trying to stay on task and concentrate on what you just did or even what you are […]

Does this sound familiar to you? You spend nearly an hour waiting to see the doctor and only get a few minutes of his time before you are handed a prescription and sent on your way. And the cycle continues, your symptoms keep piling up, your medicine cabinet is spilling over, and yet you don’t […]

Man boobs, moobs, and other, less polite terms by which people refer to an overly developed male chest aren’t just a running joke. The medical term for the condition is gynecomastia—the growth of breast tissue in men. Although many people associate gynecomastia with being overweight or obese, weight gain isn’t the only cause of gynecomastia, […]

As diabetes becomes increasingly prevalent around the world, thanks in part to poor diet and exercise habits, so has awareness of insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes. Insulin resistance is a condition wherein the body’s cells are unable to properly respond to insulin. As your body’s cells become less sensitive to insulin, your pancreas produces […]

Acute inflammation, the body’s response to injury and internal imbalance, is meant to protect you. When you experience an injury or illness, your immune system creates a specific response designed to assist the healing process and help your body fight infection. The resulting inflammation can seem painful and annoying, but it is necessary for healing. […]

While millions of Americans have thyroid disease, over half are unaware of it. Part of the reason why is that the symptoms of thyroid disorders are often mistaken for other health issues and may be ignored or overlooked. Common symptoms of hypothyroidism, which is the name for an underactive thyroid, can include a combination of […]