When Labs Aren’t Everything
It’s an everyday occurrence when someone calls the doc line at the lab and wants to know how they can change the labs to improve their patients’ symptoms. However, it’s important to take a step back and look at what labs can tell us. While it’s true that abnormal lab findings can contribute to symptoms – high thyroid-stimulating hormone reflects hypothyroidism, high testosterone reflects polycystic ovary syndrome, and hyperandrogenism or
Skipping a Beat: Hormones and Heart Palpitations
There it is again! That distinct flutter in your chest that kicks up your heart rate and leaves you feeling a bit breathless. It might feel as though your heart just skipped a beat or flip-flopped in your chest and you’re left wondering, “Did my body just take me on a little roller coaster ride or was that a heart palpitation?” For most women without underlying cardiovascular issues, the experience
Inositol Supplementation – Recent Research in PCOS, Metabolic Syndrome and Mood Disorders: Part 1
We are living in an age of insulin resistance. Excessive intake of calories and refined carbohydrates, decreased physical activity, and chronic stress increase insulin secretion and decrease insulin sensitivity. This creates a vicious circle of requiring more and more insulin to shuttle glucose into cells. Years or possibly even decades before the elevations in blood glucose and hemoglobin A1C associated with type 2 diabetes, fasting insulin increases, and this high
When Labs Aren’t Everything
Skipping a Beat: Hormones and Heart Palpitations