I am addressing preventing MRSA infection today by special request. It is a common condition that I often encountered when providing primary health care. Chances are, you may have experienced it or know someone who has. Or, you’ve watched Dr. Pimple Popper. What is MRSA? Well, it is a type of staphylococcus aureus- called “staph”…
Category: Healthy Habits
Habits that contribute to health and well-being.
54321 – Countdown to ease anxiety
2021 was a rough year for me, fraught with anxiety. Not only was I fighting a recurring infection, I also had a kicked up thyroid that set off debilitating episodes of disabling anxiety with scary symptoms like chest pain and palpitations. We eventually got the physical causes under control, but I continued to have bouts…
Finding reliable health info online
“I get a little help from my friends”. Where would we be without the help of others? When you are looking for information to guide your decisions about your health, how do you know who to trust? There is a lot of information out there on the internet, and not all of it is sound…
Loving your microbiome – it matters!
I see lots talk these days about loving yourself. One part of our selves that often gets neglected is your microbiome. What is your microbiome? Your microbiome is the collection of all of the microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses that naturally live on our bodies and inside of us. In our gut alone, we…
Your microbiome buddies – the benefits of taking probiotics
I’ve always said that everything is connected, and that couldn’t be more true when considering probiotics. Think of it – throughout the environment there are symbiotic relationships where different organisms co-exist to each other’s benefits. We ourselves are teeming with bacteria, in and outside of us, and for the most part, we get along just…
Waiting for test results is hard. Things you can do while you wait.
In my last post I discussed that oh-oh moment. When something happens that you know ISN’T GOOD. You know, like all of a sudden you are bleeding from somewhere unexpected, or your body just isn’t behaving normally. You know something in your life is about to change, and maybe not for the better. What do…