Joint pain can be simple or complex, and often, perplexing! Joint pain can appear out of nowhere: one day you are fine and the next you are limping for no apparent reason. It can come from obvious injury, or it can manifest itself slowly, increasing year by year, an insidious and ever-growing inconvenience that incrementally
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Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the entire gastrointestinal or GI tract, but most commonly the small intestine. Crohn’s may be confused with IBS and celiac disease but is most similar to ulcerative colitis. Symptoms of Crohn’s include abdominal pain, frequent bowel movements, watery or occasionally bloody diarrhea, and abdominal
Depression and anxiety are a national and global epidemic. Astonishingly, depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States, and the second leading cause worldwide! Many turn to antidepressant medication for relief, and these can undoubtedly be useful at times. Unfortunately, they also create dependency and come with unwanted side effects. Worst, they
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Infertility is the inability to get pregnant even after having frequent and unprotected sex for one year. Globally fifteen percent of couples have trouble conceiving. Many look to the woman first for problems, however in forty percent of fertility cases sperm abnormalities are either a factor or the factor. In fact, sperm counts have dropped
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME), is characterized by prolonged states of exhaustion often accompanied by problems with cognition, depression, and “all over” pain and stiffness after a minimal amount of activity. The CDC estimates that up to 2.5 million Americans suffer from this condition, although many remain undiagnosed.
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We, at Vital Health, use the phrase “We are the Health Detectives” quite often. But what does that mean? Because we live in a world of sometimes “simple” solutions when it comes to health challenges, we miss the bigger picture of what may be causing the problem in the first place. For instance, if we
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There are many reasons for muscle spasms. Some causes are trauma-induced, some are early signs (or occasionally latent signs) of a disease, some are deficiency related. Some spasms are sudden, acute and temporarily debilitating, while others can have a slow onset, and so mild you don’t even know they are there at the beginning, gradually
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The words “I’m tired” come out of the mouth of most new patients I see for treatment. I usually ask “WHY” are they so tired, and how tired are they? Many answer that they have just the “normal tiredness that everyone has”. Well, for the most part, there is no such thing as “normal tiredness”,
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Chronic digestive symptoms can make one’s life miserable. We all love to eat, but when eating inevitably leads to diarrhea or constipation (or both!), it certainly detracts from the experience. Many of us brush off loose stools, constipation, gas and bloating with a laugh or an excuse. However, persistent digestive issues can indicate a more
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The liver is one of the most amazing organs in our body. Depending on how the functions are broken down, it does between 500 to thousands of actions. A healthy liver can be the core of your health. It holds about 13% of the body’s blood at any given time. The blood is filtered of
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