PrivaMD | Blog
Information to help you succeed on your health and wellness journey.
The PrivaMD blog is dedicated to providing our patients and our community with helpful information and tips to help guide you on your journey to complete health and wellness. Whether you have a question about a particular service, like acupuncture or IV nutrition therapy, or you’re looking for tips to promote better sleep or healthy eating, check out the posts below for answers to all of your wellness questions.
What Does My Gut Have to do With My Mood?
Imagine you are about to give a public speech before a large crowd. How does your stomach feel? For many people, this situation produces a"butterflies" feeling. You're introduced to a new person--maybe a colleague, or a child's teacher or coach, or even a date--and...
Are you Suffering from Vaginal Discomfort?
It’s not uncommon to have an occasional vaginal issue like a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis, but what if you’re having symptoms regularly? That could be a sign that you are suffering from vaginal atrophy or lack of estrogen. This naturally happens from...
Where Your Gut and Immune System Meet
As winter approaches with the coming of flu season plus covid in the mix, many of us are considering ways to protect and strengthen our immune system. Wearing masks, washing our hands, and increasing our intake of Vitamin C comes to mind. Research certainly suggests...
What Are the Medical Benefits of Sunlight?
What Are the Medical Benefits of Sunlight? The sun is a beautiful thing! Without sunlight, we would literally not be alive. Our sleep-wake cycles depend on it, our hormone cycles depend on it, and most of all, our overall health depends on the sun. And can you imagine...
Healthy Eating During the Holiday
Eating “healthy” over the holidays has a different meaning for everyone. Especially this year, as we are navigating new challenges and different gathering scenarios. For some, this might mean avoiding certain temptations that would otherwise leave them not feeling...
Why Is It Always About You?
COVID-19 has impacted all our lives, emotionally, politically, financially, medically, spiritually, and socially. Directly or indirectly, we or someone we know is self-isolating at home to flatten the curve or is quarantined in a room because someone is sick or has...
What Are the Best Treatments for Sunspots on My Face?
Sunspots are a common concern for many. These dark spots can vary in shape and size, and appear on the skin as a result of sun exposure. For that reason, most of us tend to see sunspots on skin that sees the most sun, like the backs of your hands, shoulders, arms, and...
See Me, Hear Me | Practicing Mindfulness with PrivaMD
To be seen and heard in the world means that we can really step into who we truly are and therefore be able to give back to the world our gifts and talents. It is sweet and touching to feel fully understood by another human being. While some people wear their hearts...
Family Medicine vs. Internal Medicine: What’s the Difference, and What is Right For Me?
Choosing a quality primary care physician who you like, and who can provide the very best care for you is important to your long-term health. Even if you’re a very healthy person, having a primary care physician means you always have someone to call with any...
Holding Space While Observing Your Worldview
Holding space is the process of witnessing and validating someone else’s emotional state while simultaneously being present to your own. A person’s worldview is inherited characteristics, background experiences, life situations, values, attitudes, and habits...
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