What to Expect from a Concussion Diagnosis and Treatment Staying active is important to good health at any age. The drawback is injury and not just to muscles, tendons and bones. Head injury from falls can lead to traumatic brain injury, which affects more than 2.7 million people in the United States per year. Worse…
Find a Long COVID Specialist in Southern California, CA It’s estimated that nearly 23 million people in the United States have symptoms of long-COVID. Even more alarming is that there are very few doctors trained to treat long-COVID. At Restoration Healthcare, we are a primary care clinic that specializes in difficult to treat illnesses like…
How to Sleep Better, Sleep Longer and Feel Rested With Sunny Raleigh, DO (aka, A Sleep Lover) Dr. Sunny Raleigh appreciates sleep. “I love to sleep a lot. And I will fully admit, when I rest my head each night, I am so thankful for what is to come over several hours,” she says in this…
Calming Cortisol Levels with the Breathing The hormone cortisol helps us rise in the morning. And, it’s critical to save our lives if we are in danger. However, in our modern-day lives, anxiety, and stress leads to too much cortisol. When chronic stress boosts cortisol levels too high, too often it can cause chronic inflammation,…
If your doctor recommends that your plan of care include chelation therapy, which is delivered intravenously in a clinical setting, it’s likely due to medical signs and symptoms of heavy metal toxicity or chelation detox. Often without realizing it, we’re exposed to heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, and aluminum. They’re in…
In 1998, Dr. James L. Wilson, DC, ND, Ph.D., coined the term “adrenal fatigue” and used it to describe a condition in which the adrenal glands — overstimulated by chronic stress, burn out and shut down — can promote one or more of the following symptoms: Abdominal pain Chronic fatigue Depression Diarrhea Excessive sweating Headache…
It’s that time of year again — when children return to school and parents scramble to help them navigate the transition from summer break to full-time immersion in school life. If you’re one of those parents, you probably already have your hands full registering your children for class, making sure they have all their supplies,…
Over the past several years, we have witnessed an increase in the incidence of Lyme disease, along with the debilitating impact this vector-borne disease has had on many of our patients, so any news about a potential vaccine for Lyme disease piques our interest. On Aug. 8 of this year, Pfizer, the U.S.-based pharmaceutical and…
There’s no shortage of advice for what to do when you’re feeling stressed and overwhelmed. And if that stress is chronic and you aren’t doing anything about it, here’s a few suggestions: Increase your physical activity Eat a healthy diet Journal for 10 minutes each day Reduce or stop drinking caffeine altogether Spend more time…
If you experience migraine headaches, mild to severe epilepsy, or related rapid eye movement that dramatically affects your wellbeing, you may be living with a gene variant known as CACNA1A — CAlcium voltage-gated ChaNnel subunit Alpha 1A — a gene that plays a crucial role in the communication between neurons in the brain. Advances in…