Dr. Cara Flamer – BioIdentical Hormone Therapy
I have noticed a pattern among my patients in these past few months. It’s probably always been there, only I’ve just recently taken notice and started exploring it with my patients. Maybe you can relate to this? Here is a typical scenario I come across: Woman (usually age 40-mid 50’s) comes into my office for …
As a physician, I frequently meet people who have suffered from devastating health challenges. Whether its chronic pain, cancer, fibromyalgia or another condition, one of the things I have noticed is how easily affected people are by what their doctors tell them. “You will have this pain for the rest of your life. I’m sorry. …
Because weight issues are so common in my practice, I felt inspired to write yet another blog post about weight. I meet a LOT of women who experience issues with weight. Here are some common scenarios I hear about on a regular basis: -“I gain weight so easily, if I don’t watch what I eat …
Have you noticed that your sex drive is just not what it used to be? I meet many women who tell me that their sex drive has reduced dramatically. Often these women are married or in long term relationships, and it affects their relationship with their partner. Their husbands/boyfriends may take it personally, or feel …
Sex Drive – when there’s no more gas in the tank Read More »
A lot of my understanding of hormones came from my post-medical school training, when I began taking courses in Integrative medicine. One of the things I learned when I began working with women in the field of BHRT was that anxiety is quite commonly a symptom of hormone imbalance. If you balance your hormones and …
This is a topic that I don’t think many people are aware of, including the average conventional medical doctor. I know that I didn’t learn anything about how certain genetic variations can affect hormones (and therefore menstrual-related symptoms) until I was well into my complementary/alternative medical training. It is a fascinating and highly relevant topic …
Have you been suffering with symptoms (whatever they may be) for a long time, and nothing you tried has helped? Have you worked with multiple health care practitioners (conventional and holistic) and tried many different treatments, yet you are still suffering and nothing has really changed? This can be a very frustrating position to be …
After reading my previous blog, you already know something about me- that I am passionate about healing at the deepest level. I am a big believer that what we think and believe creates our reality. So in my opinion, true healing comes from within- when we recognize the unseen forces inside of ourself that are …
“Measure time, if you must, in lessons learned, not in minutes or hours or years. You can cure yourself in five minutes if you come to the proper understanding. Or in 50 years. It is all the same thing.” -Brian Weiss, MD, in Only Love is Real I absolutely love this quote that I came …
By now, if you’ve read anything on my site, you can probably guess my answer to that question! Most of us think of depression as a condition of imbalanced neurotransmitters. In western medicine, we often treat depression with SSRIS- “anti-depressants”- or other medications, all of which affect your neurotransmitters like serotonin and/or norepinephrine. Is depression …