Jan was a 35 year old woman who came to see me because her periods were so heavy that she had been diagnosed with anemia. Carla was a 45 year old woman whose abdomen protruded so much that her friend had mistakenly thought she was pregnant. Lauren was a 39 year old woman who was [...]
Sprouts not only taste good, they’re full of vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein and enzymes. Their nutritional benefits were discovered by the Chinese thousands of years ago. In Chinese medicine a seed is considered to be yin and it’s offshoot is considered to be yang, so the ancient Chinese recognized that as a seed sprouts, [...]
Do your hands and feet ever get noticeably colder than the rest of you? Maybe you wake up before your extremities do. Perhaps you get pins and needles if you sit for too long. These are all signs of mild circulatory problems that many of my patients ignore or dismiss as a minor inconvenience. However [...]
There are troubling new statistics about eating disorders that show the number of people dealing with the disease is on the rise. Certainly here at the YinOva Center we are seeing an increase in both women and men who are seeking our help for a variety of problems related to eating and weight. The holistic [...]
Today our Clinic Director Noah Rubinstein is blogging about a common foot problem that comes from overdoing it just a bit. The NYC Marathon is next week! Predictably, this is the time of year in my practice when I see a lot more people with foot pain. But even if you aren’t a long distance runner [...]
Some risk factors for breast cancer are out of our hands. I, like many women, am at an increased risk because my mother died of breast cancer. Women with dense breast tissue have a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer as do women with certain benign breast diseases. There is nothing we can do [...]
Everyone feels anxious sometimes but if you find yourself feeling anxious a lot of the time or are generally anxious without reason you may find it helpful to tell your doctor and enlist the help of an acupuncturist. The NIH (National Institute of Health) has supported acupuncture as a treatment for anxiety since 1997 and [...]
Birds do it… bees do it…. sometimes my patients feel as if the only person who isn’t doing it is them. Time and time again women confide in me that they rarely feel in the mood for sex. They miss the connection that sex gives them and feel guilty that they have let this part [...]
How to keep low back pain from getting in the way of your summer fun.
Several recent studies have explored the use of acupuncture to treat polycystic ovary syndrome with encouraging results. We see quite a number of women who are suffering from PCOS at the YinOva Center and have found that a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be really helpful. PCOS is a complex endocrine and metabolic [...]
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome refers to a collection of symptoms such as wrist pain, numb and tingling fingers and weak hands. It happens when the median nerve gets compressed because of inflammation leading to constriction in the narrow passageway between the bones and ligaments on the underside of the wrist. In my experience Carpal Tunnel Syndrome [...]
Jill Blakeway is the Clinic Director of the YinOva Center. She is an acupuncturist, author and speaker who makes regular media appearances to talk about natural health care for women. Here she writes about how acupuncture can help women undergoing IVF. For the past 12 years here at the YinOva Center we have used traditional [...]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and so we have been focusing on this disease here at The YinOva Blog. Last week I wrote about breast cancer prevention and the week before I wrote about a new study that shows how helpful acupuncture can be to women who are undergoing breast cancer treatment. I thought [...]
At The YinOva Center we have a reputation for being able to help to turn breech babies. So much so that many midwives and OB’s send their patients to us when they find out that the baby is breech. A breech baby is one whose head is upwards so that she is likely to come [...]
