By Dr. Laleh Talebian, Ph.D., founder of DNA Wellness (Dynamic Natural Advantage)
You drag yourself through the afternoon, counting the hours until bedtime. But when you finally turn off the lights, your mind starts racing.
Or perhaps you fall asleep easily, only to wake up at 3 a.m., feeling aler...
By Dr. Laleh Talebian, Ph.D. From my Beyond the Diagnosis Thursday live.
When someone hears "breast cancer," the cancer becomes the center of everything: the type, the stage, the treatment plan. Those questions matter. But what often gets overlooked is the rest of the person. Her heart, her sleep, ...
If you live with more than one chronic condition, your calendar may already feel like a series of separate appointments, each focused on a single organ system or label. One visit covers blood pressure. Another covers joints. Another covers blood sugar, digestion, hormones, or mood. Somewhere in the ...
When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, understandably, the tumor becomes the center of attention.
What type is it?
What stage?
What treatment is needed?
Those questions are essential.
But a large new study raises another important question:
What is happening in the rest of the person’s heal...
A Parkinson’s diagnosis often arrives with a medication plan and a long list of future worries. What many people receive less clearly is guidance on the everyday levers that still sit in their hands: how they eat, how they protect muscle and balance, how they sleep, and how they sort helpful informa...
You cut the sweets. You started reading labels. Maybe you even swapped your usual dinners for something that looked “healthier” on paper. Then the next lab report arrived, and your A1C barely moved, or it climbed again. That gap between effort and numbers is one of the most frustrating parts of livi...
LISINOPRIL — Your blood pressure medication may be doing exactly what it was prescribed to do.
But lowering the number does not automatically explain why that number became elevated in the first place.
Your blood pressure medication may be doing exactly what it was prescribed to do.
But lowering ...
A diagnosis matters. It gives a name to what has been identified and can guide important treatment decisions.
But a diagnosis is data, not the full story.
It may not explain why some days feel harder than others. Why symptoms seem to fluctuate. Why your energy changes. Why sleep suddenly falls apa...
You've heard me say it a hundred times: food is medicine. But here's the piece most wellness advice leaves out: it's not just what you eat. It's what your food has been sitting in, wrapped in, and microwaved in before it ever reaches your plate.
New research is confirming something I've watched pl...
A diagnosis can bring relief because something finally has a name.
It can also bring fear, confusion and a flood of instructions: medications, appointments, procedures, dietary advice, things to avoid and things to monitor.
And somewhere in all of that, an important question can get lost:
What el...
This Labor Day, while we celebrate the work people do, take a moment to recognize something else that rarely gets our attention: the extraordinary amount of work your body is doing for you every day.
Your heart keeps beating.
Your lungs keep exchanging oxygen.
Your brain continues processing info...
You heard the words:
“You have cancer.”
And suddenly your life became appointments, scans, pathology reports, treatment decisions, statistics, medications, and questions you never expected to be asking.
What stage is it?
Has it spread?
Do I need surgery?
Chemotherapy?
Radiation?
Immunotherap...
Bread is often treated as a harmless everyday staple, but modern packaged breads can be far removed from simple flour, water, salt and fermentation. Beyond the question of gluten or refined flour, some baked products may contain additives used to strengthen dough, improve rise and create the soft te...
