We recently sat down with Carly Snyder, M.D., a reproductive and perinatal psychiatrist who works with women throughout their reproductive years.  We asked Dr. Snyder to share with us a little about her work and why a holistic, team-based approach is so beneficial for anyone looking to improve their health and wellbeing.  Watch our...

Stress is something that affects us on a daily basis. The body responds to stress in various ways -- for example, by releasing cortisol, elevating blood pressure, and increasing heart rate. Long term elevated cortisol levels can wreak havoc on the body, resulting in sleep disturbance, weight gain, anxiety, high blood pressure, compromised...

At Naturna, we see many patients with chronic conditions involving pain, discomfort and general malaise. Many times, patients turn to acupuncture because primary care doctors determine whatever they are experiencing is idiopathic (meaning there is no cause that the doctor can discern) and it will go away on its own. In some cases,...

As we move into the fall, I see more complaints of sore throat in my clinical practice as an acupuncturist. There’s a perfect explanation for this in Eastern medicine. Eastern medical philosophy is rooted in a deep study of nature, and applies the concepts yin and yang as well as the five elements to everything -- including the outer...

In the 1950s, Dr. Paul Nogier, coined as the “father of Auriculotherapy,” discovered that certain points in the ears correspond directly with specific parts of the body. The process of inserting hair thin needles into these specific points within the ear is called Auricular, or “ear,” acupuncture. Auricular is different from...

Having a baby can be one of the most joyous experiences for any mother. While many women hope for a vaginal delivery, pregnancies can sometimes come with complications that may require other forms of delivery. One of these complications, breech presentation, occurs in almost 4% of full-term pregnancies (Cruikshank, 1986). A breech...

We spend over 30% of our lives sleeping. Sleep is when our mind and body repairs itself. We understand the importance of sleep for babies and kids, yet as adults we often neglect to value our own sleep. If you’ve ever pulled an all-nighter or suffered from any degree of insomnia or sleep disturbance, you know first hand that poor sleep...

The Skinny on Fats   Many believe they need to avoid dietary fats in order to maintain a healthy diet. Nutritional guideline plans have even been created to accommodate this trend by recommending higher amounts of carbohydrates and very low fats. Now, low-fat and nonfat foods have been normalized to become part of the common diet....