What is Pharmacogenetic Testing? Pharmacogenetics, also called pharmacogenomics, is a risk and pain free procedure of a cheek swap sample. It is the study of how genes affect the body’s response to certain medicines. Genes are parts of DNA passed down from your mother and father. They carry information that determines your unique traits, such as
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Dealing with the complications of modern life requires some form of stress management. Acupuncture can be an ideal therapy to use in conjunction with lifestyle changes to help you combat stress and enter a more harmonious state. When your body is subjected to constant stress, this stagnation of circulation causes a variety of physical and
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Ten-Jet: New Treatment for Tendinitis, Tendinopathy, and More! A new treatment option for those with chronic tendon pain is a procedure called TenJet. TenJet is a treatment in which a high velocity stream of saline acts as a blade to remove damaged tissue from a degenerated area, while preserving healthy tissue and providing an
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Acupuncture can help with morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum! Hyperemesis gravidarum is a condition similar to a severe form of morning sickness. PC6, Nei Guan aka Inner Pass, is one of the most commonly used point to help with nausea. You may be familiar with this point if you’ve used motion sickness bands. Those
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Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects the body’s ability to move properly and control movement. Symptoms start gradually, typically presenting with a tremor in the hands first. As the disease advances, the brain’s ability to produce dopamine gradually decreases and is eventual lost. Dopamine is vital for relaying messages in the
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From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective each season is associated with an element: earth, metal, water, wood and fire. Summertime, unsurprisingly, is associated with fire. Fire is symbolic of maximum activity or the greatest yang, which means it is a time of heat, movement, openness and is expressed outwardly. It is a season filled with
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