While the holidays are synonymous with indulgence, that doesn’t have to mean feeling sluggish, bloated, or off-balance. By filling your holiday recipes with health-promoting ingredients, your favorite seasonal dishes can nourish your hormones, boost your energy, and support your body’s natural rhythms – without sacrificing comfort or taste. Below are our favorite balanced holiday recipes…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that it is removing “black box” safety warnings from all hormone therapy treatments used to address symptoms of menopause and perimenopause in women. Black box warnings are the FDA’s strongest labels used to cite a certain drug’s risk to human health which often discourages providers and…
In conventional healthcare, mental health and physical health are often treated as separate issues. However, the mind and body are deeply connected: what affects one profoundly influences the other. This bidirectional relationship means anxiety, depression, and chronic stress can create ripple effects throughout the body, impacting hormones, gut health, inflammation, sleep quality, and immune resilience…
Women’s hormones have been largely overlooked in healthcare, with misinformation and societal shaming skewing the perception of one of the most important implications of long-term health. The transition into perimenopause and eventually, menopause, is one area where women have been under-resourced in conventional medicine, although it is perhaps the most significant health occurrence in a…
Scientific advancement in regenerative medicine has evolved remarkably over the past few decades, establishing the field as a more trusted option for patients and providers. The concept of regenerative medicine at its core involves applying the body’s own powerful cellular mechanisms to promote healing. Regenerative medicine procedures often utilize stem cells, exosomes, or blood factors…
Essential Health – Raleigh is pleased to announce the launch of two new primary care programs, Essential Collective Care and Total Collective Care! These distinct, direct primary care memberships are designed for patients ages 5 and up who are seeking a whole-body approach to the management of primary care concerns, medications, and sick visits, but…
Peptides have gained popularity over the past few years, most notably with the advent of glucagon-like-peptide (GLP-1) receptor-related medications dominating much of the weight loss industry. While the general public has just recently caught onto the term, peptides have been used in conventional medicine since the early 20th century. The isolation of insulin in the…
With the tendency to over-rely on prescription medication, procedures, and other invasive protocols, conventional medicine often pushes patients to seek alternate avenues of care to help address their health condition from another angle. Terms like alternative medicine, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, and functional medicine are models that mostly fall beyond the insurance-based healthcare system that offer a different perspective on…
Cognitive decline is a concern on the rise among practitioners and patients alike. Characterized by a gradual loss of memory and thinking skills, cognitive decline is thought of as a natural part of aging. However, there is growing evidence that cognitive decline is like any other chronic disease: it is a slowly progressive degenerative condition…
Dr. Alli Webb, provider at Essential Health – Raleigh, gives a Psychiatrist-Internist-Functional Medicine-Mom perspective on the importance of sleep to overall health. I consider myself a decent expert on sleep. Not only because I’m an internist-psychiatrist who treats sleep problems almost daily, but also because I have mastered the art of falling asleep anywhere, anytime.…