THE BLOG

Dr. Laurie Marzell N.D., N.C.M.P.

 Naturopathic physician
Certified Menopause Practitioner

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Welcome to our online journal and home to all of our published content. Chalk full of resources to enhance your mental and physical health, we provide natural solutions and practical applications so you can live your best life! 

Meditation: The fact that meditation can grow your brain and train it to be smarter is definitely something we could all benefit from. Here’s how.

Meditation Part 2

What can we use to calm and redirect our energy during a pandemic? One of the tools we may consider is meditation.

Meditation Part 1

We are staying positive when it comes to moving with the world. We are now offering TeleHealth appointments as a permanent addition to our practice. Download your Set-Up Guide for TeleHealth here.

Online Consultations

By now, I am sure all of you realize that we have a pandemic of a virus. We need to do everything we can to decrease its spread.  To this end, I am changing some policies.  Patients have been requesting phone and skype consults.  We are going to try to schedule most office visits this […]

Office Changes: Please Read

Click here to take a peek at our newest Newsletter. In this edition we discuss supplements to aid your health, stomach acid, the wonder fruit Bergamot and a lot more.

Winter Newsletter 2020

Join us in our 12 Days of Christmas Self Care Challenge

12 Days of Self Care Challenge

What is the real story?  Does taking hormone replacement cause breast cancer?  That is the story so many women have heard from their own doctors.  It must be true.  The anxiety spread to woman facing menopause started from the Women’s Health Initiative Study in 2002.  This was one of the largest studies done with three […]

Estrogen and Breast Cancer

One of the biggest misconceptions I observe with patients, is that they “wait” until menopause has occurred before seeking hormone support.  Ovarian function usually starts declining in the mid-forties.  This decline of estrogen can cause symptoms such as bone loss, anxiety, depression, loss of energy, sometimes irritability, and sleep disturbance.  The textbook definition of menopause […]

Things You Did Not Know About Estrogen: Misconceptions by Patients and Doctors

You used to enjoy it.  What happened?  You are tired, busy and your husband thinks you just don’t care anymore.  Did you know that this situation is so common in post-menopause that there is a diagnostic code to describe it?  Hypoactive desire disorder is a lack of libido; interest in sex.  Yes, you are not […]

Sex, Who Cares?

Muscle Aches & Fibromyalgia Did you know that more females than males experience fibromyalgia?  Did you also know that it frequently appears during times when woman experience a drop in their hormones, specifically estrogen?  It has been noted that up to 80% of fibromyalgia patients are women between the ages of 30 and 50.  Estrogen […]

Things You Didn’t Know About Hormones: Part 2

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