brain health

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Everyone experiences times of fatigue and low energy, but, in general, these episodes are predictable and relatively short-lived. When fatigue becomes prolonged and life-impacting, however, looking at underlying causes and treating those causes becomes necessary. What exactly is adrenal fatigue and what…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. It always seems that as we enter autumn, the days just go racing forward to year’s end at a fevered pace. For many, the mindset of Thanksgiving seems hard to muster; gratitude in the midst of personal health crises, financial burdens, and other challenges…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Many patients with chronic fatigue and mold-illness symptoms have been told by their primary physician and other doctors that all their lab work is “normal”; therefore, there is nothing wrong with them. These are devastating words for one who has been suffering and can create an atmosphere…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. We have all experienced feeling tired. Whether related to not getting enough sleep, a passing illness, or a lot of stress, being tired is generally a passing feeling and one that after rest, rejuvenation, and healing, resolves with normal energy levels returning. Fatigue,…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Who needs liver detox? Everyone! The liver is the largest organ in the human body, second only to the skin; at any one time, it contains 1/3 of the body’s total blood volume. Often, the liver is only thought of in terms of its…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Vitamins and supplements can certainly help to bridge the gap between daily nutrition and what is lacking, but do dietary supplements really matter when it comes to illness, namely recovery from mold toxicity or healing from chronic illness? I can answer that…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Health implications associated with circadian imbalance are numerous and widespread. Cognitive ability, psychiatric disorders, infection resistance, fatigue/energy levels, control of body weight, and even cancer susceptibility can correlate with the activity of one’s biological clock. In this article, we examine factors that…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and its ability to counteract the deleterious effects of stress on the body might be at the very crux of its success as a multitarget therapy for everything from fat loss and asthma, to Tylenol poisoning and OCD. NAC can…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. When out of balance, the immune system not only fails to protect the body but can even overreact and attack it, mistaking “self” cells for invading pathogens, resulting in chronic inflammation or even debilitating autoimmune diseases. The impacts of a person’s environment…

Just Exhausted or Exhausted Adrenals

A Thanksgiving Mindset

When Normal Lab Results are NOT Normal

The Health and Healing Implications of Circadian Imbalance