Blog - Dr. Orna Izakson

geeking with charts: stress and your sex hormones

Hormone imbalances are one of the most common complaints people have when they first come to see,...

Jaw tension and pain are among the most common complaints I hear about in my medical practice. In...

I know: "Weight" and "diet" are dirty words. That's because you've been lied to about what they...

Back in May, I spent a weekend day turning a pound of fresh turmeric into a variety of edible...

People love coffee. It feels like a groovy, grown-up thing. Bitter may not be a kids flavor, but I...

There are some store-bought things that just annoy me — they're expensive, they're full of crappy...

I know we're often fed up about all the food rules — eat this, don't eat that, only eat that in...

Baby, it's hot outside… Here are a few more ways you can use your freezer to help beat the heat....

Just before the once-in-a-thousand-years heatwave hit the Pacific Northwest, I wrote about beating...

For the past couple of weeks I’ve had a song from the musical, Oklahoma!, stuck in my mind. It’s a...

As we move through the next stages of the pandemic — hopefully soon to some kind of new normal —...

I spent unfortunate number of my gardening years dismissing the idea of planting flowers. There...

What's that picture in the header? If you look carefully you may notice some bubbles: It's a close...

When a journalist friend messaged me recently for help understanding the ways food choices affect...

When I was a tiny baby, I’m told that one of my uncles decided to be mischievous with me. “I’m...

It’s been sunny (ish) for the last few days here in Portland. And maybe you’ve gone outside hoping...

Over the last weekend in January, I spent some quality time in mine, doing winter-garden things...

This piece was originally written in May 2020. It remains sadly relevant most of a year later....