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Featured · PCOS & Blood Sugar
Why was PCOS renamed PMOS? The 2026 change, explained PCOS was renamed PMOS — polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome — confirming what many women sensed for years: this was never only about the ovaries. What changed, and what it means for you.
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Ten shelves, curated by concern
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Thyroid & Hashimoto’s
Full panels, conversion, antibodies, and why fatigue persists.
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PCOS / PMOS & Blood Sugar
Insulin, androgens, and the patterns behind irregular cycles.
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Endometriosis
Estrogen metabolism, inflammation, and pain taken seriously.
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Fertility & Preconception
Preparing the terrain — for now, for later, or alongside IVF.
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Perimenopause & Menopause
Sleep, mood, and metabolism through the transition.
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Gut Health
The microbiome, GI-MAP testing, and food as information.
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Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Environmental burden, chronic infections, and immune activation.
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Functional Lab Education
How to read your own results — ranges, patterns, and what “optimal” means.
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Nutrition & Lifestyle
Food as information — therapeutic diets, everyday habits, and recipes from Dr. Abby’s kitchen.
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Complex Cases
Autoimmunity, dysautonomia, and multi-system cases — for the women with thick folders.
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Endometriosis
Endometriosis beyond surgery: supporting the inflammatory terrain
Endometriosis
Endo belly, bloating & the gut–endometriosis overlap
PCOS & Blood Sugar
Why was PCOS renamed PMOS? The 2026 change, explained
PCOS & Blood Sugar
Blood sugar and your cycle: the insulin–hormone connection
PCOS & Blood Sugar
What a CGM can show you about your hormones
Thyroid & Hashimoto’s
Normal TSH but Still Symptomatic? What Your Thyroid Labs May Be Missing
Perimenopause & Menopause
Perimenopause Symptoms, Evaluation, and Testing: What to Know
Gut Health
GERD, Acid Reflux, and Low Stomach Acid: What’s Really Going On?
Functional Lab Education
9 thyroid tests you need to know if your thyroid is healthy
Thyroid & Hashimoto’s
Zinc & selenium and their effect on thyroid health
Thyroid & Hashimoto’s
Why ditching gluten and dairy may help autoimmune thyroid disease
Thyroid & Hashimoto’s
Could your thyroid be the cause of your digestive woes?
Gut Health
SIBO: a common digestive disorder that is often missed
Functional Lab Education
Testing for SIBO
Gut Health
The low FODMAP diet for SIBO
Gut Health
Prebiotics: a missing link to long-term gut health
Fertility & Preconception
Effects of thyroid disease on menstruation, fertility, and mother & baby’s health
Fertility & Preconception
The effects of male thyroid conditions on fertility
Fertility & Preconception
6 anatomical reasons for male infertility
Fertility & Preconception
Female anatomical reasons for infertility
Perimenopause & Menopause
Understanding the stages and challenges of menopause
Perimenopause & Menopause
Effects of menopause on blood sugar
Perimenopause & Menopause
Menopause’s inflammatory impact and how to reduce it
Perimenopause & Menopause
Menopause and the thyroid
Perimenopause & Menopause
A functional medicine-based approach to hormone replacement therapy
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Mold illness: symptoms, diagnosis, and why it’s so often missed
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
What is CIRS? Understanding mold illness
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Mold & mycotoxins: how they affect the body
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Mold and its effect on thyroid health
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Can’t-miss tips for mold removal at home
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
The low-mold diet
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
The connection between chronic Lyme and mold illness
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Eating healthy but not losing weight? 12 reasons your whole-food diet may not be working
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Introduction to the ketogenic diet
Nutrition & Lifestyle
How to do keto right
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Benefits of cyclical keto
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Supplementing on keto
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Paleo diet food list: what to eat and what to limit
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Good fat, bad fat
Nutrition & Lifestyle
The top benefits of collagen
Nutrition & Lifestyle
The autoimmune protocol (AIP) diet
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Reintroducing foods on the AIP diet
Complex Cases
What is autoimmunity?
Complex Cases
Autoimmune flares: what triggers them and how to get out of them
Complex Cases
Autoimmunity and the power of epigenetics
Complex Cases
A tangled mess: addressing the knots of autoimmune conditions
Complex Cases
Inflammation in the brain: from brain fog to autoimmune encephalitis
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
Chronic inflammation: sources, lab markers, and natural ways to reduce it
Inflammation, Mold & Toxins
6 anti-inflammatories you need to know about
Patient stories
Real cases, told carefully
A closer look at how overlapping symptoms get untangled. These are individual experiences shared with permission — every person is different, and results vary.
PCOS / PMOS · Patient case study
She was too sick to stay in medical school. Two years later, she was preparing for her boards.
A former college athlete with PCOS, blood-sugar swings, thyroid changes, and nutrient depletion — and the whole-body plan that helped her reclaim her energy and her future.
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Gut & Thyroid · Patient case study
Digestive symptoms, blood sugar & thyroid changes: a patient success story
Years of bloating, fatigue, acne, and feeling shaky between meals — and how one woman’s overlapping gut, thyroid, blood-sugar, and hormone picture was untangled step by step.
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