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! 

  The midlife transition can be difficult for many women.  Sex hormone levels such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone drop dramatically.  This may seem, to many, to be part of the natural process of aging.  After all, such high levels of hormones are no longer being produced to facilitate reproduction. In reality, women have receptors […]

Hormone Replacement: Is it Safe?

  Sex should never hurt!  But sometimes it does, particularly in menopausal woman. Healthy function of sex organs requires sex hormones.  When there is a decrease, such as occurs in menopause, tissues suffer.  Countless receptors for hormones are present in genital tissue and surrounding areas.  Without hormones, these tissues change.  Mucous secretion decreases, vaginal walls […]

Ouch! Sex Hurts!

  We want to make getting stellar healthcare as easy as possible, so we have composed a list of our top 3 most frequently asked questions to help educate in our beliefs and ensure complete comfortability. Our top 3 areas of expertise are: Food Allergies/Nutrition, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and LDN in treating autoimmune ailments. Below […]

Our Top 3 Questions Answered

  As data from various studies on hormone replacement therapy for women have been compiled and reviewed, there are recommendations which are emerging.  Cardiovascular disease is the principal cause of mortality in postmenopausal women, and whether a woman takes hormone replacement or not may have a huge impact on her risk.  Estrogen has the potential […]

Menopause: You Have 10 Years to Protect Your Heart

    Why should I be concerned about hot flashes ?  I carry a fan around and it works fine!   Hot flashes are your body’s cry for help!  They indicate surging hormones trying to get a woman’s body back to it’s premenopausal functioning state.  Hot flashes are not good for you.  They essentially squeeze […]

Hot Flashes Are Your Body’s Cry for Help!

    Why should I be concerned about hot flashes ?  I carry a fan around and it works fine! Hot flashes are your body’s cry for help!  They indicate surging hormones trying to get a woman’s body back to it’s premenopausal functioning state.  Hot flashes are not good for you.  They essentially squeeze your […]

The Hidden Danger of Hot Flashes with Menopause

        Male Menopause? What does that mean? Only that male production of sex hormones decline with aging in men as they do with women. Unfortunately, men are often not given the attention that women are concerning the changes in hormones. Some men actually have good levels of testosterone even into the 60’s, […]

Andropause: What is Male Menopause?

    One of the trickiest times for woman is perimenopause.  This stage of life means that ovaries are starting to fail, but not to the point that the woman has a cessation of her menstrual cycles.  As long as the ovaries respond enough to produce an egg monthly, a menstrual cycle will occur.  This […]

Menopause-Not Quite There, But Feeling It!

    One of the most common cancers to occur in women is breast cancer.  Unfortunately, the incidence increases with every year that women age.  The risk for it is higher in women who have a family history.  It is also a higher risk in women who drink alcohol, are thin and have fibrocystic, dense […]

Healthy Breasts: The Role of Iodine in Breast Cancer Prevention

  If you are taking progesterone as part of the hormone replacement therapy for menopause, there may be some facts about progesterone that you are not aware of.  Prescribing progesterone has become controversial.  Do you need it at all?  How much is adequate?  Should you have blood levels checked or saliva tests?  What application is […]

The Hidden Dangers of Progesterone

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