Hormone Therapy: Does Your Doctor Understand It? You may have waited a few months to see your primary care doctor or gynecologist. Now you are in the waiting room. You may be fanning yourself to relieve the hot flashes that occur throughout the day and night. Lately you have been waking up at 2:00 a.m. […]
Myth 1: Hormone replacement Causes Breast Cancer The Women’s Health Initiative of 2002 is to blame for this misinformation. It showed the following results in three arms representing 10,000 women in each: 30 cases of invasive breast cancer in the group using no HRT 38 cases of invasive breast cancer in the premarin-provera group […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]