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Why menopausal hormone therapy helps women live longer

Our chronological age is not exactly the same as our biologic age. Just like we can 'look young' or 'have the muscles of a young body,' we can have the biological age of a young body on a cellular level. This is linked to the age of our chromosomes, and known as the epigenetic age. The chromosomes undergo aging called DNA methylation. DNA methylation-based 'epigenetic clock' correlates strongly with chronological age, but it is currently unclear what drives individual differe

Vaginal Health in a Heat Wave

As temperatures keep creeping up, it’s a natural tendency to wonder how extreme temperatures can affect our bodies. More specifically, how extreme heat conditions can affect vaginal health. Here are some important things to remember to be aware of when battling the heat: Stay hydrated! – Remembering to drink plenty of fluids is important for all aspects of your health. Dehydration can lead to migraines, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and even difficulty urinating. Since urina

How to stop hormone therapy

You started hormone therapy, so what happens when you stop. A group of New York researchers out of Columbia in conjunction with scientist at Bethesda and Gynuity and Christiana Care Health Systems in Newark, DE looked at weight, your cholesterol, and other chronic disease progression, such as hypertension, in women stopping hormone therapy. Hormone Therapy will protect against osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Exactly how you stop: not the actual stopping of

Hormones, Deep Fat and CRP

1. CRP is C-Reactive Protein that is raised when you have system wide inflammation in your body, and one of the reasons we put on deep fat instead of just gaining 2. CRP elevations increase more than just belly fat it increases your risk risk for CVD, type 2 diabetes, breast, colorectal, and endometrial cancers 3. CRP rises with menopause, and is one of the main reasons to consider balancing the menopausal hormones 4. Intra-abdominal fat increases in menopause which drives e

This food can disrupt your thyroid function

Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism, yet the ability of thyroid to properly function and regulate metabolism can be interrupted by improper diet. Dietary studies are difficult to do as food, medication, lifestyle, exercise, and quantity of nutrients in our whole diet interact to make the data hard to interpret. Even birth control can affect your thyroid gland. There are foods that naturally release goitrin which can naturally lower thyroid synthesis. This can potentially be

8 ways to better hormone therapy

1. Hormone therapy can be life changing, you can improve moods, you can have a better sex life, you can maintain your weight and your waist, you can have healthier bones and skin, as well as control sleep and cognition; find out from your gyno specifically which ways you would benefit 2. Know your individual risks. There are risks of starting, risks of continuing and now we know if you were ever taken off hormone therapy there are risks to discontinuing hormone therapy. There

What your lifetime hormone levels mean for your health

It’s no secret that a woman’s estrogen levels fluctuate over time. But many are unaware that this fluctuation can play a significant role in how women look and act throughout their lifetime. Even though every woman produces estrogen, the amount produced varies. Some women produce more, some less. Some women are more sensitive to estrogen, some less. Lifetime estrogen levels can have a huge impact on a woman’s life, such as: Age of Menarche – Age of menarche, or our first peri

How does your hair grow

Our hair has a complex physiology, and in fact, a variety of healthy phyiologic functions including helping us thermoregulate, be sensory, socially interact, and physically protect us! Many hormones control the growth of our hair including growth hormone, insulin, insulin-like growth factors, the steroid family glucocorticoids, estrogen, and testosterone. Locally at the hair follicle, there are genetic differences in how the hair follicle can respond to the enzymes that conve

Hormonal Vertigo

These gals have a reason to be a bit dizzy, but have you ever felt that way without an explanation? When females feel dizzy or have a condition called vertigo there are many possible explanations actually tied to hormones. Experiences of vertigo may be tied to any one of these hormonal explanations or you may be experiencing Hot Flashes, or inner ear problem, medication side effects, dehydration, or just a plight of disorientation to surroundings. Vertigo is a sensation of im

Birth control pills control UTIs

Hormones control our bladders as well as our hearts and minds, and other aspects of our body. And it's not just your hormones produced from your ovaries, it can be the hormones you ingest from soy or from meats, or medication. Women who have bladder dysfunction can be any age, any weight, any genetic background, although there are multiple factors that contribute. And it's now been found that there's another non-contraceptive benefit to The Pill: Women of child-bearing age wh

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