Cancer, Exercise, healthy eating, Music, Nutrition, Sleep
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was five years ago, almost exactly. I was waiting with my wife, Sharon in her doctor’s office. After a brief conversation, he got to the point of the visit. (Click here for an audio version of me narrating this post over a...
Cancer, Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Health Song, Menopause, Music and Medicine, Music Composer
You wouldn’t think the World Series and colonoscopy had anything to do with each other. But for me it did. When my doctor suggested I have a colonoscopy, I said I’d do it when the Red Sox won the World Series. At the time, they hadn’t done it in 86 years and I thought...
Breast Cancer, Cancer, cholesterol, Estrogens, Hormones, perimenopause
You know that estrogen plays a role in some breast cancers. You may also know that the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone originally are created in the ovary, testis and adrenal gland by metabolizing cholesterol. You may not know that an intermediate of...
Breast Cancer, Cancer, Early Menopause, Estrogens, Hot Flashes, Menopause, perimenopause
I recently returned from the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine where I had the opportunity to interview Richard Santen, one of the leading authorities on estrogen and breast cancer. Today I’d like to share with you information on...
Cancer, Diabetes, General Health, Menopause
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 4 deaths in the United States are due to cancer – 1,600 deaths daily. And pancreatic cancer is on the verge of moving from fourth place past breast and colorectal cancer into...
Bioidentical Estrogens, Birth Control, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Estriol, Estrogens, Weight Control
Today I want to talk to you about something you probably have heard a lot about, and that’s bioidentical estrogens. You may be wondering what bioidentical estrogens are, and you may be wondering if they are really safe. Are they safer than the regular ones you get in...
