Before the year 2000, estrogen was the #1 prescribed medication in the United States. It was used by over 40% of all women in perimenopause and menopause, seemed safe, and doctors freely prescribed HT because it definitely improved the menopause symptoms it was intended to treat and seemed safe. Then in 2002 came the Women’s …
How’s your sleep? Before you answer, did you know that according to SleepFoundation.org, adults between 18 and 64 need seven to nine hours of sleep per night. Adults over 65 need 7-8 hours? There is a good chance you’re not getting as much sleep as you need. 35.2% of all adults in the …
Who needs hormone therapy? As a menopause expert, that’s a question I get all the time. It’s why I wrote my best selling books The Estrogen Window and its updated paperback The Estrogen Fix. So when USNew called to interview me for an article I was delighted. It’s information that every woman needs to know …
Do you think estrogen causes belly fat? Are you worried jelly belly in inevitable. Belly fat and menopause go hand in hand for many women – but it doesn’t have to be that way. And the confusion about the impact of estrogen on weight adds to the reluctance that many women have about taking …
Everyone wants to keep their skin look beautiful. It’s the first thing people see when they look at you. So here are some “Top Tips” for glowing skin and graceful aging by my friend and colleague, Dr. Trevor Cates.(www.TheSpaDr.com) Did you know that signs of hormonal imbalances show up on your skin? One of the …
The secret is out of the box – half of all menopausal women suffer from vaginal dryness or painful sex. And when women want to use a local estrogen on their private parts to ease the pain and heal the tissue, nothing could be safer. Yet the Federal Government requires the same “black box” warning …
At a national meeting of the North American Menopause Society I did an interview with Dr. James Liu on the risks and benefits of using estrogen after a hysterectomy. It’s one of many interviews I did in preparation for writing my book, The Estrogen Window. If you’re thinking about taking estrogen after a hysterectomy, or …
Are you worried your brain fog is early demntia, an overall term used to describe a decline in your brain health. This can include the loss of your mental ability to think, remember and/or learn. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and accounts for 60-80 percent of all cases. In fact, according to …
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 estrogen’s impact on breast cancer. When asked to talk about whether or not …
At a recent meeting of North American Menopause Society I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Pauline Maki, a professor of Psychiatry/Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She talked to me about how women can improve their memory and cognition in perimenopause and menopause with the use of estrogen. Dr. Maki discussed how …
