Estrogen Replacement After Menopause
Estrogen Replacement After Menopause: A Guide for Women Considering Hormone Therapy Why Estrogen Matters During and after menopause, estrogen levels drop sharply. Low estrogen can contribute to symptoms such as: Hot flashes & night sweats Sleep disruption Vaginal dryness & painful intercourse Urinary urgency or recurrent infections Mood changes & brain fog Estrogen decline also […]
What Women Need to Know About Brain Health After Menopause
What Women Need to Know About Brain Health After Menopause By Dr. Mike If you’re a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond, and you’ve noticed shifts in mood, sleep, focus, or memory—it’s not just in your head. 🧠 Estrogen decline during menopause may be one of the most important, under-recognized factors in brain aging. […]
What is PRP?
PRP for HAIR LOSS What can I say about hair loss? Hm. Well, being 5 months post partum and going through a massive shed myself at the moment, I can say, with certainty, that it stinks. I don’t know if you’ve ever run your hand through your hair and came out with seemingly more hair […]
The hormone debate: The Vilification and Redemption of Estrogen Replacement (part 4)
You’ve stayed with us for the last few weeks as we explored hormone replacement therapy, and now we finally get to the biggest concern we often hear from women: “Won’t it cause breast cancer?”. Multiple independent studies from 1986 through 1995, and even some as late as 2006 have shown that there is no relationship […]
The hormone debate: The Vilification and Redemption of Estrogen Replacement (part 3)
In our 3rd installation of looking at postmenopausal hormone replacement, we will discuss the effect it has on memory and cognition, specifically Alzheimer’s. Let’s start with some pretty important statistics: 1 out of 6 women at the age of 65 will develop Alzheimer’s, compared to 1 out of 11 for men. More than […]
The hormone debate: The Vilification and Redemption of Estrogen Replacement (part 2)
(Before we begin this rather controversial topic, please keep in mind that this is not intended to be used as medical advice. Anything we discuss over the next several weeks should be considered a topic to explore with your PCP, not recommendations to begin a new treatment.) So, what is really going on with Estrogen? […]
The hormone debate: The Vilification and Redemption of Estrogen Replacement
(Before we begin this rather controversial topic, please keep in mind that this is not intended to be used as medical advice. Anything we discuss over the next several weeks should be considered a topic to explore with your PCP, not recommendations to begin a new treatment.) Let’s start with why a woman would […]
For the Ladies
You’re sweating, you’re crying, you can’t sleep, everybody you know is SO much more irritating… are you going crazy?? Well, maybe. But if you are a woman from the age of 40-60 it could be menopause. Menopause is when your body stops producing as much hormone. Hooray! No more periods. Boo! Sleep disturbances, mood changes, […]