ERT and Ovarian Cancer Mortality in Women Not only are we consistently beating down to perceived benefits to HRT, but the list of adverse effects continues to grow. First of all, menopause IS NOT A DISEASE!! You will not find it in any of the pathology books. Second, if you want to lower your risk […]
Increased Need for Thyroxine with Hypothyroidism during HRT Will the lack of understanding of basic physiology never end? It is known that estrogen blocks the conversion of T4 to T3 (the thyroid produces mainly T4-the inactive form–it needs to be converted to its active form later in the target tissues). So, it is no surprise […]
HRT – Fact or Fiction?? This is an excellent editorial on the rampant use of HRT in medicine. The article uses well referenced material to basically state that there is a paucity of evidence to support the use of HRT in peri and post-menopausal women and even less on the safety. So why are meds […]
Soy Product Consumption Seems to Protect Against Hot Flashes Those of us following natural medicine didn’t exactly drop our jaws at this study. I would like to take this opportunity to explain something that most people would find very shocking. During perimenopause, it has been shown that women’s estrogen levels are actually high. That seems […]
Calcium, vitamin D, milk and hip fractures in postmenopausal women Better not let the dairy industry hear about this one…milk did not lower fracture risk. I still believe that dairy products do us much more harm than good and always strongly recommend patients staying away from them. The milk industry’s promotion of “milk it does […]
