Every year more and more research is being done to help us understand the underlying causes, and potential treatments for…
hormone harmony
In this article I want to talk about one of the most common things I see in my patients: multiple hormone imbalance. In particular, I want to talk about those women who have low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) combined with symptoms of hormone imbalance in their Big Three Hormones: Cortisol, Estrogen, and Progesterone.
Our liver makes bile under the influence of a hormone, somastatin, combined with other factors such as the quantity and quality of the food we eat.
But that’s not really the hormone we’re interested in. We are more interested in how our female hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, influence our gallbladder health.
I have developed a system for helping women to overcome fatigue and achieve all the abundant energy that they need. And I call it SHINE. It stands for the six essential factors in energy production – sleep, hormones, inflammation, nutrition, emotions and exercise.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has brought light to a major health issue impacting people the world over – burnout.
Knowing you are in menopause is easy – did your periods stop one year ago? If yes, then congratulations, you are in menopause.
Knowing you are in perimenopause on the other hand is tricky.
So what is happening to our hormones when we do shift work? What are the consequences, and is there anything we can do about it? This article will answer these questions, and more.
Adenomyosis is a condition that is very similar to endometriosis. Unlike endometriosis, in most cases of adenomyosis, the endometrial cells that are out of place are not functional – they don’t respond to the hormones of our menstrual cycle and go through the paces of shedding blood each month.
Once a diagnosis of endometriosis is made many women are given a staging level for their endo. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine classification is based on a point system that stages endometriosis from I to IV.
There is one simple test that can reduce rates of miscarriage by identifying a common and treatable cause of miscarriage.