Articles for topic: hormones
How Bioidentical Progesterone Can Help Autoimmune Disorders
Autoimmune disorders include Lupus, Thyroid problems, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis. Bioidentical progesterone has a role to play in helping your immune system to deal with them.
Low Thyroid In Pregnancy Affects Development
Approximately 1 in 3000 babies are born each year with an under-developed thyroid gland and 2-4% of pregnant mothers are affected by thyroid disease.
Early Puberty Is On The Rise
Studies have shown that the average age of puberty is falling fast. Phytoestrogens present in food are boosting oestrogen levels in the population at large and could partly explain this phenomenon in young women.
Menopause And Dry Eyes – Is This You?
Dry eye symptoms go along with other menopausal signs of “drying,” such as sore joints and dry vaginal tissue, but we don’t usually associate this with hormone imbalance.
Only When You Laugh?
It is not something we like to talk about, but many women at menopause do experience bladder weakness. Here is why it occurs and what you can do about it.
Signs That You Might Have A Hormonal Imbalance
Women really only have two hormones to worry about. They are oestrogen and progesterone and they dominate our lives from puberty to post menopause.
Menopause Rearranges Women’s Fat
Although bioidentical natural progesterone as a natural diuretic can help with bloating, here is another reason you may be experiencing a shift in your weight at menopause.
Sorting Hormone Fact From Fiction
I have heard much that is positive and a lot that is negative and uninformed about bioidentical hormones. There are some common fictions that arise, so I am sharing my responses to them as they may prove helpful for you too.
Dietary Help For Breast Cancer
We are all so much more conscious of how much influence a good diet has on our health, and particularly when it comes to breast cancer.
The Pill – Consequences of Three Generations of Hormonal Havoc
Whether for contraception, menopause symptoms, or to control heavy bleeding, women have been given artificial hormones for many years now. What is the price we have paid and how can we balance that?
