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- Finding Adequate Menopause Treatments - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Jennifer HillAs women grow older, they start looking around for information on how to deal with menopause and other health issues that are related to low hormone levels. Unfortunately, they often find a lot of misinformation. Menopause has become more of a political issue and as such, major drug companies ...
Views: 940 - Hormones: Determining Fact from Fiction - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2012 from Jennifer HillIt is unfortunate that so much of the information that we receive about health is so watered down. It is exceedingly difficult to get the attention that you need from health professionals as well as accurate information in order to truly take care of yourself. One of the areas in health care ...
Views: 1110 - Testosterone Therapy vs Anabolic Steroid Use - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Jennifer HillThere is a lot of confusion between the use of anabolic steroids and bioidentical testosterone replacement therapy. For this reason, many people shy away from testosterone therapy, thinking it’s a bad thing. Too many people believe that there is no difference between anabolic steroids and ...
Views: 14388 - Girls and Corticosteroids - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from Jennifer HillHave you ever noticed a little bit of a scratchy throat when your period rolls around? How about a nagging cough throughout your menstrual cycle? It may sound a little odd, but these symptoms are actually quite common and occur in a lot of women. Estrogen levels change during the course of a ...
Views: 979 - Keeping Your Adrenals Healthy - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from Jennifer HillAlmost all of us have some type of stress in our lives. Even attempting to avoid stress can cause stress, because it is so prevalent in the human experience. The fact that stress can be a major factor in a number of health problems has become common knowledge; unfortunately, avoiding it often ...
Views: 682 - Misconceptions about Testosterone Therapy - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from Jennifer HillComputer and communications technologies are moving forward at the speed of light. Because of this, it is hard to believe that medical technology could take a step backward. We would like to believe that doctors know everything about the human body and the available treatments and medications ...
Views: 1139 - Taking Control of Your Health - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from Jennifer HillIn the Western world, medicine is not what it purports to be. Although most people place great faith in a general practitioner to monitor their health, in reality doctors are very similar to sales associates in many ways. Although many well-meaning people set out to become medical doctors ...
Views: 763 - Asthma and Hormones in Women - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2011 from Jennifer HillAsthma is a very common disease. Asthma sufferers have probably never heard that there is a correlation between hormones and asthma symptom flare-ups, but hormonal imbalances and fluctuations in hormones can both have serious impacts on asthma. Surprisingly, many doctors are aware of this ...
Views: 5069 - Immunity, Inflammation, and Chronic Disease - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Jennifer HillHormone replacement therapy has definitely gotten the most press from it's effectiveness as a menopause treatment. But correcting imbalanced hormones appears to have other important health benefits that may be even more significant than restoring clarity and physical balance to women who are ...
Views: 1398 - The Connection Between Inflammation and Alzheimer's Disease - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Jennifer HillAlzheimer's is a progressive disorder that results in the degeneration of the brain. It is often a paradoxical disorder, affecting the minds of individuals whose physical bodies are perfectly healthy otherwise. Alzheimer's slowly and insidiously produces dementia that leaves aging individuals ...
Views: 2055 - The Aging In Place Movement - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Jennifer HillIf you have ever worked in a long-term care facility, you have probably thought that there has to be a better way to care for aging adults. Though long-term care facilities once offered relief to families of aging adults, now it has become apparent that individuals who are able to utilize home ...
Views: 1813 - What is Andropause? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2011 from Jennifer HillIt is a well-known fact that women struggle with the physical aspects that accompany the process of growing older. When Menopause hits, women often suffer from drastic mood swings, dramatic and uncontrollable weight gain, and intolerable hot flashes and night sweats. For women, the change is ...
Views: 1215 - Inflammation and the Aging Process - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2011 from Jennifer HillIn the scientific community, it is becoming more and more clear that inflammation and aging go together. Low grade, chronic and unresolved inflammation, even at the molecular level, it appears, can contribute significantly to aging. Though the process of aging has been viewed as an inevitable ...
Views: 1155 - Exercise and Aging - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2011 from Jennifer HillThese days, when women think of exercise, they generally think about losing weight. As obesity has become more and more of an issue in the Western world, exercise has become synonymous with the effort to lose pounds. But exercise offers women other benefits that are worth considering as well. ...
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