How Safe Is Hormone Replacement Therapy? Bioidentical or Conventional?

Photo: Sally Howard After a large hormone study scared women, many now unnecessarily avoid hormone replacement and suffer from menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and poor sleep. Flip through…

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Testosterone HRT for Women to Improve Sex Drive, Energy Levels, Memory and Bone Strength.

(Flickr, Photo credit) Testosterone, an androgen hormone, can provide numerous health benefits including improving libido in menopausal women and women with diminished testosterone. Click here for testosterone and other hormone…

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DHEA For Bone and Skin Health During Menopause – Controversial Steroid Hormone Offers Benefits for Some Women

(Flickr, photo credit) Despite some bad press about anabolic steroids, DHEA, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, may improve aging skin and improve spinal bone density in menopausal women.…

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GABA: Increasing the Brain’s Own Calming Chemical

[caption id="attachment_3731" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Reducing stress by naturally elevating GABA levels"][/caption] Photo credit: Renjith krishnan Anxiety has become nearly a near epidemic as thousands of people today struggle with feeling…

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Fibromyalgia and vitamin D (actually a hormone) deficiency. Are they linked?

In 2008 the online site Pain Treatment Topics released a review of research on the potential benefits of vitamin D for patients with pain conditions, notably musculoskeletal and back issues.…

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Sleep cycle in teenagers disrupted by timing of exposure to light. Circadian rhythms affected.

Photo credit: Dundee Photographics Is your teenager staring at some form of a screen late into the evening? If so, she might be disrupting her sleep patterns. While most teens stay…

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A Natural Journey Out of Cancer and Into Healing

Guest blogger: Heather Von St. James Patient & Family Advocate Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Mesothelioma.com On Facebook: www.facebook.com/mesotheliomacancer Your body, your health, your decision. You feel powerless. The doctor has just…

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11 Ways to Naturally Improve Depression or Anxiety

Photo credit: Digitalart While the pharmaceutical companies continue to promote expensive mood medications that come with a long list of side effects to manage anxiety and depression, in many cases,…

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Vitamin D Guidelines Spawn Debate, Advocates Insist RDA Still Too Low

   The Sunshine Vitamin (Photo credit, Maggie Smith) The surge in popularity of vitamin D has largely been prompted by the growing number of doctors recommending patients get their D level…

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Mesothelioma Treatments – Combining Conventional and Alternative Therapies

[caption id="attachment_3752" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mesothelioma & asbestos cancer may respond well with alternative or combined therapies"][/caption] Photo credit:  Michelle Meiklejohn This late onset cancer primarily caused by exposure to a highly…

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