Hot flashes in menopause are often treated with estrogen, but some hot flashes have more to do with your cortisol levels and are best treated with other methods. Learn three way to help deal with cortisol-related hot flashes.
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I’ve received several questions lately about estrogen’s role in breast cancer. Estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer is on the rise, as is environmental exposure to xenoestrogens, which are estrogen-like compounds that exist in our environment. So how do you decrease your risk?
Continue readingDear Dr. Jen, I’ve been taking compounded hormones for about 12 years, but I have started gaining weight and can’t seem to lose it. I decided to ween myself off them because I found out that my body has kind of stopped absorbing them like it should. Or should I find a different way to absorb them and stay on them?
Continue readingEstrogen dominance is a hormone imbalance that affects younger and older women, alike. Young girls are entering puberty as young as age seven, young women in their twenties are experiencing perimenopause, women in their 30s and 40s are reaching menopause … Continue reading
Today, there was an article on WallStreetJournal.com – New Views on Hormone Therapy in Menopause This is the kind of press we need about women’s hormones! Women have to understand that they CAN safely choose hormones because there is a … Continue reading