I Feel Yuck! Start With Your Hormone, Diet and Exercise

I received this article today from Woman to Woman a newletter from one of the top medical practice for women in the country.  Since so many of our ladies have been talking about flucuating emotions and not being able to keep a balanced feeling between positivity and negativity, I felt this most recent article may be just what the doctored ordered!

New findings on HRT since the Women’s Health Initiative — an individual approach is best

by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP

If you’ve been keeping up with the news about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), you may have heard Oprah recently discussing the benefits of bioidentical HRT. This positive press, along with new scientific evidence, is leading some women and their healthcare practitioners to reconsider the 2002 mandate to stay off of HRT. Both at the clinic and in our Personal Program, I hear this question again and again: “What’s changed since the negative results of the Women’s Health Initiative?”

I’m happy to say that researchers have been busy over the past few years, and their findings give the medical world new perspective on the use of HRT for menopause symptoms. The answers we now have are similar to what Women to Women has been telling women all along — the decision to go on hormone replacement therapy is individual, and the risks, benefits, and side effects differ depending on each women’s unique health picture.

I’ve seen lots of menopausal women do well on conventional HRT and others who soar on a gentler approach, like bioidentical HRT or phytotherapy. In the end, you can take comfort in the fact that there are several options for menopause symptoms — and we’re here to help you understand them. Let’s take a closer look at the new HRT findings and explore some of your options for menopause symptom relief.
The Women’s Health Initiative results — then and now

Time has given researchers more perspective on the results that came out in 2002, when women were warned that hormone replacement therapy leads to higher risks for breast cancer, cardiovascular events, blood clots, cognitive decline, and more. Follow-up studies are complete and the nuances of the 2002 data have been further scrutinized. Thankfully, the research is now bearing out what I’ve seen in practice for years — timing and individual circumstance are key.

New studies show that women under 60 years old and within ten years of menopause can benefit from HRT with much less risk (and possible benefit) than older women who are more than ten years away from menopause. The majority of the women enrolled in the WHI study were older and much past menopause.

New evidence on the use of hormones for menopause  Read more...

I hope you find this web site helpful.

Shepherdess