Why Hormone Therapy Feels So Confusing If you’ve been told you “need hormones” but left the conversation feeling more confused than informed, you’re not alone. Terms like bioidentical, synthetic, natural, and HRT are often used interchangeably, even though they don’t...
Menopause and Heart Disease: How Hormones Affect Risk February is American Heart Month. For women, this conversation must include menopause and hormone health. Over the past 50 years in the United States, chronic disease has increased. The Centers for Disease Control...
Approximately 6,000 women enter menopause each day in the United States. A woman is considered menopausal when her menstrual cycle has stopped for one full year and levels of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) rise. Menopause occurs...
