In the late 1960’s estrogen therapy became available as a treatment for hot flashes. Millions of women received prescriptions from their doctors and welcomed this remedy for their troublesome symptoms. However, in the following several years problems emerged. Many women began to experience abnormal bleeding, […]
Category: Health Impacts
Announcing our new video presentations on Menopause and the Brain
Hello everyone! I’m excited to announce that my colleague, Nathalie Bonafé, and I have completed and uploaded a four-part series on menopause, estrogen, and the brain. I invite you to take a look at the videos and I guarantee you will find them interesting and, […]
What’s new for vaginal health?
Sadly, as we age, the quality of our skin changes. It becomes drier, less elastic, and more fragile. This is very apparent to us when we inspect our faces, arms, and legs. However, you may not realize that these changes also occur in the vagina, […]
Does estrogen help prevent Parkinson’s disease?
There’s a good chance you know someone who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. It is very common. It affects about 3% of the population of those age 65 and up to 5% of people over 85. A number of celebrities have been diagnosed with […]
Does estrogen prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
I don’t think many people will disagree with me if I say that the brain is the most important organ in the body. We can live without some body parts and manage pretty well if other parts aren’t working 100%. But most of us would […]
Why do we get belly fat as we approach menopause?
It is very disconcerting to start putting on belly fat as you get older – especially when you have been diligent in your diet and exercise program. Yet this is a very common experience for women in their mid and late forties. Why does this […]
Does Estrogen help protect women from severe Covid-19?
Ever since the onset of this pandemic it has been observed that men fare worse than women when it comes to having a severe case of a Covid infection – more men than women require admission to ICUs and the death rate from Covid is […]
How Do I Know if I am at a High Risk for a Heart Attack?
One out of three women will die from a heart attack or related condition. Will you be one of those three? Most women probably don’t spend much time thinking about this, especially when they are younger and their focus is on their family, their jobs, […]
How do you know if you have osteoporosis and how do you prevent it?
Unlike many medical diagnoses, osteoporosis is one condition that doesn’t cause symptoms. So unless a woman breaks a bone or has specific testing, she has no idea that she has it. This makes managing the condition tricky. Ideally, preventing it should be a priority and […]
How Estrogen Helps the Heart
Many women avoid hormone replacement after menopause because they fear it will increase their risk of breast cancer. However, they may not realize that they face a much higher risk of dying from heart disease than any type of cancer, and that taking hormones is […]