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Risks & Benefits of Hormones in Menopause
Lissa Rankin, April 17, 2011
If you’re struggling with menopausal symptoms, you may be grasping for anything that will help you get your mojo back. And chances are, you’ll at least consider taking hormones if your menopausal symptoms are severe enough.
I outlined my natural recommendations for treatment of menopausal symptoms here. But what about hormones? What’s the real skinny?
Back when I was training, we were putting everybody and her great-grandmother on hormones. 90-year-old ladies who had just had a heart attack? Here, take Premarin! 80-year-olds with osteoporosis? How ‘bout some estrogen, hon?! 55-year-olds who had sailed through menopause with ease? Why not take Prempro to protect yourself?
Now we know better. Not only are hormones not cardiac protective the way we once thought -- they can actually increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
So why would a woman take hormones?
Read More...Natural Remedies For Menopausal Symptoms
Lissa Rankin, April 10, 2011
You may have noticed that, although I’m a gynecologist, I haven’t written much about menopause on Owning Pink. This is intentional. You see, I’m always reluctant to write about something I haven’t experienced firsthand. I know men write with expertise and wisdom about childbirth and menopause, periods and vaginas, without experiencing any of these things. But I’ve always dug deep within when I write, so it’s harder for me to write about what I haven’t yet experienced.
But so many of you have asked for menopausal help that I’m gonna go for it! So if you’re experiencing menopausal symptoms, this post is my gift to you.
Menopausal women are like snowflakes.
Menopause really is different for every woman. Some sail through with few, if any, symptoms. Others feel like they’ve been possessed. It’s normal either way.
Read More...Breast Cancer Vs. Menopausal Mojo: Must We Choose?
Lissa Rankin, October 20, 2010
Here we go again. Just when we think we’ve made peace with hormones, more data emerges to throw us into a collective tailspin again. None of us wants to die of breast cancer, but what if we want to improve our quality of life by taking hormones after menopause? Do we have to choose between living vitally and dying? And how do we make sense of all this data?
Read More...How Bio-identical Hormones Can Help Women Before & After Menopause
Lissa Rankin, June 6, 2010
Do you feel tired 24/ 7? Are you so moody that your cocker spaniel is keeping his distance? Is your sex drive in the crapper? Are you carrying extra weight you can’t seem to shed, no matter how much you diet? Does your energy level drag throughout the day? Are you mentally foggy? Do you feel like you’ve lost your mojo and can’t get it back?
Read More...Owning Your Health: Are Fatigue and Lack of Energy Separating You From Your Mojo?
Lissa Rankin, August 6, 2009
Do you find it challenging to pull yourself out of bed in the morning? Are you living on that triple shot Caramel Macchiato? Are you tempted to nap every afternoon? Does your body protest when your brain feels like exercising? Do you feel like fatigue is all that separates you from your mojo?
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