Women, as well as men, can benefit from learning all they can
about estrogen therapy and osteoporosis.
Not exact matches
He was writing in the wake of new revelations
about estrogen replacement
therapy that showed that the benefits of
estrogen had been vastly overstated.
In 2004, researchers published results of the WHI study of
estrogen - only
therapy, taken for
about seven years by women who had had their uteruses surgically removed.
«Although oral
estrogens are effective for managing menopause symptoms, not enough is known
about the cardiovascular safety of different oral hormone
therapy products relative to each other,» said first author Nicholas L. Smith, PhD.
More discouraging news
about hormone replacement
therapy for menopausal women appeared in June: Women taking Prempro, the most widely prescribed pill containing both
estrogen and progestin, are more likely to develop Alzheimer's and to have early breast tumors that go undetected by mammograms.
Gwendolyn Thomas, assistant professor of exercise science, is the co-author of a groundbreaking article in the Obesity Journal (The Obesity Society, 2017)
about the effects of exercise and physical activity on postmenopausal breast cancer survivors taking AIs — hormone -
therapy drugs that stop the production of
estrogen.
Many women are concerned
about taking
estrogen orally — hormone replacement
therapy or HRT — after a 2002 study suggested a strong link to breast cancer, but doctors have widely divergent opinions
about that.
When we recommend hormone replacement
therapy, we're looking to improve your overall hormonal balance — treatment for perimenopause isn't just
about estrogen levels.
When I counsel a woman
about taking hormone
therapy, I recommend bioidentical
estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat: I assume that the risks of bioidentical hormone
therapy are the same as synthetic until proven otherwise.
Diana talks
about doing a podcast on
estrogen dominance and progesterone
therapy.
When I counsel a woman
about taking hormone
therapy, I recommend bioidentical
estrogen and progesterone, including transdermal estradiol and oral progesterone, but with an important caveat:
However, if you're still experiencing problems with weight gain, we recommend reading more
about ERT (
estrogen replacement
therapy), a treatment for hormonal imbalances we often recommend.
If you're suffering from any of the symptoms we've listed above and you want to learn more
about estrogen replacement
therapy, click the button to set up a free consultation.
• Hormone
therapy: HRT refers to the administration of
estrogen or a combination of
estrogen / progestin
therapy.46 For women in particular, increased
estrogen levels may lead to a higher gallstone risk.47 As such, if you are undergoing HRT or are taking high - dose birth control pills, talk to your doctor
about your gallstone risk and ask if there are other hormone - related medications that are better for you.
Edit 2017: Recently, after learning
about new research and working with even more women, I'm finding that plant - based phytoestrogens may promote ER beta activity, which can lower estrogenic potency in the body as a whole, thereby decreasing the risk for certain cancers (this is not true of synthetic
estrogen, like that in hormonal birth control or
estrogen replacement
therapy).
Measurement of free T4 and T3 provides more accurate information
about hormonal status of patient than total T4 and T3 (bound and unbound) especially for those who are on
estrogen replacement
therapy or birth control pills, have impaired thyroid hormone conversion and show unresolved symptoms of underactive thyroid.
HT Medical Center is happy to provide additional information
about estrogen replacement
therapy and osteoporosis as requested.
Hormones and Ovarian Cancer Should users of bioidentical hormones be worried
about new research showing that all types of
estrogen and
estrogen plus progestin hormone
therapy increase the risk of ovarian cancer?
In this last recorded talk on CD, before his death, Dr. Lee covers many different areas of interest
about natural hormone replacement
therapy, including progesterone and
estrogen's effects on the body, what causes hormone imbalances and how to restore balance, why saliva hormone level testing is so important, and the politics of medicine.