Sentences with phrase «risks of synthetic hormones»

Too often, a patient is not informed of the risks of synthetic hormones and are presented with a binary choice: to take this medication or suffer in silence.

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The tragic consequences of this ideology are all around us — teen girls getting mastectomies, minors put at risk of being sterilized by synthetic hormones, and a gag on scientific inquiry — but who will dare say the Emperor has no clothes?

I don't consider bioidentical hormones anywhere near the risk of taking a, quote, «dangerous, harmful, even fatal» synthetic hormone.

Although women with a family history of breast cancer should always be more cautious in their lifestyle choices, it is evident that all women are at an increased risk when exposed to these synthetic hormones.

I assume that the risks of bioidentical hormone therapy are the same as synthetic until proven otherwise.

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.

Women who have a history of breast or uterine cancer and women who are at risk of recurrent urinary tract infections and vaginal infections, as well as women with atherosclerosis, hypertension, varicose veins and diabetes need to stay away from synthetic hormones.

Because research shows a high risk of cancer in women who take synthetic hormones.

While taking synthetic forms of progesterone and estrogen was a popular method of addressing menopause symptoms for a while, many women - and doctors - now feel hormone replacement therapy is simply not worth the risk.

Our product does not contain synthetic hormones of any kind and there are no risks or side effects!

Chemical Birth Control Increases Risks We know that birth control pills increase your risk of breast cancer when taken prior to a woman's early twenties; we know they reduce the levels of important vitamins such as folic acid and vitamin B6; and we know that they suppress ovulation, replacing your natural hormones with synthetic hormones.

Multiple studies have shown an increased risk of side effects and cancer with synthetic hormones.

«Bioidentical hormones have lower risk of breast cancer and heart disease, and are more efficacious than synthetic counterparts.

The LA article goes on: «Dr. Kent Holtorf, a physician and proponent of bioidentical hormones... The website for Holtorf's clinic says that women using bioidentical hormones «feel great» without suffering any of the side effects of «synthetic hormones,» said to include fatigue, depression and weight gain, along with the increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease.

Bioidentical hormones therefore have an excellent safety profile and do not carry the risks that have been well documented with synthetic or conventional hormone therapy, which include increased risk of heart disease, stroke, or breast cancer.

I do not recommend this treatment due to the fact that estrogen replacement therapy, be it conventional or «natural» (50 % natural and 50 % synthetic hormones), is shown to increase risks of uterine cancer, breast cancer, stroke, heart attacks, blood clots, and even mental decline.

Unfortunately, millions of women have been prescribed HRT by their medical doctors although neither they nor their doctors completely understood the full risks and benefits associated with synthetic hormone / HRT use!

(7) The 2002 WHI (Women's Health Initiative) study revealed that synthetic hormones increase the risk of breast cancer.

Therefore, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medications do not fit into hormone cell receptors like BHRT medications; this mis - fit in molecular structure of HRT appears to have created some of the health problems associated with HRT Hormone Therapy which has been discussed in the media over the past few years (the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) was released in July 2002 indicating health risks associated with synthetic HRHormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medications do not fit into hormone cell receptors like BHRT medications; this mis - fit in molecular structure of HRT appears to have created some of the health problems associated with HRT Hormone Therapy which has been discussed in the media over the past few years (the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) was released in July 2002 indicating health risks associated with synthetic HRhormone cell receptors like BHRT medications; this mis - fit in molecular structure of HRT appears to have created some of the health problems associated with HRT Hormone Therapy which has been discussed in the media over the past few years (the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) was released in July 2002 indicating health risks associated with synthetic HRHormone Therapy which has been discussed in the media over the past few years (the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) was released in July 2002 indicating health risks associated with synthetic HRT use).

Treatment related side - effects and the risks of traditional synthetic hormone replacement have prompted more education and options for treatment.

These contraceptives contain the same synthetic hormones as those used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which has well - documented risks, including an increased risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and breast cancer.

Therefore, they have greater efficacy in reducing your symptoms while also minimizing the risk of side effects as compared to synthetic hormone formulations.

Then their physicians tried to convince them that once they had reached menopause they should automatically go on hormone replacement therapy featuring synthetic estrogens and progestins, only to find it was increasing their risk of deadly diseases rather than saving them from the aging process.

Oral contraceptives are synthetic hormones that interfere with the body's natural hormonal feedback loops and disrupt the balance of intestinal flora, not to mention raising the risk of serious medical complications such as migraines, stroke, and even cancer.

Bioidentical Hormone Debate Safer More Efficacious Than Synthetic Kent Holtorf Postgraduate Medicine 2009 The Bioidentical Hormone Debate: Are Bioidentical Hormones (Estradiol, Estriol, and Progesterone) Safer or More Efficacious than Commonly Used Synthetic Versions in Hormone Replacement Therapy?Kent Holtorf, MD Conclusion: Physiological data and clinical outcomes demonstrate that bioidentical hormones are associated with lower risks, including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, and are more efficacious than their synthetic and animalderived counSynthetic Kent Holtorf Postgraduate Medicine 2009 The Bioidentical Hormone Debate: Are Bioidentical Hormones (Estradiol, Estriol, and Progesterone) Safer or More Efficacious than Commonly Used Synthetic Versions in Hormone Replacement Therapy?Kent Holtorf, MD Conclusion: Physiological data and clinical outcomes demonstrate that bioidentical hormones are associated with lower risks, including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, and are more efficacious than their synthetic and animalderived countHormones (Estradiol, Estriol, and Progesterone) Safer or More Efficacious than Commonly Used Synthetic Versions in Hormone Replacement Therapy?Kent Holtorf, MD Conclusion: Physiological data and clinical outcomes demonstrate that bioidentical hormones are associated with lower risks, including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, and are more efficacious than their synthetic and animalderived counSynthetic Versions in Hormone Replacement Therapy?Kent Holtorf, MD Conclusion: Physiological data and clinical outcomes demonstrate that bioidentical hormones are associated with lower risks, including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, and are more efficacious than their synthetic and animalderived counthormones are associated with lower risks, including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, and are more efficacious than their synthetic and animalderived counsynthetic and animalderived counterparts.

Bio-identical hormones are identical to our own bodies hormones unlike the traditional synthetic Premarin hormone which is made from a pregnant horse's urine and has had a lot of research showing that it causes cancer and cardiovascular risks.

The Women's Health Initiative study found that users of the hormone replacement drug PremPro had a 41 % higher risk of stroke, so it's important to distinguish between the risk factors of the synthetic hormones in PremPro and the risk factors for bioidentical hormones.

Lack of ovulation, whether it occurs naturally as the result of aging ovaries, or unnaturally, from extremes of stress, exercise, diet, and / or use of synthetic hormones in HRT or birth control pills, will cause estrogen to drop from 40 to 60 percent (enough to stop the menstrual cycle), but progesterone levels plummet much lower, to nearly zero in some women causing a raft of symptoms from heavy / painful periods, mood swings, PMS and depression to water retention, weight gain, slowed thyroid function, and heightened risks for endometriosis, fibroids, fibrocystic breasts as well as breast and uterine cancer.

In a clinical trial done by the Women's Health Initiative, it was found that the benefits of these synthetic hormones pale in comparison to the risks.

Ask this question guys who inject themselves with synthetic hormones and risk their health to get the benefits of the higher growth hormone and testosterone level.

Other anti-aging products such as hormones also carry their own set of risks if you choose synthetic rather than bioidentical hormones.

There are similar risks for younger women who use oral contraceptives — birth control pills, which are also comprised of synthetic hormones — have been linked to cervical and breast cancers.

Synthetic hormones such as Premarin and Provera, however, actually increase the risk of breast cancer in women.