SLEEP PROBLEMS DUE TO HORMONE IMBALANCES AND MENOPAUSE

Chemical Messengers: How Hormones Help Us Sleep The following article provides a great, simple explanation about the way hormones can affect your sleep pattern and influence your moods, urinary function; hunger and a range of other bodily functions. Ask me about saliva hormone testing and safe and effective naturopathic medicines next time you consult me […]

OESTROGEN – MANAGING THE MASTER HORMONE

Oestrogen is essential for healthy female reproductive function. This hormone plays a part in every stage of a female’s life – from early childhood development to puberty, throughout the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, childbirth and finally, through the menopausal years. Too many women suffer from symptoms related to having either too much or not enough oestrogen […]

BREAST CANCER – FINGER LENGTH MAY HELP ASSESS RISK

FINGER LENGTH A GUIDE TO BREAST CANCER RISK   Michael Woodhead wrote in ‘6 minutes’ that Victorian researchers have found that the length of a woman’s index finger may provide information about her risk of developing breast cancer:  “A Melbourne study has shown that the ratio of index to ring finger lengths might be associated […]

There is Always a Reason for Pain!

Good Riddance to Propoxyphene In the wake of the market withdrawal of propoxyphene in November 2010, prescribers this year had to decide which analgesics were the best alternatives to the “Worst Drug in History”  ‘Physicians Say Good Riddance to ‘Worst Drug in History’   According to Allison Gandey (Medscape News 2.2.11):  “An estimated 10 million […]

ARE ‘BIO-IDENTICAL’ HORMONES SAFE AND ARE THEY NATURAL?

Standard, synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) made worldwide headlines when a study released in 2002 found it increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks, and strokes. Indeed, the study had to be stopped prematurely due to the dangers that HRT posed to women. Therefore, vast numbers of women that were using synthetic HRT’s such […]