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 […]

ANTIBIOTICS LINKED TO WEIGHT GAIN

Changes in the gut microbiome from low-dose antibiotics caused mice to gain weight. Similar alterations in humans taking antibiotics, especially children, might be adding to the obesity epidemic Amy Maxmen Nature Magazine 27.8.12   Bacteria living naturally within the gut provide a gateway to flab, according to a few reports this week. These bacteria may […]

DO YOU TAKE SLEEPING PILLS?

In a study just published, ‘Hypnotics’ association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study’ 27.2.12, it was established that medications commonly prescribed for insomnia, such as zolpidem, temazepam, eszopiclone, zaleplon, and other benzodiazepines, barbiturates and sedative antihistamines, significantly increased the risk of premature death and cancer. The key messages from the study include: * […]

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 […]

Women Are Dying From Hormone Therapy; Why Is Pharma Still Allowed to Push It?

Big Pharma is still pushing its hormone therapy for women, despite the fact that it increases women’s risk of cancer and other health problems. The following article is from Daniel Weber (21.10.10): Want to increase your chances of getting, and possibly dying from, node-positive breast cancer? Take hormone therapy. Pharma’s lucrative estrogen plus progestin combo […]