If you’ve followed me for any length of time and read almost anything I’ve written about hormone replenishment therapy (HRT), you’ll know that my main message is this:The right kind of HRT is a great option for most women in menopause.

There is a lot of research showing that estrogen benefits blood flow and cognitive function (among a long list of other benefits). Therefore, it was alarming then when a study from Denmark was recently published reigniting fear about HRT and dementia.

This question comes up with pretty much every woman I talk to about hormone replacement therapy.

I am going to approach my answer from a few different angles.

I often say that there exists a continuum of doctors, where on one end of the spectrum we have conventional doctors, and on the other end is Suzanne Somers (and doctors who identify as “Anti-Aging” or Regenerative Medicine).

Vitamin D has strong powers against cancer, killing cancer cells in at least four different ways, all while not harming normal cells.

Multiple studies show that the longer a doctor is in practice, the further they fall behind the latest medical information and technology.

News flash! If you cross the street twice, it DOUBLES your risk of getting hit by a car!

Luckily for you, this means that in the U.S. (according to information from the Centers for Disease Control) your risk goes all the way up from 1 in 4,292, to 2 in 4,292.

Many of us already know that stressful thoughts can harm our bodies and our health.

What we haven’t fully wrapped our heads around yet is that the opposite is also true: as well as causing dis-ease, our thoughts can literally change the proteins made by our cells to fix problems in our bodies.

Breast cancer is one of our biggest fears at this time of life and with good reason. Even though over our lifetime, 87% of women will NOT get diagnosed with breast cancer, those who do get diagnosed want to catch it as early as possible when it is highly treatable. Mammograms do save lives, but when this benefit is optimized is controversial.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, after lung cancer; it is the 3rd highest cause of cancer deaths in men (after lung cancer and colon cancer).

June is Men’s Health Month!

Celebrated since 1994 (by a resolution put forth by Senator Bob Dole), National Men’s Health Month has a fascinating history.

My focus today is this NON-BIOIDENTICAL hormone, a synthetic imitation of one of the main female hormones, that has been repeatedly linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

In the three years since the onset of the pandemic, we’ve had a lot of time to think. As a result, I think we have entered an era of higher awareness of injustice in our country, both past and present.

Data analysis from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Study, first reported in 2002, just keeps coming, even though the study results are not applicable to most women nowadays due to the women studied and the hormones that were used. The biggest finding that you never heard about was that the women only on estrogen (Premarin) had LESS BREAST CANCER!

If you have “good genes”, then that means you have longevity and low rates of illness among your family members. If you have “bad genes” you might not be so lucky with your own health.

The information doctors use in their practice may be up to 17 years old, on average.

I know this is shocking, but studies show this is the average delay between the discovery of new approaches and their use by doctors in clinical practice.

A “fad” I think will become “normal”

his decision was not a surprise to me. There have been changes in health care over the 30+ years I have been practicing that laid the groundwork for this decision.

In the working world, men have an advantage – testosterone. Not only do most men have 10 to 20 times as much testosterone as most women, it isn’t made in their adrenal glands, so their adrenals don’t get as wiped out by the same amount of stress.

Taurus – the sign of the bull

My older son is a Taurus – the sign of the bull, known – among many other traits – for being stubborn.

Heart disease kills more women than cancer, yet most women are more afraid of cancer than of heart disease. Why might this be?

One reason is what psychologists call the “availability heuristic.” (I had to look up “heuristic” – it’s a fancy word for “something that helps you learn.”)

Since January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, I’m going to write for the first time about a tough topic I’ve been discussing with women for over 30 years. The topic is the human papilloma virus, aka HPV.