What doctors don't tell you about menopause may harm you!

The AARP magazine 2 months ago had an article (September 2018) about this.
Really? I thought when I read it Nah, not my patients. I talk to them all the time about menopause, I've even written two books on the subject!
Well just in case you missed it, here's the bottom line from the article:

An 18 year follow-up look at the WHI study (the study that scared everyone about hormones in the first place) that was published last year in JAMA reported that women ages 50 to 59 who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had a lower mortality rate than those who did not.

Women in their 50's who took HRT were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or any other cause than those in the no-HRT group. (Did you hear that guys? read that again!)

Women on HRT for an average of 8 years had better cardiac health and improved blood flow through their heart chambers than those not receiving therapy.

Women who stopped HRT had a 55 percent higher risk of hip fracture than those who continued treatment.

So that encapsulates the good news. But then the article also quotes a doctor from Yale who says "doctors are not helpful".
It also states that 3 out of 4 women who seek help for symptoms don't receive it. (No? where in the world are they going? come see me!).

An interesting reference was made to a Yale study that estimates 91,000 women between the ages of 50 and 59 died prematurely from cardiovascular disease between 2002 and 2012 because they had hysterectomies and were not prescribed hormones.

This article is a start, hopefully main stream media will pick it up and run with the subject, you never know. I love the illustrations that came with the article, you should really take a look at it.

One disappointment for me is that they made no mention of the safer more natural alternative bioidentical HRT but as I said it is a start. If you want to read more in depth about it, order a copy of my book: Sex, Sanity and Sleep from Amazon or Barnes and Nobles or stop by the office.

The Spanish version is coming out next month (Just in time for Xmas :)

Why would you give someone a gift card for a doctor's office?

Season's Greetings !

Here's why a gift card from a doctor's office is a good (and healthy) idea:

There are many services you may not immediately think of that someone can use their gift card for:

Vitamins, face products, supplements, Botox and filler, skin tag removal, Weight loss, Genetic testing, Vitamin testing, Hormone replacement and Anti-aging just to name a few.

So let's say your favorite person needs to lose weight or get rid of frown lines but you are not sure how to bring it up, give them a gift card!
Also if you give us a heads up when you purchase it and tell us what exactly you have in mind we can politely steer them in that direction.

What better way to express love and concern than to help improve their health?

Meanwhile remember, to be grateful is to be happy. I hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving and I wish you a very merry holiday. Drive safely and don't eat too much :)