Health Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy

On July 10, 2010 By

It used to be standard operating procedure for doctors to prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopause symptoms. HRT treatments were used to replace the hormone loss that women experience during menopause. During menopause, estrogen and progesterone production starts to wildly fluctuate; it’s these hormone fluctuations that cause the vast majority of menopause related [...]

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Can You Be Tested for Perimenopause?

On August 30, 2009 By

Check with your doctor to see if you can be tested for perimenopause, especially if you suspect that you are undergoing that process. It’s entirely possible that your symptoms are due to being pregnant, or having thyroid disease, so your doctor would do well to perform those tests as well.

If you’re negative on both [...]

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