Menopause Matters

The East Hampton Star

To Your Health
Menopause Matters
By James N. Dillard, M.D.,

(October 21, 2010) What events mark the milestones of a life? The birthdays that end with a zero, graduations, a wedding day, the birth of a child, or the loss of a parent? Each of us will mark the passage of time in our own unique ways. Yet for women, there is an essential passage that each one must make in her middle years.

How to Treat Uterine Fibroids With Natural Medicine

eHow

By an eHow Contributor

Uterine fibroids are hard growths that occur in the muscle tissue of the uterus, particularly in women between the ages of 35 and 45. Often fibroids cause little or no symptoms; however, as they grow they may cause excess bleeding, cramping and pain in surrounding organs. Traditional medicine often treats fibroids with hysterectomy; however, you can shrink and even eliminate fibroids with gentle natural medicines.

Natural Solutions Help Uterine Fibroids

Sunday, October 24, 2010 by: Dr. David Jockers, citizen journalist
NaturalNews

Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous tumor growths in or on the muscular wall of the womb. They typically affect about 20% of women over age of 30. Current research has shown that fibroid tumors are a symptom of estrogen dominance and can be prevented or even reversed through healthy lifestyle.

Female Infants Growing Breasts: Another Disaster From Hormones in Milk Production

The Huffington Post
John Robbins

Author of The New Good Life, Diet For A New America, and many other bestsellers
Posted: August 10, 2010 07:00 AM

People are very upset about this, and for good reason. Female infants in China who have been fed formula have been growing breasts.

According to the official Chinese Daily newspaper, medical tests performed on the babies found levels of estrogens circulating in their bloodstreams that are as high as those found in most adult women. These babies are between four and 15 months old. And the evidence is overwhelming that the milk formula they have been fed is responsible.

Girls hitting puberty as young as 7, but why?

AJC Momania

Atlanta
12:32 am August 12, 2010, by Theresa Walsh Giarrusso

A new study finds that girls are more likely to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8 today as opposed to a later age in the past, according to the journal Pediatrics.

Being overweight seemed to influence the early breast development. But researchers are also concerned about environmental causes for the earlier development.

Natural Ways to Help Conceive with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

EmpowHER

Claire Cipoletti

May 5, 2010

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) occurs when there is an endocrine imbalance of reproductive hormones (estrogen, testosterone, LH, FSH). Women with PCOS generally have enlarged ovaries with multiple follicular cysts (fluid-filled sacs) on both or one of the ovaries that produce excess estrogen.

Allergies and Estrogen Dominance

Dr. Hotze Blog

In the past I have commented on a curious relationship I had observed between the onset of allergies and changes in a woman’s menstrual cycle. This relationship is no mere coincidence. Once again, estrogen dominance plays a role. Maggie, whose story opened this book, developed allergies after giving birth to her first child. Gail’s allergies emerged in her midthirties, around the time that she began experiencing painful periods and other symptoms of estrogen dominance.

Research Finds Hidden Estrogen in Moisturizers

OzarksFirst.com
Friday, Mar 26, 2010 @06:17am CDT

Breast cancer survivors may have one more thing to look out for. And it’s found in most women’s purses.

“We try so hard to give patients lifestyle recommendations and risk-reducing strategies and yet they could go to the grocery store, buy a product and actually be potentially increasing their risk,” points out Dr. Jennifer Klemp, director of the Breast Cancer Survivorship Center.

New research shows that commercial moisturizers, found on most drugstore shelves, can contain estrogen.

Could Estrogen Therapy Cause Asthma Development?

Better Health Research
By Donna Parker • Feb 8th, 2010

A new study is suggesting that estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may not only lead to estrogen dominance, but also an asthmatic condition in post-menopausal women.

Stressed? Research Says Grab a Chocolate Bar

Better Health Research
by Donna Parker

November 12, 2009

For those who are dealing with lots of emotional stress, perhaps from estrogen dominance, researchers are finding that dark chocolate may help ease the pain.

A new study in the Journal of Proteome Research is backing up the original idea of the “chocolate cure,” and that in stressful times, dark chocolate may help cure stress.