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Estrogen Mimics’ Angry Implications & Autism Questions

August 30, 2010 – 8:50 pm

Opposing Views
Opinion by Val
August 27, 2010
Health / Autism

Effects of estrogen mimics are concerning per – “The Role of Environmental Factors on the Timing and Progression of Puberty”; the workshop was initiated due to the need for more study with regard to the effects of estrogen mimics that we are all exposed to in daily living. The workshop consensus is that there is an identifiable trend of earlier puberty onset.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Adolescent Girls, AutoImmune Disease, Breast Health, Cancer, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Depression, Environmental Health, Estrogen, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Puberty, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Do You Know the Difference Between Natural and Synthetic Hormones?

August 26, 2010 – 9:34 pm

Healthy Women

Natural hormones are substances that are like those produced naturally. Synthetic hormones are close enough to the natural kind to get into the cell and perform many of the same functions, but they don’t provide all of the benefits and they do have some definite problems.

As an example, both natural progesterone and the synthetic counterparts, which are called progestins, help prevent cancer like uterine cancer. However, only natural progesterone protects against breast cancer, normalizes the fatty acid profile, restores normal sex drive, and regulates sleep patterns.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Aging, Breast Health, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Estrogen, HRT, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Natural Cycles, Natural Progesterone, Progesterone, Women's Health | Comments (0)

The Female Brain

August 26, 2010 – 9:10 pm

AOL Health

By Michelle Burford Aug 26th 2010 3:00PM

She’s a contradiction in heels: fearless one day, weepy another and keenly intuitive every day in between. Dr. Louanne Brizendine, author of “The Female Brain” and founder of The Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic in San Francisco, says that a woman’s unique hardwiring and hormonal makeup can turn her into a different creature with every passing day and decade. Here are six things men should know about how women’s minds work.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Holy Hormones Honey! The Greatest Story Never Told, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Men, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Pregnancy, Progesterone, Sexual Health, Women's Health | Comments (0)

New organic hygiene range offers women healthier and more environmental solution

August 24, 2010 – 8:25 pm

Response Resource

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

However inconvenient or uncomfortable you find your ‘curse’, your ‘period’ or whatever you call your monthly menstruation, you should celebrate it as a sign of your health and your fertility – your monthly blessing.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Feminine Care, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Teens, Wellness | Comments (0)

Female sex hormones mediate the allergic lung reaction by regulating the release of inflammatory mediators and the expression of lung E-selectin in rats

August 24, 2010 – 8:08 pm

7th Space

August 24, 2010

Fluctuations of estradiol and progesterone levels caused by the menstrual cycle worsen asthma symptoms. Conflicting data are reported in literature regarding pro and anti-inflammatory properties of estradiol and progesterone.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Progesterone, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Does the pill make brains bigger?

August 18, 2010 – 9:49 pm

NHS Choices
United Kingdom

August 18, 2010

“Contraceptive pills increase the size of certain parts of women’s brains, improving memory and social skills”, reported The Daily Telegraph.

This news story is based on a small study that looked at brain structure in 14 men and 28 women, half of whom were using hormonal contraception.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Synthetic Hormones | Comments (0)

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Why the Warnings?

August 18, 2010 – 9:30 pm

EmpowHER

By Stacy Lloyd

August 18, 2010

Women who use tampons may notice the insert about toxic shock syndrome. In the early 1980s toxic shock syndrome was all over the news media. Nearly 30 years later, we rarely hear about it. What is toxic shock syndrome and why do we need to be warned about it?

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Birth Control, Feminine Care, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Teens, Women's Health | Comments (1)

The Men-strual cycle? – YOU MUST BE KIDDING!

August 18, 2010 – 9:13 pm

BNET
August 10, 2010
I’ve always been sceptical when experts say men go through their own versions of female conditions such as the menopause or PMS.
Yes, men may experience depression or mood swings at certain periods in their life but that doesn’t mean we should look for similarities to female hormonal conditions.
For [...]

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Men, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Periods, Premenstrual Syndrome, Testosterone | Comments (0)

Oh, Brother: Boys Seem to Delay Sisters’ Maturation

August 17, 2010 – 7:30 pm

LiveScience
By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor
posted: 17 August 2010 07:08 pm ET
Boys may delay their sisters from becoming women and from having sex, new findings from Australia suggest.
The presence of older brothers seemed to delay the onset of menstruation of girls by nearly a year on average, and having younger brothers seemed to postpone  the [...]

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Adolescent Boys, Adolescent Girls, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Cycles, Periods, Sexual Health, Women's Health | Comments (0)

The Leap from Younger Puberty to Fat-Shaming

August 17, 2010 – 6:42 pm

MS Magazine

Elizabeth Kissling
August 12, 2010

When the story that girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever began popping up everywhere this week, I did not doubt its veracity. It was no coincidence that I received an email from a friend yesterday, observing with mixed feelings that she had just purchased a first bra for her oldest daughter. Her daughter is 9.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Posted in Adolescent Girls, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Mothers & Daughters, Puberty, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research | Comments (0)
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