Besides the standard health benefits of exercise, studies have shown exercise may also be able to help lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and prevent its progression. However, it was poorly understood just how this effect was occurring at the molecular level. A new study published in Nature Medicine by researchers at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada found the exercise hormone, irisin, is an … [Read more...]
Autism-Associated Gene Expression Regulated by Sex Hormones
There is quite a lot that is still unknown about the etiology of autism – just how much of it precisely is due to genetics and how much of it is influenced by other factors, or even the timeline of prenatal changes that are necessary to develop the postnatal neurodevelopment disorders commonly seen. There can be such a vast difference between a person who is barely on the spectrum … [Read more...]
Circadian Rhythm Disruption and Diabetes
Holy Hormones Journal: Diabetes used to be blamed solely on an individual's diet and lifestyle. What cannot be denied is that T2DM has now reached epidemic proportions with a worldwide prevalence of 415 million - anticipated to reach 615 million by 2040. However, it appears there is a deeper connection to diabetes and that is the breakdown in circadian rhythms in the body. The hormonal rhythmic … [Read more...]
Study Claims HPV Vaccine May Be Affecting US Birth Rate?
According to the latest birth report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), birth rates for women under 30 are declining and the rate of teen pregnancy has dropped by half. In a previous post, we covered an article that found a strong correlation between education and marriage and the increasing age of first-time mothers. Superficially it appears many women are simply waiting, but there is a … [Read more...]
Your Immune System Affects the “Sex” of Your Brain?
Since the dawn of time, or at least since the first man was kicked out of the cave by a woman companion with a sniff and a statement of “you should know what you did,” we have known there was a difference in the way men and women think, that our brains just function differently. “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” right? Many homes probably still have a copy of this book stuck on a shelf … [Read more...]
“BPA-Free” doesn’t mean “Hazard-Free” after all
You may have noticed a growing frequency of this label on your tupperware containers and plastic water bottles: "BPA-free." Let's be serious, you've likely been living under a rock if you haven't. "BPA-free" has, for the past few years, been the answer to the growing concern of chemical-leaching plastics. The word "leaching" alone is enough to make your food unappetizing so, of course, … [Read more...]
End of Essure! Bayer’s Permanent Birth Control Pulled from U.S. Market
In advance of the release of Netflix’s documentary ‘The Bleeding Edge,’ Bayer finally pulled the plug on Essure in the United States. By the end of 2018, Essure will be fully off the market. Hear that? It’s the sound of thousands and thousands of women rejoicing at this victory! Intended to be a hormone-free, surgery-free, easy method of female sterilization, the Essure debacle is as … [Read more...]
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