How Do I Prevent the Flu By this time of year most people who planned for a flu shot has received one. The vaccine makers have
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Just listened to this guided meditation- awesome! Everyone should take a few minutes in their day to listen to this! Lower your stress hormone, cortisol. Do
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Well, it is now the time of year when many of us look at where we are at in our lives, and see the need to
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My new book - The Sex Drive Solution for Women: Dr. Jen’s Power Plan to Fire-up Your Libido - is almost here! In the book, you’ll
December 16, 2011 by Dr. Jennifer Landanone
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November 30, 2011
The Solution to the Effects of High-Fat Holiday Indulgence
The holiday season is certain to be a joyful time of year to reminisce and celebrate cheer with family and friends. It is also the time of year when the most diligent and disciplined individuals find themselves succumbing to the temptation of high-fat, high-calorie holiday treats. Even the fittest individuals are putting
November 30, 2011
Not a Caveman’s Holiday
Modern holiday traditions and stresses wreak havoc on our metabolic function – a function carefully crafted before the invention of the mega-plex shopping center. Family time, loneliness, finances and over indulgence – all common stressors – exacerbated by the holidays that can lead to an over-abundance of stress and have detrimental effects
November 29, 2011
Weight loss
During the Holiday season we get many requests about how to either lose weight or just not gain too much. It is easy to say ” eat less and exercise more” , but in reality this time of year is quite perilous when trying to lose weight. Obviously, if able, try to
November 29, 2011
Hormones and Diabetes
November is month to remember diabetes which affects more than 50 million people around the world. It’s is a hormonal imbalance cause by inability of body to dispose sugar and carbohydrates due to hormone insulin, secreted by pancreas which maybe deficient due to resistance. Obesity cause by sedentary lifestyle lack of exercise
November 29, 2011
Tips to Maintain Your Weight During the Holidays
Remember the real reason for holiday get-togethers is to spend time with your family and friends and NOT to overeat. Maintain your exercise routine. Find time to exercise amidst your holiday preparations. If you don’t have an exercise routine, give yourself the gift of health and start working out. Just make sure
November 28, 2011
Medical Mondays: What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Medical Mondays – You ask the questions and our highly trained bioidentical hormones experts will post your answer LIVE! Q: My OB/GYN recently told me that I might be suffering from adrenal fatigue. I have done a lot of research into this and I’m getting a lot of mixed opinions and conflicting
November 28, 2011
Careful With The Antibiotics. They May Cause……Weight Gain!
As this cold, flu, bronchitis and common infection season approaches, you may find yourself in the doctor’s office looking for an antibiotic. Some doctors hold their ground refusing to prescribe antibiotics for clearly apparent viral infections (antibiotics only work on bacterial infections). Other providers want to please their patients and give in
November 26, 2011
November Is Diabetes Month: Fighting Insulin Resistance
I have discussed in previous articles how impaired glucose metabolism, known as insulin resistance (IR), can seriously affect your health. The signs of insulin resistance usually present gradually and are often difficult to recognize or at least, difficult to specifically attribute to insulin resistance. They could include abdominal weight gain, fatigue, depressed
Hypothyroidism has been treated with porcine thyroid hormone replacement since 1891. Porcine thyroid, also known under such brand names as Armour Thyroid, and Naturethroid, contains both active (T3) and inactive (T4) thyroid hormone. Since the 1930s, however, porcine thyroid became replaced with levothyroxine, or T4, alone, also known under the brand name
November 24, 2011
Progesterone: Cream vs Capsule, Which Is Right For Me?
When I recommend using progesterone to a patient, the topic of whether to use cream or the oral form always comes up. The question “Which one is better?” invariably is asked, and my answer is almost always, “That depends.” My impression is that while both the cream and oral form are equally
November 23, 2011
Testosterone Applications
I have consistently found in couples in which the man is using topical testosterone, the woman will be overdosed with testosterone. In spite of careful hand-washing after application the man will spread testosterone to the woman through skin to skin touching sheets pillowcases towels etc. Women only need 1/10 to 1/20 of
November 23, 2011
Antidepressants and Bioidentical Hormones
I have many women who come to see me for bio identical hormone therapy while on SSRI antidepressants like Prozac and Lexapro. It seems that women who have not been depressed prior to menopause and not on antidepressants prior to menopause will consistently be able to gradually get off their antidepressants. This
November 23, 2011
Estrogen metabolites
I have taken care of breast cancer patients as a surgeon for over 25 years. It is a devastating diagnosis because of the severity of the treatments and because it affects so many young women. As I treat women with hormonal imbalance now, I have a different understanding of the importance of
November 22, 2011
Growing Old, Bitter vrs. Better
In looking at today’s population, there is a steady increase in the oldest portion of living Americans. As recently outlined in the publication, TIME Healthland, called “America’s Oldest Old”, the ninety-year-old population is booming. Statistics are staggering as they outline that the oldest old are projected to increase from 1.9 million to
November 22, 2011
How You Can Reduce Your Risk Of Breast Cancer
One of the concerns associated with hormone replacement therapy is Breast Cancer. Unfortunately, the message often delivered by the media and many physicians is that hormones cause cancer and being on hormone replacement therapy increases one’s risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer risk has many influences and it’s more complicated than whether