I sat down with Dr. Manny from Health Talk on FoxNews.com to discuss the risks and benefits of testosterone pellet therapy. Pellet therapy has been around since the 1930s–the concept is probably about the same age as Premarin, but much like other bioidentical hormones, a lack of approval from the FDA has
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February 26, 2012
How Do You Know If You Are Winning Your Fight Against Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is an insidious disease. You cannot feel it as it gradually approaches. One day, your doctor orders a bone density test for you, and you find out that your bones have lost density and you have osteoporosis. I see many women and even some men in this situation and they are
February 24, 2012
Suzanne Somers Continues Advocacy for Preventive Health
I joined the BodyLogicMD network because I wanted the opportunity to pursue the passion that drove me to become a doctor – helping people before they become ill. Medicine should not be about simply treating a disease, it should be about offering a permanent solution and really change lives for the better.
February 4, 2012
Dr. Jen Featured as Sexual Health Expert Nationwide on NPR
Don’t miss a moment of the action and stay “in the know” with secrets for living healthier, being healthy and having the best sex ever! See where to tune in for the inside scoop and your chance to “read between the lines” of The Sex Drive Solution for Women: Monday 2/6-Friday 2/10
January 14, 2012
Is your thyroid the problem?
The Thyroid gland and its hormones influence almost every cell in your body, and when it doesn’t functioning well, you won’t function well. It is often difficult to pinpoint what is causing your health problems, but if you consider all of individual symptoms, they may help define a specific issue. Thyroid disease
October 29, 2011
Anxiety and writing
This is my virgin voyage into the blogosphere. I am learning to overcome anxiety about this activity. Many of my patients at BodylogicMD of Cincinnati suffer from anxiety too. These are the ways that I try to help them. Many women with this problem are deficient in progesterone, and replacing this hormone
October 20, 2011
Do bioidentical hormones cause breast cancer?
Does bioidentical hormone therapy cause breast cancer? Hormone replacement therapy got a lot of bad press since publication of the Women’s Health Initiative. This study looked at over 16,000 women whose average age was 64. The women in this study took the synthetic hormones: Premarin and Provera. This study sought to answer the question,
October 7, 2011
It’s a Wrap: This Week in Hormones…
There’s been a lot of talk about hormones in the media lately and the bioidentical hormone experts compiled a list of some recent articles that you might find interesting. October 2011 - Afraid that using testosterone to treat andropause might increase your risk of prostate cancer? Fear no more, say researchers from the Institute
September 28, 2011
Interesting WSJ Article About Menopause & Hormone Therapy
Yesterday, there was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal titled New Views of Hormone Therapy in Menopause. I actually commented on the article yesterday. For me, as an OB/GYN who practices integrative medicine at BodyLogicMD in Hartford, CT and also as a menopausal woman who uses bio-identical hormones, I
September 28, 2011
Wall Street Journal Article on Hormones & Menopause
Today, there was an article on WallStreetJournal.com – New Views on Hormone Therapy in Menopause This is the kind of press we need about women’s hormones! Women have to understand that they CAN safely choose hormones because there is a safety difference between the different types of hormones and routes of delivery.
September 27, 2011
Wall Street Journal and Hormones
A great article about the benefits of hormone therapy in menopausal women is attached. This Author has really done her research and points out the many health benefits of bioidentical hormones as well as showing what a poor job mainstream medicine has done in treating this group of patients. Article link: New
September 16, 2011
When Does Menopause Begin and When Does it End?
Patients frequently come to see me and request that I run tests so they could determine whether or not they have entered menopause. It may be important to know from a psychological standpoint when you reach this milestone, but from a medical standpoint, it is not that important. By definition, a woman
August 4, 2011
Hello world!
Welcome to my blog for BodyLogicMD of Little Rock about natural (or bio-identical) hormone replacement. I’m here to give information, updates, and hopefully to answer some burning questions about menopause, andropause, and related topics. So check back weekly to see what’s new!
July 1, 2011
It's a Wrap: This week in hormones…
There's been a lot of talk about hormones in the media lately and the bioidentical hormone experts compiled a list of some recent articles that you might find interesting.