On Mar 20, 2012
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A recent study in Lancet Oncology looking at data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) reported that the use of estrogen (Premarin) alone was NOT associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and the use of estrogen-progestin
...Full PostOn Mar 01, 2012
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Giving patients hope is an important aspect of the doctor-patient relationship that contributes to good outcomes. Early on in my career as a new Endocrinologist, I saw Alice, a 35-year-old woman with Type 1 diabetes
...Full PostOn Feb 17, 2012
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Key Points About Breast Cancer & Other Hormone Related Cancers
1. More deaths occur from heart disease than the next 16 causes of death combined including diabetes, all cancers, AIDS and accidents
...Full PostOn Feb 17, 2012
[media id="PRD__4cc082f90a0e17_02320041" title="Mature Woman & Daughter"] Screening: The Importance of Early Detection
Tumor size greatly affects mortality. The smaller the tumor, the more likely it is to be confined to the breast and therefore more responsive to treatment. In a study of 83,686 cases
...Full PostOn Feb 17, 2012
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Risk Factors You Can Modify To Decrease Your Risk of Breast Cancer
Obesity
Obesity and weight gain during adult life increases risk of postmenopausal (but not premenopausal) breast cancer because fat tissue increases estrogen
...Full PostOn Feb 07, 2012
[media id="PRD__4cc082f90a0e17_02320041" title="Mature Woman & Daughter"] DEDICATION
Breast cancer is the most feared health problem for women. In a previous blog, I’ve pointed out that women experience more deaths each year from heart disease and strokes than breast cancer. I’ve given you specific
...Full PostOn Feb 02, 2012
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Why I Recommend Pharmaceutical Bioidentical HRT
Let me tell you why I recommend bioidentical HRT. It is a therapy I have utilized in the 100,000 female patient visits that I have managed over the past 29 years since ph
...Full PostOn Jan 25, 2012
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Eleanor is a 48 year old woman who enjoyed a healthy sexual relationship with her husband. However, since her total hysterectomy five years ago, she has noted a sharp decline in her sex drive.
...Full PostOn Jan 25, 2012
[media id="PRD__4cc5d22cdd35b6_81547994" title="Glowing Mature Woman"] A woman’s decision to take HRT is greatly affected by whether she is having bothersome symptoms. Understandably, if a woman is experiencing minimal symptoms, she may be less inclined to take estrogen. Women with a family history of
...Full PostOn Jan 19, 2012
According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death in 2007. Ninety-five percent of diabetes is type-2 that develops in older people or at any age in overweight people. Diabetes dramatically increases the risk for heart disease and stroke.
Women who do not
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