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Female Hormones
Balance Your Hormones…Balance Your Life!
Typically as a woman enters her 40's…for some even earlier, she may encounter hormone related symptoms such as:
Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Vaginal Dryness, Foggy Thinking, Memory Lapse, Irregular Menstruation, Tearful, Depressed, Sleep Disturbed, Morning Fatigue, Evening Fatigue, Stress, Sugar Craving, Weight Gain-Waist & Hips, Decreased Libido, Loss of Scalp Hair, Increase in Facial or Body Hair, Mood Swings, Breast Tenderness, Nervous, Irritable, Anxious, Water Retention and Fibrocystic Breasts." These symptoms are often a result of hormone levels decreasing in your body. In the past woman were offered a chemical solution for their symptoms but recent studies have shown an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and blood clots with the use of the synthetic hormone Prempro (a combination of Premarin and Provera).
Women are frustrated but they are no longer willing to accept the risks associated with chemical hormones and are searching for safer alternatives.
An estimated two million women are now benefiting from Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy.
Dr. Stula encourages you to become an active consumer of health care and educate yourself on the safe alternatives for hormone and menopausal symptoms. By doing so you will learn the risks of the synthetic hormones and benefits of Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy.
Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy reduces your risk for:
- Osteoporosis
- Cancer of the colon
- Genital urinary symptoms
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Heart Disease*
* The risk of cardiovascular disease is decreased in those patients who have never had cardiovascular disease (heart attack or stroke).
How do women get started on Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy?
Following a physical examination and screening, the patient at home completes a saliva test or a blood test can be performed at the clinic. The sample is sent to a state-of-the-art laboratory and the results arrive back to Dr. Stula within 10-14 business days. Blood test results usually arrive within 3-4 business days. Once your test results are received, you will be called to schedule an appointment to go over the results. Candidates for hormone therapy will receive a personalized prescription for that individual's specific hormone levels. These natural hormones are made to the doctor's exact specifications by a compound pharmacy such as MD Custom or Woman’s International.
Dr. Stula will also coach you on the benefits of regular exercise and a healthy diet, as this combined with natural hormone therapy will help you on the road to a healthier lifestyle.
Recommended Reading:
Natural Hormone Balance
Uzzi Reiss, M.D./OB-GYN
The Sexy Years
Suzanne Somers
The Wisdom of Menopause
Christine Northrup, MD