UNDERSTANDING PERIMENOPAUSE TREATMENTS AND WHAT TO EXPECT
“Perimenopause is nature’s way of reminding you that you’re no longer a spring chicken. Now you’re a hormonal rotisserie chicken.”
—Carrie Fisher, actress
HOW DOES HORMONE PELLET THERAPY WORK?—EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
“To control your hormones is to control your life.”
—Dr. Barry Sears, biochemist and author of the “The Zone Diet.”
Hormones are a class of signaling molecules in our bodies that help regulate numerous physiological processes and behavioral activities, including:
COMMON SYMPTOMS OF LOW TESTOSTERONE
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the nation’s next secretary of Health and Human Services, the 70-year-old will likely be the fittest person ever to hold the office. The controversial politician attributes his incredible fitness level to a vigorous exercise routine and, in part, to taking testosterone as part of his anti-aging regimen. Given that testosterone is a hormone and an anabolic steroid, it undoubtedly helps Kennedy maintain a level of physical fitness and strength that tops that of most men in their 20s.
DIVA® OFFERS CANCER SURVIVORS A NON-HORMONAL MEANS TO ADDRESS INTIMATE CHALLENGES
Women diagnosed with breast cancer face significant challenges, with the disease and its treatment causing myriad impacts on a woman’s health. While successfully halting disease progression is the priority health goal upon diagnosis, many breast cancer patients must address its effects on many different elements of their overall health. An often-overlooked health impact breast cancer and its treatment have on women is how it can compromise their vaginal and sexual health. Not only does breast cancer and its treatment cause hormonal changes that affect the vagina during a woman’s battle to defeat the disease, but the impacts caused by these changes can persist even after the battle is won.
SIGNS THAT HORMONE THERAPY IN NAPLES MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU
Hormones play a crucial role in managing our physiology and behavior throughout life. As signaling molecules, they help guide the initial development of the brain, organs, bones, tissues, and critical systems, like the immune and nervous ones. They stimulate our advancement into adulthood with the development of secondary sexual characteristics and reproductive capacity. And they regulate metabolism, the stress response and influence cognitive functions and our emotions.
NAPLES PHYSICIAN HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF TAKING DAILY SUPPLEMENTS
While we are surrounded by an abundance of food options, nutritional intake is an often-overlooked component of our health. According to the Linus Pauling Institute’s Micronutrient Information Center at Oregon State University, “Overall adherence to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines is low: the majority of Americans do not follow a healthy eating pattern. Together with physical inactivity, eating an energy-rich, nutrient-poor diet predisposes one to many chronic diseases.”