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Not every doctor is trained in hormone health. Here’s how to ask the right questions, and advocate for correct diagnoses and treatment. Does it ever feel like you and your doctor are speaking two different languages? Or, that you are being prescribed treatment that doesn’t seem quite right? You’re not ... Read More The post Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Understand Your Symptoms appeared first on DWC.

  The following excerpt from Vitacost talks about the ever-present hormones in your body and the profound influence they have on your energy, thoughts, behaviors, and health. The first step towards attaining hormonal health is to understand what these chemicals coursing through your body actually are, and then discussing with your physician and getting ... Read More The post 4 Hormones You Need to Know appeared first on DWC.

Your sex drive, or libido, has probably been gradually dropping off over the years, but it’s possible that it suddenly took a nosedive and left you wondering where it went! This is especially likely if you have had a baby. Loss of sexual interest after childbearing is often attributed to ... Read More The post Bringing Sexy Back — You Don’t Have to Live With Low Libido appeared first on DWC.

If there’s one thing that can throw off any woman, it’s irregular menstrual cycles. If you suffer unpredictable timing, or wildly variable flows, then you know just how true that is! Women who are trying to conceive can’t get a handle on their fertile times, and those who don’t want ... Read More The post What You Can Do About Irregular Menstrual Cycles appeared first on DWC.

This is the final part of our 3 part series. You can’t take hormones forever…can you? In Parts 1 and 2 of our Bioidentical Hormone series, we looked at the risks and benefits of bioidentical hormones, and at the compounding pharmacies that produce much of them. For Part 3, our ... Read More The post Bioidentical Series: When it Comes to Hormones, Timing is Everything appeared first on DWC.

This is Part 2 of our 3 part series. Seriously. Who is mixing up the stuff you swallow each day? Previously in the series, we discussed the risks and benefits of bioidentical hormones. Today we talk to you about a topic rarely discussed between patients and doctors: who, exactly, is ... Read More The post Bioidentical Series: Who’s Making Your Medicine? appeared first on DWC.

This is Part 1 of our 3 part series. Like every health treatment, man-made hormones, or “bioidentical hormones,” have both risks and benefits. Here’s what you need to know to make an informed decision. If you are postmenopausal or entering perimenopause, then chances are, you’ve heard about hormone replacement therapy ... Read More The post Bioidentical Series: Are bioidentical hormones the right choice for you? appeared first on DWC.

Hot flashes? Insomnia? Moodiness? For the symptoms you most want to treat, here is how both HRT and natural products stack up. When The Hunger Game’ Katniss Everdeen became “the girl on fire,” hot flashes were probably not what she had in mind. And yet, for so many with menopausal ... Read More The post Natural products for menopause relief: Why They’re Different From HRT appeared first on DWC.

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