My first missed diagnosis was Conn’s Syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism). It took 15 years of medication resistant hypertension, eventual loss of potassium, muscle
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Uterus and Ovaries: Fountain of Youth
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Numerous studies have shown a strong correlation between removal of both ovaries / bilateral oophorectomy (castration) and accelerated aging as measured by
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Severe Adverse Reactions Include Vitamin D Deficiency and AutoimmunityHormones Matter researchers discovered that, inter alia, severe adverse reactions to any of the
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In 2011, I published a paper that pointed out the large overlap between estrogen-sensitive cognitive functions and cognitive features that are commonly
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Women endure menses for an average of 40 years: once a month for 12 months for four decades—about half of our lives.
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At age 23, I woke up from an ovarian surgery to the comment, “It’s not cancer, but you have moderate endometriosis. If
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Why Fatigue Matters in Thyroid Disease
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The notion that unremitting fatigue is a core clinical symptom is difficult for many physicians and patients to reconcile with its ubiquitous
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One of the things I most love about social media and health research is the opportunity to identify patterns of illness across
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