Menstrual Blood Contains Stem Cells
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A paper published in 2007 reported finding stem cells in menstrual blood. In the almost two decades since, others have shown that
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Hormones, Birth Control, and Insulin Resistance
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Little known fact. Your reproductive hormones influence how your body responds to insulin. The artificial hormones in hormonal birth control also play
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The Promise of Drug Safety
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What they say: “Birth control is the safest, most tested drug on the market.” What their tone says: “Did you just
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If you haven’t read Chandler Marrs’ article on the safety of medications, take a moment to do so and understand that no
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A while back, a friend of mine shared a story on Facebook about a doctor’s nonchalant response to side effects experienced by
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Over the last several weeks, I have been looking at the role of estradiol in mitochondrial health. In the first post Hormones,
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Hormones, Hysterectomy, and the Aging Brain
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Everything slows down as we age. For some lucky folks, aging happens gracefully with nary a disease in sight. For others, the
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Lumbar Scoliosis After Ablation and Hysterectomy
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I had an ablation at age 48 after heavy and debilitating bleeding that was robbing me of my life. At age 58,
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