Women to Women reported today that since the release of Suzanne Somers' new book, "The Sexy Years -- Discover the Hormone Connection", it has been deluged by callers asking about bioidentical hormones to relieve their symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. "We haven't seen anything like this since the WHI study on HRT was stopped almost two years ago," said Dixie Mills, MD, a practitioner at Women to Women and a nationally known specialist in breast health.
CHICAGO - Women with high levels of iron in their blood may run nearly triple the risk of developing diabetes, a study found.
The research involved 32,826 healthy women who were followed for 10 years after giving blood samples. Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed in 698 of the women. On average, they who had significantly higher initial iron levels than the other women.
Abstract: The typical western diet has low consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, an excess consumption of omega-6 fatty acids and trans fatty acids, as well as a reduction in consumption of dietary antioxidant vitamins. The omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio in the western diet generally reaches a ratio of 20:1.
The Interventions Testing Program (ITP) at the NIA is getting underway, having chosen three compounds to test in mouse longevity studies. The details are noted at SAGE KE. This is an unambitious first set of compounds - an antioxidant, aspirin and ibuprofen. It's worth noting, however, that few groups have been funding rigorous longevity tests on these sorts of supplements and medicines.
While researchers are racing to cure the worst age-related conditions, many of us will not live long enough to benefit from advances in regenerative medicine . unless we work on our natural longevity. The body is just like any complex machine: good maintenance leads to better performance and a longer lifetime.
Researches from the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, determined the folate levels in an ethnically diverse group of people between 15 to 39 years of age. The study authors measured red blood cell and serum folate concentrations in 2,948 subjects, which included 301 subjects with major depression and 121 with dysthymia (a chronically depressed mood that is present more than 50% of the time for at least 2 years in adults).
Scientists have found that the mineral selenium may actually raise the risk of developing certain cancers. Dr James R Marshall, from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, and colleagues studied 1312 patients with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer. Each participant was randomly assigned to receive daily supplementation with 200 micrograms of selenium or a placebo pill.
New research suggests that vitamin D may offer some protection against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Dr Kenneth G Saag, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues analyzed data obtained from nearly 30,000 women aged 55 to 69 years old, who took part in the Iowa Women's Health Study. Results showed that vitamin D obtained from food and supplements appears to lower the risk of developing RA.
The US federal government has banned the sale of ephedra, an herbal supplement used to control weight and boost athletic performance. The government ban is one of the first to hit dietary supplements. Because ephedra is an herb, it was legal to sell it over-the-counter unless the FDA could prove that it posed a clear danger to public health.
There are several ways salivary hormone tests can help you to take responsibility for, and optimize your health.
The first way is to help identify possible causes of health problems. Depending on the specific hormones involved, certain symptoms or groups of symptoms are usually present when hormonal imbalance exists.
