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Jackie L. Harvey - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Jackie Harvey is an International speaker, radio program host, seminar leader, business trainer, and a mother of seven.
She works in partnership with nurses, medical doctors and health care practitioners.
Jackie is a men & women's health advocate specializing in hormonal and menopausal health. Thousands of men & women have purchased her informative DVD "Let's Talk About Hormones". Jackie is committed to making a positive change in peoples lives.
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- Who Would Benefit From A Saliva Hormone Test?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] If you are considering taking a hormone saliva test, take the time to read this article and see if you would benefit. Saliva testing can be very useful in determining your hormone balance, and moving towards better health.
- Saliva Hormone Testing - What Hormones Should I Test?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Taking a Saliva Hormone Test will assist you in assessing important steroid hormones which could be the cause of many of your symptoms. The three main hormones for all men and women to test are Estradiol - E2, Progesterone - Pg and Testosterone - T.
- What is In-Home Saliva Hormone Testing?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Home Saliva Hormone Testing is an accurate and simple way for the ordinary man or women to assess the current levels of steroid hormones (e.g. estradiol, progesterone, testosterone) - in their body without having to make an expensive visit a doctors office.
Read on to learn more about this unique way to test your hormone levels
- Let's Talk About Hormones - What Every Woman Needs To Know
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] For women who think that the risk factors that have shown up in the WHI-HRT study are new, I would encourage them to locate a women's magazine that dates prior to July 2002 and have a look at the back of the Premarin and PremPro ads that were often found in those magazines. Be aware that the print is very small. The topic "Dangers of Estrogen" is very prominent as is the topic "Side Effects". The WHI-HRT study just validates that those dangers and side effects are real and actually effect women, women who are our friends and our relatives.
- Women's Hormone Replacement Therapy - Are You In Balance?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] It has been two years since the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen plus Progestin (WHI) arm of this large trial was stopped early because it caused harm. The WHI showed the opposite of what was expected--Estrogen (Premarin) plus Progestin (Provera) caused heart disease and breast cancer as well as blood clots and strokes. WHI results show that estrogen does not improve the quality of life for women. WHI estrogen plus progestin results are "evidence-based." We now have evidence-based proof that "HRT" is harmful to women.
- Women's Health - What about Early Menopause?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Early menopause and/or premature menopause are terms that are often used interchangeably -- and are often used as umbrella terms to cover many different situations and conditions - from premature ovarian failure to surgical menopause to menopause caused by chemotherapy or radiation.
- Ovarian Cancer and Hysterectomies - Becoming Informed About Your Options
[Cancer:Ovarian-Cervical-Uterine-Cancer] A hysterectomy is not often a procedure that needs to be performed urgently, except in the case of cancer. Therefore, a woman considering the procedure should take time to investigate all her options, including other possible treatments. There are now new treatments for conditions that previously would have required a hysterectomy. Women advised to have a hysterectomy for a non-cancerous condition before being offered more conservative treatments may find it beneficial to seek a second opinion.
- Lower Your Risk For Breast Cancer and Heart Disease
[Cancer:Breast-Cancer] Observational studies have found a lower prevalence of breast cancer, heart disease and hip fracture rates among people living in places like Southeast Asia, where diets are typically high in phytoestrogens. In North America, knowledge of these reported health effects has stimulated great interest in the health benefits of phytoestrogens. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the sale of soy foods, a major source of phytoestrogens, has increased dramatically in the past decade.
- The Birth Control Pill and The Breast Cancer Connection
[Cancer:Breast-Cancer] There is only one drug in the world so well known that it's called "the Pill." For more than forty years, more people have taken "the Pill" than any other prescribed medicine in the world. The low dose pill today although deemed to be safe has never undergone a large government-funded study similar to the WHI study on HRT. According to Dr. John R. Lee in his book What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer "women up to age 21 who use the Pill increase their lifetime risk of Breast Cancer by 600%."
- Breast Cancer - Estrogen Dominance and The Imbalance Of Hormones
[Cancer:Breast-Cancer] An imbalance of hormones in our bodies results in hormone-related health problems such as PMS, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, post-partum depression, weight gain, increased blood clotting, thyroid dysfunction, even breast and uterine cancer in women and in men breast cancer, prostate problems and prostate cancer.
- 5 Steps to Hormone Health and Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Our hormone health effects our bodies in many ways but one specific way is an increase in weight. Hormonally challenged women gain weight around their middle between the armpits and the top of the thighs. Often their arms are normal, their legs are normal and from the neck up they look great! Hormonally challenged men gain weight around their waists and often are on their way to developing breasts!
- Hormone Balancing and the Risks for Heart Disease
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] Risk factors for heart disease are primarily the same in women as they are in men. Smoking, high blood pressure, excessive weight, sedentary lifestyle (little or no exercise), high Homocystine levels, diabetes, high cholesterol, age and family history of heart problems all increase a woman's chances of having heart disease.
- Hormones and Breast Cancer - What is the Connection?
[Cancer:Breast-Cancer] Breast cancer has become a major health issue for women in North America. The rate of breast cancer has increased by 1 per cent a year since 1940. In our country, a woman dies of breast cancer every 12 minutes! It has become the most common cancer-related cause of death in women. World-wide about 1,670,000 women have breast cancer.
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