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You've Hit Menopause, Now What? - Second Edition!
Dr. George Gillson and Tracy Marsden of Rocky Mountain Analytical have written
"You've Hit Menopause: Now What?"
to help women and their health care providers sort through the jumble of information on hormone replacement therapy.
Using the results of the Women's Health Initiative Study as a springboard, this book discusses HRT from first principles, in an easily understood, yet informative fashion, and is framed around 3 simple concepts:
- Assessment of symptoms potentially related to hormone imbalance
- Laboratory testing to confirm or rule out hormone imbalance, and
- Restoration of hormone balance with bioidentical hormones where indicated
This book explains why the Premarin-Provera HRT combination failed to deliver overall health benefits, and why bioidentical hormone replacement, in particular, transdermal delivery of bio-identical hormones, may be a viable HRT alternative. An appendix discussing the range of specialty compounded hormone options is included.
The book discusses these 3 simple steps to Restoring Hormone Balance:
Step 1: Symptom Assessment
Involves assessing symptoms to determine whether a hormone imbalance is likely. There are symptom checklists for men and women.
Step 2: Uncovering Imbalances with Hormone Testing
Saliva hormone testing is excellent at uncovering hormone imbalance. If symptoms indicate a hormone imbalance, then you may want to request a test.
Step 3: Restoring Hormone Imbalance
There are numerous hormone related conditions that can result from hormone imbalance. By restoring hormone balance, it is often possible to improve symptoms and alleviate hormone related conditions.
Read about the results of hormone trials done by the Women's Health Initiative.