Lack of sleep and hot flashes can make your life a nightmare. Lack of libido and vaginal dryness may cause problems in your life. No fun at all! So can we improve the quality of life?  Definitely! We do have treatments. The question is, how to solve the problem: antidepressants and sleeping pills or hormones?

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FDA approved diabetic drug Byetta was linked to the cause of 2 patients deaths.
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Are you suffering from tiredness, which starts early in the morning after you get up? If yes, then you may not be getting enough sleep. Most of my patients are suffering from lack of good sleep almost every day. The reason: too much cortisol because of estrogen and progesterone decline. So what needs to be done? (more…)

Good news! The scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University found, that regular exercise helps preventing breast cancer in women. Explanation?

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Have you ever used sunscreen? Probably yes, because it is good for skin cancer prevention as well as for skin texture. And that’s very true. But it is also true that too much sunscreen can reduce the synthesis of vitamin D by 90 — 95 percent. This is not good at all. (more…)

Most of my female patients wear bras, but how many of them wear the wrong size?
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Spring, summer and fall may be dangerous seasons for asthma sufferers because of air pollution. Therefore it is very important to know how contaminated the air is in the area where you are planning to travel, bike or jog.
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The FDA has now warned the public that, along with tomatoes, serrano peppers from Mexico may be infected with the Saint Paul salmonella strain.
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The FDA was asked recently by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to turn over the results of the so-called Seas study from Oxford University. The results of this study shocked the medical society as well as investors.
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Can you live without love? Me? I can’t.
Love is a must. Love gives us energy; love gives us happiness; love gives us babies. Sounds easy? Not so fast.
The problem now is finding the right person, someone who can become not only your lover, but also your friend and supporter for life. This is difficult. But it is possible. How?
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As we all know men have Viagra. What about women? When their hormone levels start declining, libido is going down as well. I’ve heard so many complaints about libido loss, especially when vaginal dryness is also a problem.
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Did you know that 8 million Americans are suffering from blindness, secondary to age-related macular degeneration? In fact macular degeneration is the leading cause of age related blindness in the developed world.
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Safety first. And now we’ve got another piece of evidence that hormone replacement therapy with testosterone is safe. The new study, done by Aksam Yassin, MD, PhD from the Clinic of Urology and Andrology at the Segeberger Clinics in Norderstedt, Germany, confirmed, that testosterone replacement therapy does not cause prostate cancer.
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Erectile dysfunction is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection. And this problem is quite common. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, published on Dec 13, 2007, about 5 percent of men from 40 to 49 have severe erectile dysfunction and 17 percent have moderate. So what can be done about it?
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The eyes are probably the first part of your body to attract attention.  If your eyes are shining, your chances to impress someone are high. It is for this reason that eye cosmetics and beauty enhancers are so popular. But makeup cannot do much about droopy upper eyelids or swollen eyes.
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Sleep is very important to all of us: no sleep equals no rest and no repair.  And a possible increase in the risk of cancer. Don’t forget more stress.  Decreased productivity. Depressed mood.

Who wants insomnia? Nobody.
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As per a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, lawmakers are concerned with the safety of plastic surgery patients. The cause of the recent concerns is the death of Donda West, the mother of rapper Kanye West.
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You may be shocked when you learn that as per Telegraph.co.uk there is a 40 percent increase in the number of men who do not make love to their partners as often as they used to.
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Today, it seems everybody is using plastic bottles. I do, do you?
We worry about the bottle’s impact on the environment, but we never really consider the safety of the plastic on our bodies. Until recently. (more…)

Hair loss or alopecia is a common problem. Not only for men, the problem affects women often, too. As a matter of fact, approximately one third of women have experienced significant hair loss during their lifetime. What are the causes of female hair loss?
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Hot flashes are traditionally linked to menopause, especially to estrogen deficiency. And it is probably the most common cause of hot flashes. However hot flashes can be caused by multiple other reasons. Some of them are even more important and may be life threatening. (more…)

Boosting your testosterone level may be good for sexual performance. (more…)

Do you know which vitamin to use to lessen the risk of breast cancer? Colon cancer? Prostate cancer?  Vitamin D. And there is new data from Heidelberg, Germany to support this concept. (more…)

It is not a secret that obesity may be a risk factor for cancer. There are multiple explanations for this. Some people say that obesity is creating inflammation, therefore promoting cell transition into cancer cells.  (more…)

Do you know that sagging skin during menopause is explained mostly by testosterone decline? ”Chicken arms” too.
Testosterone is considered a male hormone, but nevertheless it plays an important role in a woman’s body. (more…)

You want to know if you are the father of the child you have been raising? No problem, but you don’t want to go on a national talk show? Now, you can pay $30 and get a DNA test kit made by Identigene. (more…)

Menopause, in my opinion, is a deadly disease because of its effects.  Everybody knows about osteoporosis, which is the result of estrogen loss.
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New data suggests that insulin inhibits protein SKN –1, which is responsible for our cell defense. SKN-1 controls detoxification and free radical defense. (more…)

Statins are excellent drugs to lower cholesterol. Crestor is one of those. When they were introduced it into the medical practice, it was thought to revolutionize heart disease treatment.
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People can die from thrombosis in their lungs, but did you know, that thrombi come from leg veins?
Thrombosis is the formation of blood clots. (more…)

Be more cautious than ever before with beef, as the largest US beef recall in history is now underway. It has been found that Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing was using sick or injured cows for meat.
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Sex performance in men depends on hormone testosterone level, which declines as we age. The easiest way to correct its level to improve life is to apply testosterone cream.
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The results of an Accord study showed that tight control of diabetes may actually be causing more deaths. So more drugs can equal more deaths!
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Genetech scientists recently reported the discovery of two genes linked to Lupus: BLK and ITGAM.
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Now, there is one more reason to cut down on chocolate. A new study suggests that eating chocolate on a regular basis may lead to an increased risk for osteoporosis, resulting in increased probability of fractures and breaks.
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Everybody knows about the midlife crisis, because it is very common. Your mind isn’t ready to catch up to your body. You’re aches and pains are making you depressed. You start to reconsider, start to look for a change in your life to make you happy and young again.
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The recent Vytorin scandal has inspired other questions about cholesterol lowering drugs, mostly statins. The most important discussion topic is whether or not they prolong life?
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A new surgical cure for diabetes might not be as attractive as one might think. A cure for Diabetes could change the world. (more…)

There are many drugs for depression, but it is difficult to achieve not only long lasting results, but also any significant mood improvement. A recent study, (more…)

There is a new study from Israel suggesting that cell phone use is related to increased incidents of parotid tumors.
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