Tag: menopause

Preserving Muscle in Menopause

By Paul Savage, MD, FAARM, ABAARM – Founder and Chief Medical Officer | Power2Practice New research suggests that taking vitamin D supplements can help women to significantly increase their muscle strength and reduce the loss of muscle mass for at least 12 years after menopause. Dr LM Cangussu, from the Botucatu Medical School at Sao Paulo State… Read More »

Menopause, Hormones and Heart Health

Written by SottoPelle Recent studies show that women are experiencing menopause at much earlier ages than expected. By age 40, most women are totally depleted of normal levels of estrogen and have lost nearly all their progesterone and more than half of their testosterone. The average woman can expect her periods to stop when she… Read More »

Diabetes and the Importance of Hormone Replacement

Written by SottoPelle The Alarming Statistics Diabetes has become a serious epidemic in the U.S. Approximately 86 million adult Americans (one out of three) have prediabetes.1 And according to 2014 statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29.1 million Americans have actual diabetes. That’s 9.3% of the population!1 These numbers include both… Read More »

Can Hormone Replacement Alleviate Migraines in Menopausal Women?

Written by SottoPelle According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraine is the 3rd most prevalent and 6th most disabling disease in the world.1 More women than men suffer from these headaches. In fact, the ratio of female to male is 3:1. It is known that a variety of triggers can lead to migraines, but the… Read More »

How Much Estrogen Is She Getting from Those Patches?

By Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP, Director of Education at Power2Practice Estrogen patches claim to deliver from 0.25 mg to 1.0 mg of estradiol in a 24-hour period. These numbers are based on the amount of estradiol that is measured in venous serum blood following administration. However, the venous serum level of hormones has… Read More »

Pellet Implant Testosterone for Women – The Medical Studies

By Paul Savage, MD, FAARM, ABAARM – Founder and Chief Medical Officer | Power2Practice What are hormone pellets? There are many medical studies coming out about the use of topical testosterone in women. In this post, I would like to provide a run-down of the current medical research on a different and superior method of delivering testosterone: pellet implantation.… Read More »

Does She Really Need That Estrogen?

By Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP Once a woman enters perimenopause and begins to experience symptoms such as hot flashes, It it often assumed that she needs estrogen. The truth is: A woman’s estrogen levels do not decline until the last 6 to 12 months of perimenopause. Furthermore, estradiol levels typically rise slightly when a woman… Read More »

Vitamin D Helps Women Maintain Muscle Mass After Menopause

By Paul Savage, MD, FAARM, ABAARM – Founder and Chief Medical Officer | Power2Practice The benefits of vitamin D supplementation for postmenopausal women have been widely debated. However, recent research suggests that vitamin D3 can help women significantly increase muscle strength and reduce muscle mass loss—as late as 12 years after menopause. Dr. LM Cangussu, from the… Read More »