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I think you will enjoy this podcast I did on managing menopause with menopause hormone therapy with my friend and colleague, Dr Jaclyn Smeaton. In this episode Dr. Smeaton and I discuss menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and its resurgence in recent years. Dr. Hudson explains that MHT may be recommended for women experiencing significant quality […]

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Women after the age of 18, are almost twice as likely to struggle with depression than men.  Some studies also show that rates of recurrence and worsening of depression as well as new onset depression are a vulnerability in perimenopause. Green tea consumption and supplementation has been the subject of many research studies in areas […]

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Menopause hormone therapy prescribing is an essential skill in the care of women.  It is imperative that all prescribers have a science-based approach to the benefits and risks of menopause hormone therapy (MHT).  In these now forty years of clinical practice as a licensed naturopathic physician and a clinical practice in women’s health, I think […]

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Cyclical mastalgia and effective treatment can be sometimes simple and sometimes challenging for premenopausal women.  This condition is also known as cyclic mastalgia or cyclic breast pain.  It typically manifests as bilateral or unilateral breast discomfort, tenderness or swelling which usually peaks in severity just prior to menstruation and then subsides after.  It is considered […]

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In this prospective cohort study of older noninstitutionalized adults in the U.S., researchers found that consuming 1 or more eggs/week was associated with a 47.0% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s dementia (AD).  This study included 1024 older adults at a mean age of 81.  Over a mean follow-up of 6.7 years, 280 participants were diagnosed with […]

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Menopause hormone therapy is having a new moment in its long history of use and research.  While the last 22 years, since the publication of the first paper from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), put what seemed like a permanent dark mark on the use of menopause hormones, researchers and clinicians who have kept up […]

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In my neck of the woods (Pacific NW), June is when we start to see more regional juicy summer fruits including cherries and blueberries.  But this is only the beginning of the robust berry season which will soon be local blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and then the peaches, plums and melons.  We also find more and […]

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Women during the menstruating years often struggle with one or more issues related to menstruation, including abnormal uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramping pain), premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and cyclic mastalgia (breast discomfort) related to PMS. Abnormal bleeding can include heavy menses, long menses, short cycle, long cycle and no cycle at all.  Any of these symptoms […]

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