What is Estradiol?
Estradiol is a steroid hormone in the human body that represents estrogen and comes from cholesterol. Estradiol is a critical part of sexual and reproductive function and it also helps regulate other functions in the body such as bone growth. It is also used to treat symptoms of menopause..
What Triggers off High Levels [...]
As we age the mind gradually begins to decline along with the body. Memory lapses become more apparent and regular functions such as remembering names and phone numbers become harder. It’s a fact of life we take for granted without really having much explanation beyond “We’re getting old.” We know that hormones affect [...]
Imbalances of progesterone levels can occur from multiple conditions such as menopause, pregnancy, adrenal hyperplasia, certain cancers and PMS. The symptoms of this imbalance are relatively small (tender breasts, changes in libido, mood swings, and irregular periods among them) but the toll they can take on our quality of life can be dramatic. Infertility, [...]
What does Progesterone Do?
Progesterone is a hormone that helps regulate several different functions in a woman’s body, chief among them her reproductive capability. When it is working at normal levels, progesterone helps regulate menstrual cycles, blood clotting, immunity, building up muscles and bones, produces collagen, regulates nerve function and thyroid function.
What Causes High Levels [...]
What is DHEA and how does it relate to Women’s Health?
DHEA is a naturally produced steroid hormone that develops into the sexual hormones testosterone and estrogen, helping to define sexual characteristics of the body. The body begins to decrease production of this hormone as we age, peaking in our twenties and declining over time. Widely [...]
Testosterone is one of the steroid hormones released by your body’s endocrine system. Essentially a male hormone, Testosterone is also found in smaller quantities in females. While the testes secrete this hormone in males, it’s the ovaries that generate testosterone in females; the adrenal glands also generate small amounts of the steroid hormone. Testosterone is [...]
Cortisol is a hormone released by the adrenal glands that control the stress levels in your body. Due to the very nature of Cortisol hormone production, your body has the highest level of Cortisol in the morning, while it continues to fall through the day leading to be the lowest at night. If you were [...]
Estriol, also known as ‘oestriol,’ along with Estrone and Estradiol, is one of the three most important Estrogens produced in your body. Estrogen is the hormone responsible for the monthly menses as well as feminine characteristics in a woman. A steroid, Estrogen is responsible for reproductive and sexual characteristics in females. Released by the ovaries, [...]
Hormonal imbalance is a disorder affecting more and more women every day. Once, more commonly associated with menopausal women, the imbalance of hormones in the body and the disorders that affect them in younger women are only recently beginning to be truly well-understood. This is why it is doubly important to get tested if you [...]
Not all people are aware of this but hormonal imbalance is a common affliction among women. It is even theorized that the earlier the age that a woman gets to start her period, the more likely she is to experience female hormonal imbalance.
Hormones very much define a female in the physical sense. They [...]
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