Due to today's longer life spans, women can expect to spend a third of their life — or more — in their postmenopausal years. While the women of yesteryear were forced to "grin and bear it" when it came to hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, and mood...

Your body is composed of a variety of different hormones, including growth and sex hormones, which carry messages between your organs and cells. Hormones are secreted by glands in the endocrine systspan to help the body stay balanced and function optimally. Aging is associated with...

Americans spend over $34 billion on alternative medicine each year.¹ The bulk of this expense goes toward nutritional supplspanents. As the supplspanent market continues to expand, questions about vitamin use persist: “Do you really need 12 different supplspanents a day? If you eat relatively healthy, including fresh fruits and vegetables in...

Hormonal imbalances can occur in men and women of almost any age.¹ A variety of factors can be related to these imbalances, including high insulin levels from diets high in refined foods and sugar, exposure to environmental toxins (xenoestrogens), high consumption of hydrogenated fats, and...

Lipids are found in your blood and tissues. These fats are used as energy in your body, but if levels become too high and unbalanced, lipids can build up in the artery walls to form plaque. This can obstruct blood flow through the arteries and...

Should you be concerned if your blood test results fall outside of the "normal" or reference range? No. Most likely, you never wanted to be normal anyway. Interpreting blood test results can be tricky. Labs are often misunderstood or misinterpreted to believe they are an absolute...