You’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve experienced it…mindlessly walking up and down the aisles of a parking lot, hand held high, furiously clicking the alarm button, in search of your ever-elusive car. Maybe you’re just stressed out you think, or have too much on your plate these days. Sometimes there’s a biological reason for your forgetfulness
Hormones
Mood Changes—The Hormones and Nutrients We Need for Balanced Mental Health
What’s In a Mood? Sad, angry, anxious, overwhelmed…these are just a few of the many emotions that make up our moods. In fact, scientists have identified 27 distinct categories for emotion with many variations and degrees in between.[6] According to the APA (American Psychiatric Association) mood is defined as a prolonged emotional state, which differs
Hormone and Thyroid Testing: Test Sex Hormone, Regulatory Hormone & Thyroid Hormone Levels
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers, secreted directly into the bloodstream through the endocrine system and transported to various organs and tissues throughout the body. These all important communicators help regulate nearly every function and process necessary for living including metabolism, sleep, mood, immune function, and heart health. Hormones can even affect physical appearance as they
Birth Control Types, Side Effects and Effectiveness—15 Options For Pregnancy Prevention
As long as men and women have engaged in sexual intercourse, the quest to prevent pregnancy has always existed. Throughout history, birth control methods have bordered on the wacky and absurd, to the dangerous and sometimes deadly, in efforts to keep women from becoming pregnant. In ancient China for example, concubines used to drink a
Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment—Starving The Cells That Kill
Sometimes a mammogram detects breast cancer. Other times, you or your physician discover a lump. No matter how you find out you have it… it’s always a shock. One in eight U.S. women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. One in 37 will die from the disease.[5] Many women however, will find
