Monthly Archives: February 2010

Lab Tests That Can Tell You What’s Going On With Your Hormones

Thanks to Oprah, Suzanne Sommers, Dr. Christiane Northrup and many physician-authors before them (like Dr. John Lee), mid-life women now are far more knowledgeable about hormone therapy options that can help alleviate the most life-disrupting symptoms of menopause. What they (and their doctors) might not know so much about are the many kinds of tests that can be used to determine the best combination and doses of HRT products and supplements for optimal hormone balancing. To shed some light on this,  I contacted Genova Diagnostics, and asked its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Patrick Hanaway, to describe the different tests that a woman, complaining of menopausal symptoms, should request from their physician. (All lab tests require an ordering physician and cannot be obtained directly by consumers.) … [Read more]

Honey, I’m Out of Hormones

As we approach Valentine’s Day, it seems like an appropriate time to talk about sex, or more specifically a woman’s (diminishing) sex drive as she ages.  According to Genie James, M. M.Sc., author of the new book, In the Mood Again: Use the Power of Healthy Hormones to Reboot Your Sex Life – at Any Age,  this lack of desire, or loss of pleasure is caused not by too much stress, fatigue, or embarassment over drooping body parts, as some experts would have you believe.  The reason your sex life is in the toilet (as she puts it) is due to a shift in our bodies’ hormones – which begins as early as our 30s (and continues to go south for the next three decades). She wrote this book, she says, to tell everyone how to safely and naturally turn back your sexual clock. … [Read more]

An Online Series that Will Nourish Your Soul

If you have 90 minutes that you can devote to yourself every Saturday for the next four weeks, tune in to Hay House Radio’s “I Can Do It!” conference series featuring some of the leading experts in personal development, mind-body medicine and spirituality including;  Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Christiane Northrup and Marianne Williamson.

Two 90-minute sessions are scheduled each Saturday on the Hay House Radio website; the first begins at 9 am (pacific time);  the second at 11am.  This Saturday’s program will begin with Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., on Changing Lifelong Thinking Habits;  followed by  Dr. Christiane Northrup, whose topic is  Creating a Life of Unbridled Joy.

The cost to tune into all eight programs is only $20, a fraction of what you would have paid to attend the San Diego “I Can Do It” conference where these sessions were originally recorded.  When you register for the first lesson, you are automatically enrolled in the rest of the series.  So it pays to register early. To see the complete event descriptions, and log-on information, visit the Hay House Radio website.