Category Archives: Human Hormones

THINK ABOUT “NORMAL”


Before we begin, please remember that I am not a professorial-level expert on this subject, so what I have to say here is merely my opinion, which I think is worth adding into the discussion of this complicated subject, but which, I must admit, cannot be the last word. NORMAL In health-related fields, “normal” isContinue reading “THINK ABOUT “NORMAL””

Hormone therapy does not cause dementia


https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-09-menopausal-hormone-therapy-linked-dementia.html I am publishing this link because the headline sounds interesting and will pique your interest, but in fact the article as written is only in regard to “Menopausal hormone therapy” and nothing to do with the multi-hormonal support provided by Bioidentical HRT as you and I know it. With a headline reading “Menopausal hormoneContinue reading “Hormone therapy does not cause dementia”

POST-FINASTERIDE SYNDROME


PFS is due to 5-alpha reductase blockade, leading to Allopregnanolone deficiency and Functional Hypothyroidism. It should be treatable.

WHAT IS A HORMONE, AND WHY DO WE NEED THEM?


An endocrine hormone is a molecule produced by a hormone-secreting gland and carried by the blood to another organ, whose behavior it controls. Generally, the Hormone plugs into a specific receptor protein in the target cell, changing the shape of the receptor protein and thereby, producing a change in cell function. Hormones are used toContinue reading “WHAT IS A HORMONE, AND WHY DO WE NEED THEM?”

DHEA


The letters “DHEA” are an acronym for DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE: this is the hormone which is produced in greatest quantity by the youthful human body. In smaller animals, the hormone is produced entirely in the brain and blood levels tend to be very low. The brains of humans and the Primates also make DHEA, but in additionContinue reading “DHEA”