Hormone
Estrogen replacement therapy
Estrogen replacement therapy, commonly known as hormone replacement therapy, is meant to give women hormones in an effort to treat or prevent the symptoms of certain conditions or the actual condition itself. The most common condition is menopause; the therapy is used to replace the hormones that a woman’s body no longer makes after menopause. [...]
Estrogen in men
Estrogen is a hormone which is present in both males and females. This hormone is predominant in females. Males have very low levels of estrogen. Estrogen is essential for the development of secondary sexual characters and menstruation in females. In males, estrogen is related to proper functioning of the reproductive system. It is essential for [...]
Oxytocin
Oxytocin is perhaps best known for inducing labor, under the name of Pitocin or Syntocinon. Many mothers had to have their labor induced recognize these market names. However, lately it is also nicknamed the “cuddle hormone” or “the hormone of love.” What’s the story behind this hormone, and since when does going into labor make [...]
Ethinyl estradiol
Ethinyl estradiol, which is also known only as Estradiol or EE, is a synthetic hormone which is mainly used in the manufacturing of hormonal contraceptives, but it has other medical uses as well. Ethinyl estradiol is part of a class of hormones called estrogens and just like the other hormones in this class it too [...]
Progesterone pills
Progesterone is a hormone that the body makes naturally during the second two weeks of a woman’s menstrual cycle. It is secreted by the ovary once a woman reaches the reproductive age. Progesterone and similar substances called progestogens and progestin’s may also be taken orally as part of menopausal hormone therapy, in birth control pills, [...]
HRT side effects
Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT, has a number of different benefits, but it also has a number of side effects as well. HRT is often used to help relieve some of the symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, sleep disorders, vaginal dryness, and night sweats. Menopause results in a lack of estrogen being produced in [...]
Menopausal hormone therapy
Ask any woman who has gone through it now, going through menopause is no picnic. Women who are going through menopause suffer from hot flashes, cold flashes, fits of anger and rage, poor memory, irregular periods, crying jags, the inability to sleep, extreme nervousness and the list can go on and on. No wonder so [...]
DHEA supplement
DHEA is a type of hormone that is produced in the adrenal gland. It is a precursor to the male and female sex hormones. DHEA is also synthesized and used in the brain. The body uses DHEA as a way to produce both testosterone and estrogen and other neural chemicals needed for brain function. DHEA [...]
HGH side effects
HGH is a natural hormone that is produced by the pituitary gland in the brain. HGH is the acronym for human growth hormone. This hormone is responsible for the healthy growth of the human body. It also helps maintain healthy cells. As people grow older they begin to produce less HGH that they did in [...]
Natural estrogen cream
Surely you have heard the horror stories. Sleepless nights, unpredictable hot flashes that leave you in a pool of sweat, wild mood swings that leave you crying at greeting card commercials one minute and yelling at your husband for leaving dirty dishes in the sink. No, these aren’t the symptoms of an alien taking over [...]
Low progesterone symptoms
Progesterone is a type of hormone that is produced in both the male and female body, but it is much more important to women. This is because the hormone is related to conception and fertility. In fact, Progesterone is actually produced by the ovaries during ovulation, although the adrenal gland also produces a small amount [...]
Prohormone supplements
Prohormone supplements are dietary supplements that are used by people who are weight training or body building and want to gain muscle mass. These prohormone supplements are very similar in nature to anabolic steroids as they are the precursor to the hormones testosterone and nor testosterone. They have one molecule missing from their make up. [...]
HCG Hormone
For a long time, hormones were misunderstood. Back in the early 20th century, a cocaine-fueled Sigmund Freud thought that the reason women sometimes acted erratically was due to a female-only phenomenon known only as hysteria. It is now thought that Freud had used this explanation in place of science he did not understand in regard [...]
Andropause treatment
While some in the medical community scoff at the idea of “male menopause”, it is an established fact that many men experience a condition very similar to menopause during middle age. Symptoms of this condition have been recorded since the mid-1940s and include things like depression, impaired memory, insomnia, hot flashes and a loss of [...]
Human growth hormone
The current scientific knowledge that we have about the human body is that as we grow and age, our pituitary gland releases a human growth hormone. The organs of the body absorb the hormone and use it to help the body grow. This human growth hormone (HGH) is what causes the body to grow into [...]
7-Keto DHEA
7-Keto DHEA is a metabolite of DHEA. This means that 7-Keto is a substance that is produced when DHEA is metabolized by the human body. DHEA is the adrenal hormone Dehydro-epiandrosterone. This hormone is present in the body in large amounts at birth. The levels remain high in early childhood then ebb and flow until [...]
Melatonin
Melatonin is a necessary hormone secreted in the brain. It comes from the pineal gland and is responsible for regulating the other hormones throughout the body as well as keeping the body’s internal clock running smoothly. Our body’s internal clock is also referred to as the circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm is extremely important in [...]
Hormone replacement therapy
Hormone replacement therapy is the most common treatment for women going through menopause. When menopause occurs, the ovaries lower a woman’s production of estrogen and progesterone which causes a wide variety of symptoms. Menopause causes the menstrual cycle to end and can also cause hot flashes, urinary and vaginal problems and mood swings. Once the [...]
Low testosterone symptoms
When people feel bad, many times they chalk it up to a bad day or a dietary imbalance. Of course, you might suffer from a vitamin or mineral deficiency, but many times people eat well enough to prevent this from happening. Another cause could be a chronic condition or disease, but again if you are [...]
Thyroid supplements
The thyroid performs many important functions in the body. It secretes hormones that stimulate and regulate growth and metabolism. It also helps with many daily body functions such as stimulate the pituitary gland. The pituitary is responsible for regulating hormones from the adrenal glands, ovaries and testicles. So you can see how important the thyroid [...]
Testosterone supplements
Testosterone is the primary hormone for development in men, particularly during fetal development and during puberty. Although there are small levels of testosterone found in women, they are much less than found in their male counterparts. Testosterone is a naturally produced hormone and supplementation is rarely necessary, however there are some medical conditions where testosterone [...]
