What to test, when to test, why to test are real questions to consider. Will the test give you information that you can act on? Can a test reveal the reason for physical signs and symptoms that have mysteriously shown up? When you get your test results, will you and your practitioner be able … Read more
It’s not really funny. PMS jokes abound in today’s society. It’s very likely that most of us toss around the acronym of PMS for premenstrual syndrome without giving a thought to where this originated. PMS in the Movies In 1994, there was a movie entitled “Tom and Viv” about the relationship of T.S. Eliot (the … Read more
Testing for hormones to define how to use them, or how to confirm successful interventions, fails because ultimately we need to know what happens at the hormone receptor. Whether we test the serum or saliva or urine, the real action of hormones occurs at the receptors. All hormones are alike Conventional practitioners are insisting that … Read more
Estrogen dominance permeates the discussion of hormone therapy and balance, it is not a medical term. Dr. John Lee first introduced the idea of estrogen dominance. It didn’t matter if estrogen levels were too high or normal or even too low. If progesterone was low relative to the estrogen effect, then one could suffer from … Read more
Testing for steroid hormones. Most practitioners wish to get an idea of their patient’s steroid hormone status. They would further like to confirm that there is a positive result which can be demonstrate by rechecking testing. Commercial labs are available to provide measurement of hormones in blood, saliva, urine and even hair and fingernails. To … Read more