According to numerous sources, women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression. This difference is incredibly persistent—you’ll find the 2-to-1 ratio remains across races, ethnicities, socio-economic statuses, and even whether you live in the first or the third world. Some attribute this difference to the fact that women are more likely…
Category: Hormonal Imbalance
How Hormones Play a Role in Social Anxiety
Did you know that that hormones and anxiety are related in certain ways, such that your hormones may have a relation to how anxious you feel? When hormone levels are too high or too low, this can influence neurotransmitters, resulting in problems such as increased anxiety. People who live with social anxiety disorder (SAD) may…
What Is The Relationship Between Hormones and Anxiety?
If you’ve ever felt confused by spiking anxiety shortly before your period begins, don’t worry: You’re not alone. Our hormones directly affect our anxiety levels. And it’s not just progesterone — a number of hormones can influence how stressed you’re feeling on any particular day, regardless of whether you have a uterus or not. Here’s…
Hormone Optimization to Achieve Healthy Aging
Hormone Optimization combined with a healthy lifestyle can help men and women age well, meaning you can have the vigor and health you had when you were younger. Hormones are essential to staying healthy as you age. Health problems and illness are more likely to occur when hormones become imbalanced or decline below normal levels.…
In Search of Youth, Women Turning to Hormones
Sometime after her 43rd birthday, Dawn Foley noticed she was beginning to look her age. And she didn’t like it one bit. A former beauty queen turned sales professional in Los Angeles, the blue-eyed brunette is used to turning heads. “I just did not want to look older,” she says. “You end up with wrinkles.…