Migraines, Hot Flashes and Heart Attacks. What’s the link?
We have oestrogen receptors all over the body, including the brain. So, it isn’t surprising that hormones can affect Migraines. To start with, Women are three times more likely to suffer with Migraines than men. The natural history of Migraines during a Woman’s life also tells a story: Falls in oestrogen levels just before the...
Stop Migraines in their Tracks.
Migraines aren’t just regular headaches They are debilitating. I should know because I suffer with them. Classically they are one side of the head and can be associated with nausea and vomiting. Some people even develop neurological symptoms called Auras. As aura might be blurred vision or weakness of a specific muscle group for example....
What the Fog?
What is Brain Fog? First of all…It’s not dementia and it is more likely to get better as you pass through the perimenopause. But What is it? and why do we get it? For me personally, I started to notice a blank moment or two when I could not remember the name of a drug...
Lifestyle for Menopause: A Health Coach’s Guide to Thriving Through the Transition
Managing Menopause: A Health Coach’s Guide to Thriving Through the Transition By Mweia Elias, MS, RD, CPT Menopause is a natural phase of a woman’s life, but it comes with a variety of physical, emotional, and hormonal changes that can feel overwhelming. Many women experience symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog, weight gain, and...
How to Stay Sexy this Valentine’s Day
Don’t let your health hold you back Yes, there really is a connection between his Penis and his heart! Erectile dysfunction can be an early sign of heart disease! So if you or your lover can’t get it up this Valentine’s Day it may be time to see a doctor. This is because the...
How to Beat Cancer: Your 5 Step Guide for World Cancer Day
A 5 Step Guide 1. Don’t get it! Cancer happens when DNA gets damaged and cannot repair itself. So, protect your DNA. Everyone knows: Don’t smoke. Do not drink more than 2 Alcoholic drinks per day. Don’t eat more than 2 portions of red meat a day. Don’t go in the sun for too long...
Heart Fluttering Below the Mistletoe? It may not be from the kisses….
Holiday Heart Syndrome is palpitations associated with binge drinking alcohol.. and because binge drinking tends to happen over holidays, we get the name. Large sudden quantities of Alcohol can affect our electrolytes as well as have a direct toxic effect on the heart causing acute palpitations. Dehydration, stress, salty food, obesity and age increase the...
Is Cancer Catching?
Cervical Cancer, some anal, throat and penile cancers are sexually transmitted! 99% of cervical cancer is caused by the high-risk strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), most commonly types 16 and 18 which are preventable. HPV is spread by sexual intercourse. Most of us have been exposed to it at some point, and have...
“Doc, I just want to check my Hormone levels”
I often get ladies wanting to check their hormone levels to see if they are perimenopausal The truth is that if you are roughly the right age, with the right symptoms of the perimenopause, then we do not need to check your hormone levels. In fact, this can actually be unhelpful. Why? The perimenopause is...
Sex, Lies and Testosterone
I recently attended the British Menopause Society’s annual conference. One of the lecturers was a sex therapist and what she said clicked for me. She said, something along the lines of.. desire is not like hunger. It does not appear without a stimulus… In other words, you don’t just “get turned on” by nothing the...
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