For countless women, the word “menopause” is associated with the phrase “low estrogen.” This is the narrative many have been told, the explanation offered when hot flashes strike, sleep becomes elusive or moods swing unpredictably. Conventional medicine largely operates on this premise, with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) frequently prescribed to replenish what is believed to… Read More: Menopause and the Influence of Estrogen Dominance »
Try coming up with your own solutions for balancing how you can complete your work while taking take time off for your child when you need to. Your pediatrician can help guide you on what foods are best at each stage. Triggers can be allergic such as dust mites or non allergic such as exercise,… Read More: How can asthma influence a child’s development »
Environmental conditions influence our body mass index (BMI) by increasing or decreasing the effect of inherited genetic variations, University of Queenslandresearchers have discovered. A team led by Huanwei Wang and Professor Jian Yangfrom UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience found the opposite for human height – that the genetic effects that influence it are very stable from one environment to another. The… Read More: How our genes and environment influence BMI and height »
I remember Grandpa Larry’s visits remarkably vividly. He would lumber into the house hunched over, grunting loudly and reeking of cigarettes. He was unshaven and haggard, with wild grey-black hair streaking out horizontally from the sides of his head. He would rock and turn uncomfortably until he could find a chair, then once seated would… Read More: How the influence of a grandfather affects this physician »