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Video: Older Women’s Fracture Prevention-The Importance of Bone Formation

Women’s bone health is closely related to the ovarian hormones, estrogen and progesterone. We have known for decades that estrogen prevents bone loss (called resorption). Our current osteoporosis medicines primarily work like estrogen and prevent bone loss—that includes all the bisphosphonates and the antibody drug called Denosumab. But bone remodeling (or renovation) involves both removing…
Does Taking Progesterone (alone or with estrogen) Increase Women’s Risk for Breast Cancer?

QUESTION “I am using Prometrium® (oral micronized progesterone) 300 mg before bed, as it is the only intervention I have tried (pharmaceutical and naturopathic) that has worked. I am in perimenopause and have skipped one period but I am very concerned about breast cancer, and can’t seem to find any reliable information about how bio-identical…
Use of “the Pill” and Bone Changes in Adolescent Women

Science today recognizes that most new knowledge is never shared. New studies are finally funded, eventually the study is complete, the research is written, reviewed by other scientists and eventually published—all after great effort. But the people who participated in that research and others world-wide for whom the data are relevant, never learn about it.…
Why Is “The Pill” Harmful for Bones in Adolescent Women?

by Drs. Jerilynn C. Prior & Azita Goshtasebi Use of “The Pill” prevents bone growth in teenaged women. New evidence resulting from combining two-year-long studies in almost 900 adolescent women using Combined Hormonal Contraceptives (CHC) women, showed negative bone changes. Really? “The Pill” has been approved and prescribed for over 50 years. It provides high…
New PCOS Therapy Article Written for Clue by Dr. Jerilynn Prior

Illustration by Emma Günther Dr. Jerilynn Prior has written an article on PCOS Therapy for women for the period tracking app, Clue. In this article, she challenges the common treatment approaches to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and makes the case for a science-backed alternative centered on restoring ovulation. Drawing from decades of clinical research and…
Frequently Asked Questions about Anovulatory Androgen (AAE, or PCOS)

Frequently Asked Questions about Anovulatory Androgen (AAE, or PCOS) Are women with AAE estrogen deficient since they often have skipped periods or amenorrhea? You would think so, since many women with far-apart periods do have low estrogen levels. But surprisingly, estrogen levels are normal or high in women with AAE. Estrogen levels are at least…
The ABCs of Osteoporosis Prevention for Men with Prostate Cancer on Testosterone-Lowering Treatment

The development of prostate cancer is sufficiently frightening without also worrying about a broken bone. Those men whose prostate tumours grow in response to male hormones (like testosterone [T]) are usually treated with “androgen depletion/ablation” meaning a medicine that lowers testosterone and/or decrease its actions. Why is this an osteoporosis risk? Because testosterone both normally…
How Can I Tell I Am in Perimenopause?

What’s going on? Why can’t I sleep normally, why am I so grumpy or suddenly anxious, why am I abruptly hot and sweaty? Could I be in perimenopause? CeMCOR believes that if: —our experiences have changed (see the Table of characteristic changes) —our hormone levels have changed (scientific evidence says that perimenopausal estrogen levels are…
When Should I Have Sex to Get Pregnant?

I am a 36-year old woman and we have been trying to conceive for a while. I know my fertile window is 3 days before ovulation the day of and after ovulation. Does that mean that you cannot fall pregnant if you engage in sexual activity a week before your next period? Thank you for your…
Depo-Provera Use and Bone Health

New science decreases concerns even about use in teenagers by Drs. Azita Goshtasebi & Jerilynn C. Prior Many teenagers and women of all ages around the world use a three monthly injection of medroxyprogesterone for contraception. This long-acting and highly effective birth control method is officially called DepoProvera® but for simplicity here we will call…