The National Institutes of Health on April 9 published an in-depth analysis of health outcomes (diagnoses of cancers, dementia, heart disease, etc) and survival (deaths of women from various health conditions) on more than 10 million women receiving Medicare from 2007-2020 and/or Medicare Advantage ...

However, there is research quoted by Dr. Funk that indicates HRT does cause breast density, which leads to increase risk of breast cancer. This is all so hard to decifer - I need to balance my APOE4 risks with my risk of breast cancer. Any further readings or suggestions? Just curious, did you have...

I can't help but wonder if the slowly increasing rate of dementia in the area now is another Weston A. Price (Nutrition and Physical Degeneration) example of western influence polluting traditional diet & lifestyle leading to a deterioration of health. Maybe it's not "low cholesterol,"...

. Visit 31 – Week 50 (26th infusion) – UPDATE So, there is one thing I should have mentioned in my last post: Although I stared this journey on September 4, 2022, which was Visit 1A, there was a huge pause in progressing through the remaining various initial requirements. My second visit which was ...

. Thank you, Nancy. It was brutal. I'd hoped to be able to slow her decline (in the beginning) to no avail (the family were highly uncooperative and, in fact, worked hard to convince my mom that I didn't know what I was doing). Ultimately, when mom died, the family blamed me for her rapid decline a...

Abstract Background The underlying mechanisms leading to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are unclear. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, may be associated with cognitive decline, but population‐based evidence is lacking.... Hi Plumster, Were ...

An update: On July 12, 2023, my beloved mom died at the age of 74 due to rapidly advancing Alzheimer's (she went from stage 4 to 7 in just two years), severe osteoporosis, and multiple myeloma (which was diagnosed in July 2022). Literally no intervention could slow the tide of horror, every 3 month...

Hi- I haven't checked in for a long time, and I'm wondering how some of the posters from years ago are doing? I hate to be a downer, but are there some folks out there with long term success and how are they doing now? I would just love some reassurance that there really is hope out there. Thanks i...

I am an E3/E4 carrier in my 60s on HRT since start of menopause in my mid-50s. I have recently switched from continuous to cyclic (14 days/month) micronized progesterone (oral) with daily transdermal E2 gel. While the studies listed below are mouse models, the idea of cyclic progesterone makes sens...

This just came out April 9 as an Abstract only on April 9 in Neurology , (which has the catchphrase: "The most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journal"). In a study of 194 people, median age 66, with a standard deviation of 10.7 years (so ages 55-77) with normal cognit...