To HRT or not to HRT?

Having gone through it myself, I realised that menopause isn’t just about declining hormones. It’s about how your body shifts across multiple systems — your sleep, metabolism, immunity, mood, joint health and more. Chinese medicine has a long history of helping women go through menopause - in fact in Asia menopause and peri-menopausal symptoms are virtually unheard of. Yin Studio uses evidence-based, natural strategies — acupuncture, chinese herbs, nutrition, sleep, movement, stress management, and self-reflection — to help your body adapt, rather than simply suppressing symptoms.

Tresos Natal vs. Elevit

When it comes to finding a prenatal vitamin, it’s important not to let advertising hype sway your purchasing choices. Finding a prenatal should be about supporting any possible deficiencies in your nutritional intake with the highest quality supplements possible.

Symptoms of PCOS

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common reproductive endocrine disorder and something we frequently treat in our practice. It often results in irregular or no menstruation and fertility difficulties due to the lack of regular ovulation.

This condition got its name because most of the women with PCOS (but not all) have ovaries that look enlarged and contain numerous small cysts on the outer edge of each ovary.

Five to ten percent of women of childbearing age have polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS. It can occur in girls as young as 11 years old. In approximately 75% of cases where young women have problems with menstruation due to late puberty,

PCOS is often diagnosed. Irregular, infrequent or absent periods, or periods with heavy flow and unbearable pain, are all variations of the problem.

Sometimes PCOS presents itself much later in life when a woman of childbearing age stops using contraceptive pills and finds herself having very long cycles or no cycles at all, and is unable to conceive.

Optimising Egg Freezing

Advances in reproductive technology have made egg freezing more accessible and successful than ever before. However, one challenge I frequently see in clinical practice is that some women undergo egg retrieval only to find that the number of eggs retrieved is lower than expected.

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