Standards of Care Topics

Progesterone for Endometriosis?

Progesterone had been a suspicious treatment option for endometriosis, given the protective effect of progesterone against uterine cancer, and the theoretical “estrogen dominance” nature of the condition. One of the…

Saint John’s Wort for PMS and PMDD

With the benefits Saint John’s Wort offers to mild and moderate depression, and the relative benefit of antidepressants for the treatment of PMDD, it’s not surprising that we would consider…

Compounded Cream for Radiation Dermatitis

Radiation dermatitis is one of the most common side effects during radiotherapy, with an expected incidence of 95% in patients undergoing therapeutic radiation(Hegedus, Mathew, & Schwartz, 2017). To date, no…

Treating Menstrual Migraines with Estrogen

Menstrual migraines are challenging for clinicians for multiple reasons. From a diagnostics perspective, menstrual migraines (MM) are challenging given that most women who experience MM also have migraines at other…

Inositol and Gestational Diabetes. Standards of Care.

Conventional detection and treatment for gestational diabetes (GD) has room for improvement, with both earlier detection strategies, and integrative care options showing superior outcomes versus standard care alone. Pregnancy is…

Estriol and urogenital symptoms in women: safety, monitoring and effect.

Included in this blog is a review of the evidence of using Estriol for urogenital symptoms in menopausal patients, as well as the references about the safety of Estriol for…

The PCOS Diet Hierarchy

Clinically women with PCOS may or may not present with obesity or overweight, but biochemically, whether women are lean or overweight type PCOS, they struggle with similar hormonal disturbances, that…