by Jessamine Sothard | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Hormone Health
Up to five million women in the U.S. have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), but this condition remains frustratingly difficult to diagnose and treat. Interestingly, you don’t even need to have cysts on your ovaries to have the syndrome! One study found that 70% of...
by Jessamine Sothard | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Hormone Health
A healthy testosterone level is important for a healthy libido, YES, but testosterone plays a number of other important roles in our health that may surprise you. For instance, did you know that women produce it, too? It is not just a male sex hormone,...
by Jessamine Sothard | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog, Hormone Health
One of the keys to feeling great and being optimally healthy is to have balanced hormones. I didn’t learn a lot about hormonal health in medical school. I was taught that hormones aren’t usually the problem and when they are, synthetic hormones are the answer. I...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Hormone Health
It depends on who you ask. When medical practices bill insurance companies for patient visits, they need to include codes (called ICD-10 codes) to denote what is wrong with the patient. There are 68,000 codes to choose from, yet there is no code for adrenal...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Hormone Health
I began my hormone journey by teaching you about the 3 main sex hormones: Progesterone, Estrogen and Testosterone. Afterward, I touched on other key hormones like Insulin, Melatonin and Vitamin D that play an integral part in health. To complete this series,...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog, Hormone Health
In my last blog post, I discussed three primary sex hormones: testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen. But that was just the beginning of our hormone discussion. You may be surprised that there are many other hormones that our bodies depend on for short-term...
