Illustration by Marta Pucci. Photo courtesy of helloclue.com There are many research studies that have investigated and found that anxiety...
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A potentially new treatment for post-finasteride syndrome
It is known that post-finasteride syndrome (PFS) patients suffer from treatment-resistant depression and anxiety. Researchers have found low levels of...
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An adrenal gland problem that can cause anxiety disorders
Photo courtesy of the NIH I have cared for, and published a paper on, many people whose anxiety was being...
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Why is anxiety more common in women with PCOS?
Several studies over the past decade, for example, from Dokras, Anuja et al. in Fertility and Sterility in 2012 and...
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Thyroid Hormone Resistance
Hormone resistance syndromes are not so uncommon. For example, insulin resistance is the cause of type 2 diabetes. Thyroid resistance...
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What is the Reverse T3 Syndrome?
Throughout my twenty-year neuroendocrine practice I have seen many patients who presented clinically with symptoms and signs of hypothyroidism, which...
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How does the limbic system link our hormones to our behaviors?
The limbic system is a group of interconnected brain areas that are related to memory and experiencing emotions and deploying...
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Hormone changes can mess with women’s brains at key times
A subset of women experience instability in their neurological or emotional well being because of hormone changes. For example, some...
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Chronic stress and memory loss: a classic neuroendocrine connection
A classic, common, neuroendocrine syndrome is the relationship between chronic stress, the hormone cortisol, the brain and its memory functions....
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The Yin/Yang relationship of our sex hormones
I previously detailed 3 well-described patterns of catamenial symptoms that women report: Type 1 - premenstrual, Type 2 - peri-ovulatory...
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