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News Update!! The Heart Truth campaign was officially launched Feb. 4 2008 by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation to alert women that heart disease and stroke are their leading cause of death. While heart disease and stroke kill one in three Canadian women, only one in eight know that it’s their most serious health concern. The Heart Truth, a national health educational campaign, aims to bridge this knowledge gap for Canadian women and healthcare practitioners.
 The Go Red For Women was launched in 2004 in the United States. There dress is a little bit different but the message is the same...there are no borders when it comes to heart disease. Their web site is very exciting as it shares the accomplishments women have achieved since they have joined up on the program. Take the time to check it out and share in the excitement of learning what it is we can do for ourselves now that this information is available for all women across North America!
♥ Make a Promise to Love and Protect Your Heart Today ♥
♥♥ Take a moment, close your eyes. Put your hand on your heart. Think about its beat – the power of your life in your hands – how important your heart is. By loving your own heart, you can save it. When women learn to love their heart, they can appreciate their health, their life and their loved ones. If women make and keep a promise to be heart-healthy, we can wipe out heart disease. ♥♥
Alternatives to Premarin®
 A Conversation with Dr. Ray Kellosalmi, M.D.
A medical doctor answers questions about estrogen, menopause, women’s health…and horses. Read more…
Click here if you are interested in Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, and taking a Menopausal Type Questionaire.
♥ March 11, 2008 ♥
Vernon meets Angel for the first time and I think it was love at first site! I now believe it to be true that the best way to a man's heart is through a love that is completely unconditional as Angel demonstrated this special day!
Angel was a by-product of pharmaceutical drug companies that produce Premarin; estrogen derived from a pregnants mare urine which is used in hormone replacement therapy for women. Angel was rescued from a feedlot in Manitoba in Dec. 2007. Her next journey would have been off to slaughter as she was an unwanted foal. Thanks to the kind soul that purchased her from the feedlot, Angel was given a second chance at life, one that will be lived with a special purpose and lots of love!
Current Leading Edge Research on the Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research is an accessible research centre with a mandate to distribute information directly to women about changes through the life cycle, from adolescence to menopause. CeMCOR has a vibrant Community Advisory Council and an international Scientific Advisory Council. It is the only centre in North America that focuses on ovulation and the causes for and consequences of ovulation disturbances.CeMCOR'S goal is to do good science that honours the voices and experiences of women. Check out this web site to learn  about the four different Women’s Life Stages; Adolescense, Premenopause, Perimenopause and  Menopause. Through out the pages of this site you will also learn more about Bio-Identical Hormones, Progesterone, Estrogen and HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy. For more information visit the CeMCOR web site.
Food For Thought
 This past summer of 2007, I was sorting through an accumulation of “horse stuff” that I had been collecting for several years. Anyone that has ever owned a horse knows how tedious of a task this can be. I came across three bottles of a horse massage liniment that I had bought but had never used. I decided to take them out to the barn and use them up as there was no expiry on the bottles.
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Premarin And Hormone Replacement Therapy
Prior to July 2002, there was a one size fits all answer that apparently solved all the problems women faced as they attempted to age gracefully. PremPro was the answer; a mixture of two hormones, Premarin, a synthetic estrogen isolated from pregnant mare urine thus the name Premarin, and Provera; a synthetic progesterone. This single solution PremPro was claimed to be not only the answer to menopausal symptoms but it would also protect the heart from age related heart disease and offer protection from breast cancer, uterine cancer and a decreased risk of osteoporosis.
Findings at the Women's Health Initiative on July 9, 2002 astounded many. Women were now told that the risks outweighed the benefits of PremPro and HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy). Previously found benefits were found not to be benefits at all. PremPro did not appear to protect the heart, brain and breast but it was associated with an actual increase risk for heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and blood clots.
Important Premarin Timelines
- 1942 - Hormone Replacement (HRT) Therapy begins.
- 1974 (approx) - Link between HRT and endometrial cancer is revealed
- 1997 - The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) begins a 15 year study to test the effects of HRT on the prevention of coronary heart disease and osteoporosis on 16,000 women.
- 1999 - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) release a new study "linking HRT after menopause to increased risk of uncommon forms of breast cancer that have good prognoses".
- 2002 - National Institute of Health (NHI) abruptly halts 15 year study after only 4 years when on July 9, 2002 NHI publishes its shocking findings: combination hormone replacement therapies were putting women at increased risk of multiple serious diseases. These risks include (and are not limited to):
- 26% increase in breast cancer
- 41 % increase in stroke
- 29% increase in heart attacks
- 100% increase in blood clots
- 22% increase in heart disease
- 2005 - In July, JAMA reports results of a study that shows that "more than half of the women who began hormone therapy to stop uncomfortable hot flashes and night sweats experienced those symptoms again once they stopped taking the drugs. The researchers advised doctors to explore alternative ways to treat menopause symptoms"—Marc Kauffman; The Washington Post.
Overview of the Women's Health Initiative Study
 Five Essential Steps to Better Health
The newsletters developed by At Ease Body Care is designed to help you understand the fundamentals of optimal health and guide you in a direction that will positively impact your overall health. I hope you will find the information helpful and informative. The information presented is not meant to prescribe or offer advice that may be contrary to your Health Professional. If you have conditions that are life threatening or require medical assistance we encourage you to always consult your Health Professional or Doctor. The Five Essential Steps to better health include: 
♥ Hydrating
♥ Walking
♥ Cleansing
♥ Nourishing
♥ Targeting
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A Natural Approach to Hormone Shifts
By Neal Barnard, M.D.
Many physicians now treat menopause like a disease and prescribe hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. There is a better approach. Hormonal shifts at any life stage, including menopause, are much less intense on a low fat, high fiber diet. High fat diets increase estrogen production before menopause, thus the shift at menopause becomes a roller coaster ride. This is aggravated by the lack of fiber in most high fat diets. The body gets rid of excess estrogens, pulling them out of the blood and sending them into the digestive tract, where fiber carries them away with wastes. Since animal products contain no fiber at all, a meat eater’s digestive tract does not contain enough fiber to carry waste hormones away effectively. They end up reabsorbing their own waste hormones.
Low fat, high fiber diets decrease estrogen production, both before and after menopause, and the net effect appears to be a much smoother change. The key, though, is not just to eliminate animal products, but also to keep vegetable oils to an absolute minimum.
Osteoporosis is one of the main reasons doctors prescribe estrogen replacement, but it now appears that the principle contributors to Osteoporosis are animal proteins - which leach calcium from the bones - sedentary lifestyles with a lack of weight-bearing exercise, alcohol, and tobacco.
A low-fat, vegan diet is ideal: high in fiber, low in fat, and no animal protein. It provides calcium in the form of green vegetables, beans, peas, and lentils, or, if you prefer, fortified orange juice. Add daily exercise, and you've filled your own prescription for a healthful lifestyle.
 Visit the Official Web Site of Dr. John Lee, M.D. Your Information Source for Natural Progesterone, Hormone Balance and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy.
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