How to get hormone and blood testing
Learn how to get hormone testing on the right day for the most useful results, and what to do with the results.
How your gut bacteria affect oestrogen
The relationship between your gut bacteria and oestrogen is crucial for hormonal balance, affecting everything from vaginal health to bone density. This article explores how gut bacteria regulate oestrogen metabolism through the oestrobolome process, impacting your overall health and potentially influencing cancer risk.
What to expect from your period
We go over what you should expect from your first ever periods and talk over how to manage them, including what products to buy, how to predict your periods, and what cramps mean.
How stress causes acne
Learn how and why stress hormones can cause or worsen acne, by learning the hormonal cascades that run our bodies. If you suffer from stress and acne, you need to read this. Get your science goggles on.
How to moisten a dry vagina
A quick look at the different options for moistening a dry vagina.
The HPO and HPA axes
The HPO and HPA axes are two critical feedback loops that govern our stress response and the intricate hormonal interplays of the menstrual cycle.
What’s the difference between PMS and PMDD?
Understanding the difference between PMS and PMDD.
What is relative oestrogen deficiency?
If you are skinny, smoke, eat too much fibre or over-exercise, you could be at risk of your periods stopping due to relative oestrogen deficiency.
How diet impacts oestrogen levels
There are some key elements to what you put in your mouth and how it affects your oestrogen levels.
Androgen excess in women
Too many androgens or being too sensitive to androgens can cause a whole host of unwanted issues in the biologically female body.
What is insulin resistance?
Insulin resistance is where the cells of your body become resistant to the effects of the hormone insulin.
The real cause of acne (plus the solution)
We explain what is really behind acne and how to fix it.
What are polycystic ovaries?
Polycystic ovaries are ovaries with many cyst-like structures on them, though whether they are true cysts or not will depend on investigations.
Laser hair removal for hirsutism
We explain how laser hair removal works if you have unwanted hair caused by hirsutism.
How to fix PCOS
Fixing PCOS - truly fixing it - is a combination effort. We explain.
What causes PCOS?
We explain what causes PCOS and what having PCOS looks like, plus strategies to overcome some of the common issues.
Do I have PCOS?
How to tell if you have PCOS
Synthetic hormones in contraceptive pills and rings
Not sure what is in your contraceptive? Find out here.
How to track your menstrual cycle and identify ovulation
Not sure when or if you ovulate? We run you through charting your cycles and how to check if and when you are ovulating using some very simple tips and tricks. No temperatures!
Understanding unopposed oestrogen
Unopposed oestrogen is the state whereby there is not enough progesterone to counteract the oestrogen present. Unopposed oestrogen can be dangerous.
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