Month: August 2021

The alphabet soup designating specific credentials among healthcare providers can be confusing and even misleading to non-professionals. From the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), here’s a handy rundown. Remember to check out the exact qualifications of any healthcare professional you’re considering. MD signifies medical physician.  DO means osteopathic physician. DC means chiropractic physician. ND and …

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Hormones are important players throughout the body, including the mouth. The Cleveland Clinic reminds us that women are more susceptible than men to hormonal changes affecting the condition of teeth, gums, and the entire mouth, at five specific moments in their lives.  Puberty brings a surge in estrogen and progesterone, which can cause redness and …

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Hair loss as a result of stress is all too familiar to many under-the-gun people of both sexes. Now, research reported in Nature details how stress reduced hair growth in mice.  Ya-Chieh Hsu and her Harvard University colleagues learned that higher levels of stress-related corticosterone disrupted molecular signals that regulate hair growth – a result …

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