How Hot Flashes Cause Weight Gain At Menopause

Having hot flashes can be one of the causes for weight gain at menopause. Menopause and peri-menopause are associated with the harmful loss of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in women and with the tremendous increase in total and abdominal obesity and hot flashes. When a woman is having hot flashes, her brain is yelling at [...]

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Dr. Robert Carlson, Sarasota Florida Knows Why You Are Sleepless In Sarasota!

Do you have trouble falling asleep? Or perhaps you’re able to fall asleep but then plagued by constantly waking up throughout the night resulting in a broken, restless sleep that leaves you feeling like a zombie the next morning. Maybe you’re taking sleeping pills that leave you spaced out in the morning as if moving [...]

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Difference Between T3 and T4

Most endocrinologists doggedly follow practice guidelines from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. As many patients have told us, their endocrinologist switched them to T4 only replacement and they became ill and dysfunctional again. These reports are consistent with studies that show the ineffectiveness and potential harm of T4 alone replacement. The studies show that [...]

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Thyroid Disease – The Numbers

How Common Is Thyroid Disease? Information collected by: Dr Robert Carlson Provided by: The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: Annual Thyroid Awareness Campaign When the AACE established new TSH Guidelines (0.3 – 3.0 vs. 0.5 – 5.0) the number of people estimated to be affected by abnormal thyroid function doubled. According to the AACE, the number of [...]

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What Is Human Growth Hormone?

Human Growth hormone is made up of 191 amino acids. It is a normal occurring hormone that reaches levels often exceeding 1000 mcg during your teenage years and early twenties. These levels continue to decrease as we age. I believe we age because our hormone levels decrease, not that these levels fall because of aging. [...]

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Hypothyroidism – What Is It?

Hypothyroidism Does life take too much effort by the late afternoon?  Are you gaining weight even though you exercise and eat right? When your doctor finally checked your thyroid, did he or she phone back to say “everything looks normal *click*” but you still don’t feel “normal?”  Of course it’s not normal! You know what [...]

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Menopause – Why Suffer Through Hot Flashes?

Menopause Do you wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat? Who set the furnace on high when you weren’t looking? Have people started avoiding you because you’re always angry and irritable? Do you find you don’t enjoy being around you either – it’s like a dark cloud is always over your [...]

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