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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Jenn Simmons and Dr. LaDeana Jeane join host Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton to discuss breast cancer survivorship, what happens after active treatment ends, and how providers can help patients during this stage. This episode also covers: How post-treatment care is fragmented due to caution from specialists The connection between post-treatment symptoms and menopause, and how the shared cause can go unaddressed by providers Menopausal hormone the...
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, nutritionist Andrea Donsky joins host Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton to discuss her large-scale research on perimenopause and menopause, the deep connection between gut health and hormone balance, and the value of baseline hormone and metabolic testing. Andrea and Dr. Jaclyn also discuss: Outdated symptom lists for perimenopause and menopause, which commonly cite only 34 symptoms, compared to Andrea’s research, which documented over 100 Most common sympt...
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Send us Fan Mail Join us for this episode as Dr. Jolene Brighten and host Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton discuss attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in women, how hormone levels impact ADHD in childhood and adulthood, and the many systems that estrogen helps regulate. Dr. Brighten and Dr. Smeaton also cover: How ADHD in women is frequently missed until adulthood The role of estrogen in brain energy, immune function, and gut microbial diversity ADHD’s tendency to overlap ...
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