“All who wander are not lost.”
After spending time in Acadia National Park this past month, I saw a parallel with this quote, “all who wander are not lost” and menopause. The path through the menopause transition and postmenopausal years can be winding but ultimately like climbing a mountain, the view from the summit is worth it.
(Good company and trail mix also help!) Here at Bone and Body Women’s Health we are here to walk alongside your menopause and post menopause path.
Newsy practice updates:
Renewals. As we enter year 2, we are dedicated to high quality direct care that prioritizes women’s health with many opportunities for education. You will be asked to renew membership or bone health consults at your annual anniversary (when you joined the practice). As always, our team is here to answer any questions you may have.
Mark your calendar! We are excited to announce our Member only “Lunch and Learn” lecture on Friday October 18th from 12-1PM at Uptown (above Hometown) in Glencoe. Esteemed gynecologist, author and menopause and sexual medicine expert Dr. Lauren Streicher will share updates in sexual medicine. We’re planning for fun and fellowship. You will receive an email and Spruce invitation in September with additional details to RSVP.
Website. Same quality content with easier navigation. Please share your feedback and we welcome a Google review to help more women find us.
Office. Starting in September, our office will operate remotely on Thursdays only with the same availability to reach us with any calls, questions, refill or medication requests.
Dr. DeSapri in the news:
Dr. Kevin Ban, former CMO of Walgreens and host of the Sick Health podcast and YouTube channel and I took a deep dive on Osteoporosis and Bone Health. Stay tuned for part 2 on demystifying menopause. Understanding your test results makes you an informed consumer of your personal health information. Here I explain what distinguishes osteoporosis and osteopenia. As always, I welcome questions about your own DXA. Lastly, in his blog I am sharing some answers for women with breast cancer impacted by surgical or early menopause in a great local resource for women in the breast cancer community.
Midlife must know!
What we know:
Age is a risk factor for nearly every disease. For example, 1 on 8 women will develop breast cancer if they live to 90 yrs. old. 1 in 2 women will develop an osteoporosis related fracture after age 50. It takes more time to recover after surgery or illness as we age. There are many theories on aging at the cellular level such as impacts on mRNA, protein, and telomeres.
What’s good to know?
In this recent longitudinal study of 108 individual aged 25-70 years studied for 1.7-6.8 years multiple forms of data also called “omics” such as transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cytokine, gut microbiome, skin microbiome and nasal microbiome with over 5,000 biological samples were collected and analyzed. Mining through the data were 2 distinct timeframes, called “crests” of non-linear active aging at 40 and age 60 yrs. At both crests they found accelerated molecular changes in oxidative stress and autophagy which lead to build up of free radicals than damages lipids, proteins and DNA. Both time frames had notable “escalated dysregulation” in skin and muscle functioning and changes in alcohol and lipid metabolism. Crest 2, also showed changes in blood urea nitrogen and serum/plasma glucose increase consistent with nonlinear decline in kidney function and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
What does this mean for me?
There are complex molecular dynamics that affect the aging process. With our current focus on healthy aging, studies such as this help us understand how aging affects the cellular process and develop strategies and perhaps new molecules to improve our aging process. Thankfully science is always evolving and if you’re about to be 40 or 60 years you have some explanations if you suddenly feel older!
Life is short, climb mountains…whether they are mental or physical. At Bone and Body Women’s Health we here to climb the menopause, midlife and post menopause mountains with you.
See You Soon!
Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri