HEALTHY AGING
Dr Steven R. Goldstein MD, Hormone Specialist NYC, has worked closely with his patients for over twenty five years in private practice to help them through Perimenopause, Menopause and various gynecologic changes in their bodies as they age. For thousands of years people have been searching for the fountain of youth and never found it. Dr Goldstein believes that the key is healthy aging. He says Ponce de León left Spain six hundred years ago looking for the fountain of youth. We are still looking. The key is “healthy aging” not anti-aging. As women age and enter Menopause (average age 51), the ovaries stop producing estrogen. Twelve consecutive months without a period is generally accepted as the transition of a reproductive woman over to a menopausal one. The lack of estrogen in a woman’s body negatively impacts over three hundred tissues and over two hundred bones. While the vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats are well known and are devastating to endure, there are even more severe effects on a woman’s body. Consider that a lack of estrogen during menopause can affect cardiovascular health as studies have shown an escalation of LDL (bad cholesterol) in menopausal women.