By Marcia Frellick, Medscape Clinical Digest – 2/10/2025 Hormone therapy (HT) can help women manage menopause symptoms into their 80s, and the reasons are varied, according to a retrospective analysis being presented at the annual Read More
Dr. Ryder is an exceptional functional medicine doctor.
I have been going to Synergy since 2015, and as I come up to 60 years old this year, I feel great, and my labs reveal that my health is optimized.
Dr. Ryder was recommended to me by my OB/GYN when I was going through menopause and she had exhausted all her efforts to find a solution within her realm.
After 40 years of being misdiagnosed and discovering I had Hashimoto’s Disease, I have lost weight, improved energy, and am more focused and sharp due to the diagnosis, correct medications and care.
Column by Linda Long, M.D., FACOG
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Hormone Therapy Doctors, Functional Medicine Doctor – Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake. A Synergy Note: Following is an excellent article by functional medicine doctor Sara Gottfried, who we frequently agree with. If you are suffering from Read More
The Estrogen Dilemma By Cynthia Gorney, The New York Times – 4/12/2010 Original article here. Here we are, two fast-talking women on estrogen, staring at a wall of live mitochondria from the brain of a Read More
Kidney stone, hormone article misleading The Virginian-Pilot’s Oct. 12, 2010 article titled “Hormones linked with kidney stones in older women” alarmed a fair amount of women, so we wanted to provide an unvarnished opinion of Read More
Study: Estrogen alone lowers heart, breast cancer risks The most surprising new finding: The women with hysterectomies who used estrogen alone had a 23 percent lower risk for breast cancer compared with those who had Read More