
Cortisol Doesn’t Play Fair: How Stress Shows Up Differently in Women and Men
September is World Heart Health Month; a perfect time to take proactive steps toward protecting your most vital organ. At Austin Medicine, we’re committed to helping you optimize your health and prevent disease before it starts.

The Hidden Cost of Birth Control: How It Depletes Nutrients, Disrupts Hormones, and Harms Fertility
Hormonal birth control has long been seen as a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy. But newer research from the last five years is uncovering a different story. Oral contraceptives and other hormonal methods can deplete key nutrients, disrupt your hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, throw other hormones out of balance, and even impair future fertility after discontinuation.
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