If there's one universal truth, it's that all of our bodies begin changing at some point. That's especially true for women who are over the age of 50. One day it seems like we're rolling out of bed with a pep in our step. The next, our emotions are out of control, our weight won't go down, and we constantly have hot flashes. If that sounds like you, don't worry â millions of other women worldwide are going through the same difficulties.
The fact of the matter is these symptoms are part of a natural process women go through. This change, called menopause, marks the end of a woman's ability to reproduce and menstruate. The average age for this to occur is 51, though it officially begins a year after a woman's final period. During this transition to menopause, estrogen and other hormones in a woman's body start to deplete When those hormones deplete, frequent and sometimes severe symptoms can manifest:
The symptoms of hormone deficiency can be scary for both women and their partners. That makes dealing with a hormone deficiency tricky because many symptoms are tied to nutrition, stress, lack of exercise, and toxins in your body.
However, if you're getting older and dealing with some of the symptoms listed above, have hope. A solution to your hormone problems may be closer than you think. Hormone replacement therapy for women may help correct imbalances caused by menopause. These effective, safe treatments help many women throughout the menopause process and may even help them reclaim their youth.
To live a healthy life, hormone stability is very important for women. That's where the beauty of HRT treatments for women begins to shine because it balances hormones that would otherwise be altered due to menopause.
HRT treatments for women represent a revolutionary step toward living life without the pitfalls of old age. However, at Juventee, we understand that no two women, and by proxy, patients, are the same. That's why our team of doctors and specialists provide personalized treatment options for women, combining holistic treatment, nutrition, fitness plans, and more to supplement our HRT treatments.
Is HRT the answer if you feel exhausted, overweight, and moody? That's the million-dollar question that we're asked almost every day. And to be honest, it's hard to say without a comprehensive exam by an HRT expert at Juventee. What we can say is that when a woman's hormones are better balanced during menopause, she has a much better chance of enjoying life without the crippling symptoms that other women feel.
At Juventee, helping women reclaim their vitality and love of life is our top priority. While some HRT clinics see patients as nothing more than a means to make money, our team is cut from a different cloth.
The key to balancing your hormones and improving your well-being is a process that we have refined over time. The Juventee HRT process consists of a comprehensive review of your health and hormonal status. Our team then customizes your plan and prescribes treatments, procedures, and supplements under the guidance of our local HRT experts.
At Juventee, we want to revitalize your health by promoting balance, energy, intimacy, and beauty. We start by assessing your baseline biomarkers and implementing a personalized plan to help you feel like your younger self. Our in-depth process covers many factors, almost like a web. Each component of that web works in conjunction with others to make up how you feel. If one area is out of sync, women can experience unwanted fluctuations in their weight, energy, emotions, libido, and more. Juventee is committed to evaluating our patient's overall health so that we may bring vitality and happiness to as many aspects of their lives as possible.
We've mentioned all the greatness that can come with an HRT regimen from Juventee, but what exactly are the benefits of HRT for women? Let's take a look.
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Unlike some HRT clinics, Juventee's HRT programs are carefully crafted and personalized for each patient. There are no cookie-cutter solutions at our office. Instead, we assess each individual's needs and customize treatments to help their bodies as they age. We replace hormones that are deficient and restore them to their physiological state using HRT pellets.
These hormone pellets are prescription hormones inserted under the skin through a simple in-office procedure. Each pellet is about as large as a big grain of rice. Once inserted, our HRT pellets get to work quickly. With this treatment, patients don't have to worry about applying greasy creams or swallowing pills. Instead, our pellets are metabolized by the body. That way, patients don't stress over taking too much or too little.
Remember, at Juventee, our goal isn't just to balance your hormones â it's to completely optimize your health and well-being. You won't ever have to worry about our doctors writing you a prescription and sending you on your way without any additional communication. Instead, we aim to be part of our patient's journey back to health and work with all of our HRT patients to do so.
Hormone imbalance causes a litany of issues. But with hormone replacement therapy, females can better process calcium, keep their cholesterol levels safe, and maintain a healthy vagina. By replenishing the body's estrogen levels, HRT may relieve symptoms of menopause and even optimize bone health.
But that's just the start. At Juventee, our patients report many benefits of taking HRT for women:
If you're ready to feel better and enjoy the vitality of your youth, Juventee is here to help you every step of the way. It all starts with an in-person evaluation, where our team will determine if HRT is right for you.
For many women, menopause is a difficult time filled with ups, downs, and hormonal hurdles to overcome. While menopausal issues are well-known by some, other women only know that menopause can affect their hormones. The reality is that going through menopause can mean more than moodiness and hot flashes.
At Juventee, we're big believers that a little knowledge can go a long way. With that in mind, if you're going through menopause or are approaching "that" age, consider these common issues. First, let's examine some alternative causes of menopause beyond age:
The most common reason for menopause is diminished, unbalanced hormones. However, menopause can also result from:
Now that we've examined some of the ways that menopause manifests, let's look at some common problems that females regularly endure:
If you're going through menopause and feel like life is a tiresome burden, you're not alone. Studies show that 15% of women go through depression to some degree during menopause. What many women don't learn is that depression may start much earlier, during perimenopause or even earlier.
Depression can be hard to diagnose, even without perimenopause and menopause as a factor. With that said, keep the following signs in mind. If you notice any, it might be time to speak with a physician:
If you notice any of the signs above, it's important that you understand that you're not weak or broken. You're going through a very normal emotional experience, which may be caused by hormone deficiency. However, with proper treatment from your doctor, depression doesn't have to rule your life.
You don't have to have hormonal imbalances to have mood swings. Indeed, everyone gets moody from time to time. For women going through menopause, however, mood swings can be extreme and happen often. Hormone imbalances and mood swings go together, resulting in unusual emotional changes and even issues like insomnia.
Estrogen production, a hormone that fluctuates during menopause, affects serotonin production, which regulates mood. When both hormones are deficient, mood swings can become quite prevalent.
Fortunately, HRT treatments in Maywood, NJ, work wonders for women because they work to regulate hormones like estrogen. With HRT from Juventee, women don't have to settle for the negative consequences that drastic mood swings can cause.
Hot flashes: whether you're a man or a woman, you've probably heard of them. Hot flashes are very common issues associated with menopause and manifest as intense, sudden feelings of heat across the upper body. Some last a few seconds while others last many minutes, making them uncomfortable and inconvenient at all times. A few common symptoms of hot flashes include:
Usually, a lack of estrogen causes hot flashes in menopausal women. Low levels of estrogen negatively affect a woman's hypothalamus, or the part of the brain that regulates appetite and body temperature. Low estrogen levels cause the hypothalamus to assume incorrectly that the body is too hot. When it does, it dilates a woman's blood vessels to boost blood flow.
Fortunately, most women don't have to settle for the intense, unwanted feelings they endure with hot flashes. HRT pellet treatment from Juventee helps to stabilize hormones which may lessen the effects that hot flashes cause.
Staying healthy and fit is a challenge for anybody living in modern America. For women with hormonal imbalances, however, it's even harder. Weight gain is a concerning issue during menopause, but it can be manageable with a physician-led diet, exercise, and HRT treatments from Juventee.
HRT patients at Juventee benefit from health plans that keep hormones in check, making weight loss a real possibility. But which hormones need to be regulated to help avoid weight gain?
Millions of adults around the U.S. suffer from low sex drive, but that doesn't make it any more embarrassing to talk about. For many women going through pre-menopause and menopause, it's an unfortunate side effect of unbalanced hormones. Thankfully, HRT may help women maintain a healthy libido, even after 50. But what causes lowered sexual desire in women as they age?
The hormones responsible for low libido in females are estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.
Progesterone production decreases during perimenopause, resulting in lowered libido in some women. Lower progesterone production can also cause weight gain, exhaustion, and other symptoms common during menopause. Reduced estrogen levels during menopause may lead to vaginal dryness and even loss of muscle tension.
Testosterone is referred to as a male hormone, but it contributes to important health functionality in women as well. Female testosterone heightens sexual responses and intensifies orgasms. When the ovaries can't produce sufficient levels of testosterone, low sex drive can happen.
The inside of a woman's bones is broken down and rebuilt by bone cells in an ongoing process called remodeling. This process is crucial for maintaining bone strength and health.
However, due to the loss of estrogen during menopause, this important process becomes unbalanced. Less bone is formed, and more bone is broken down. This advanced state of bone loss can be worrying for women, especially if they had an early menopause. With time, women may develop osteoporosis and a greater chance of breaking bones as they age.
Fortunately, HRT for women can actually mimic estrogen and progesterone, which may help prevent bone loss and lower chances of osteoporosis in women. That's huge news for women around the U.S., many of whom are battling early bone loss due to a lack calcium, vitamin D, and other nutrients crucial to bone health.
If you are considering HRT treatments for women in Maywood, NJ, you need a team of hormone replacement experts by your side. At Juventee, our knowledgeable HRT doctors are ready to help. Our team will answer your initial questions, conduct necessary testing, and craft a customized program designed to alleviate the challenges you're facing as a woman going through menopause.
With a healthy diet, exercise, positive life choices, and hormone replacement therapy, unveiling the new "you" is easier than you might think. Contact our office today to get started on your journey to optimal health and well-being.
"The kids absolutely love it," the local Boys & Girls Clubs CEO Joseph Licata said of Maywood's first after-school special needs program.|Updated Tue, May 2, 2023 at 4:52 pm ETBERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Inside of a Maywood clubhouse, kids with special needs participate in a mix of activities — from making glitter bottles to running obstacle courses — all as part of what is the town's first after-school program for that population.Established by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Bergen County ...
|Updated Tue, May 2, 2023 at 4:52 pm ET
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Inside of a Maywood clubhouse, kids with special needs participate in a mix of activities — from making glitter bottles to running obstacle courses — all as part of what is the town's first after-school program for that population.
Established by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lower Bergen County and the South Bergen Jointure Commission (special education school district), this new program seeks to remedy the purported lack of after-school services for youth with special needs, and, in effect, level the playing field.
"There is a lot of focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, yet there is a population of children with disabilities who are too often not given the same opportunities," the local Boys & Girls Clubs CEO Joseph Licata said. "My hope was to create something fair and equitable for these kids."
Developing this program, Licata said, had a double benefit for both the kids and parents, in that the kids are getting more opportunities for social interaction and extracurricular activities, but also that the parents are able to more easily balance work and family responsibilities.
"The kids absolutely love it, and the parents have been so appreciative," Licata said of the approximately six-month-old program.
He emphasized the rare nature of such a program — which now serves about 10% of the Jointure Commission's school district population, or about 12 kids — and said he is not aware of hardly any other comparable programs in the immediate area. As such, growing the number of kids served by the program is the goal, the CEO said.
"(The Clubs') mission is to enable all kids — with or without disabilities — to reach their fullest potential," Licata said. "It needs to be fair."
The difficulty, however, is that program — specifically due to the low child-to-staff ratios and the hiring of trained aides and para-educators from the Joint Commission — is expensive, he said.
Fortunately, he continued, the Boys & Girls Club had received a grant from Lakeland Bank to get started, and the nonprofit's staff is looking at other ways to raise funds to keep the program going in the future.
As a firm believer in the idea that if one does the right thing, the financial resources will follow, he said he is almost certain that the Club, as it always has in the past, will piece together a budget that works.
"I am holding out hope that some angel out there will hear about this and give a meaningful gift to support the program," Licata said. "$5, $10, $100 or $1,000 — any- and everything will help further the Club's mission."
If you would like to donate or learn more about the program, visit bgclbergen.org/south-bergen-jointure, or contact the Club's project director at [email protected].
MAYWOOD – Last month the Borough Council held a special meeting to take care of just one matter: dismissing the borough administrator.This week they had another special meeting to hire her replacement: Donna Puglisi, a North Haledon council president who works as the recreation director in Elmwood Park.She replaces Roberta Stern, who had held the post for more than eight years. The council voted unanimously on June 30 to let her go. During the meeting, held via Zoom, Stern said that she was “very disappointed and qu...
MAYWOOD – Last month the Borough Council held a special meeting to take care of just one matter: dismissing the borough administrator.
This week they had another special meeting to hire her replacement: Donna Puglisi, a North Haledon council president who works as the recreation director in Elmwood Park.
She replaces Roberta Stern, who had held the post for more than eight years. The council voted unanimously on June 30 to let her go. During the meeting, held via Zoom, Stern said that she was “very disappointed and quite surprised” by the decision.
“I recognize with the change in administration, other changes often follow,” Stern said. “During my tenure, I’ve always acted in the best interest of the residents of Maywood.”
Mayor Richard Bolan called Stern a "journeyman during a time when our town had a need for that" before going on to say that the governing body now has "a new focus so a change was needed for our new direction."
At a special meeting Friday, the council appointed Puglisi. Bolan said there were 18 applicants and that the hiring committee interviewed four people.
Bolan called Puglisi "energetic" and "motivated to move Maywood in the right direction." He noted that she has worked for 20 years in municipal government and is a certified public manager.
"She has an enthusiasm for the position to serve the town well," Bolan said. "Her ambition is for the path in front of us and we are happy to have her."
Puglisi has worked in Elmwood Park as the recreation director for nearly a dozen years and has served on the council in North Haledon since 1999.
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One resident, Susanne Iosbst, expressed displeasure with the change. As a member of the pool committee, Iosbst said, she didn’t always agree with Stern, but she was a woman who got things done. Iosbst said she didn't “see anything in her performance that warrants" her removal.
Puglisi isn’t the only borough official with ties to Elmwood Park. Bolan previously served as a building and construction official in the borough and during that time there was some overlap with projects between their departments, he said.
Borough officials in Elmwood Park confirmed that Puglisi would be leaving her post there.
Katie Sobko is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.
Guess you really can’t beat the real thing.Coca-Cola gets its iconic taste thanks in part to a chemical processing factory in a sleepy New Jersey neighborhood that has the country’s only license to import the plant used to make cocaine.The Maywood-based facility, now managed by the Stepan Company, has been processing coca leaves for the soft-drink giant for more than a century and had its license to import them renewed by the Drug Enforcement Agency earlier this year.The coca leaves are used to create a &ldqu...
Guess you really can’t beat the real thing.
Coca-Cola gets its iconic taste thanks in part to a chemical processing factory in a sleepy New Jersey neighborhood that has the country’s only license to import the plant used to make cocaine.
The Maywood-based facility, now managed by the Stepan Company, has been processing coca leaves for the soft-drink giant for more than a century and had its license to import them renewed by the Drug Enforcement Agency earlier this year.
The coca leaves are used to create a “decocainized” ingredient for the soda and the leftover byproduct is sold to the opioid manufacturing company Mallinckrodt, which uses the powder to make a numbing agent for dentists, DailyMail reported.
It is unclear how much coca leaves the Stepan Company imports annually, although the New York Times reported in 1988 that it brought in between 56 and 588 metric tons of coca leaves from Peru and Bolivia each year, citing DEA figures.
One ton of coca leaf costs over $5,500 in Peru, so the Stepan Company would be paying between $308,000 and $3.2 million for the shipment of the illicit leaves if the amount it imports has remained constant over the decades, according to data from agricultural company Selina Wamucii.
Ricardo Cortés, author of 2012’s “A Secret History of Coffee, Coca and Cola,” wrote that he obtained records from the National Company of the Coca, a Peruvian state-owned company, which showed that up to 104 tons of coca leaves were exported to Maywood each year between 2007 and 2010.
Importing coca leaves was banned in 1921, but the legislation left an exemption for Maywood Chemical Works, which ran the factory before Stepan Company bought the site in 1959.
Meanwhile, the legal exemption the factory has received helped the Coca-Cola brand to become the massive globally recognized company it now is, with is worth around $265 billion.
“Coca-Cola’s success as the mega-company it is today is due, at least in part, to special privileges granted by government during World War II, and the suppression of potential competitors in the early years of Harry Anslinger’s anti-drug policies,” Australian economics think tank Mises Institute wrote in a 2016 article.
Anslinger was the former head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics between 1930 and 1962 and is widely recognized as an early proponent of the war on drugs who had a major role in the federal criminalization of marijuana.
Cortés wrote in a 2016 blog post that he visited the National Archives and saw letters between Anslinger and Maywood Chemical Works joining forces to deflect a Life Magazine reporter’s story about the coca leaf importation.
“We do not desire the publicity which such an article might bring us,” Maywood Chemical’s President M.J. Hartung wrote to Anslinger in 1949.
The next year, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics filed an internal memo regarding the matter.
“Less publicity of articles about coca leaves and narcotic drugs will be better for the public,” the memo from July 1950 reads, going on to call past coverage of the issue unsatisfactory.
A new list is out from Mashed..."The Best Diners in Every State."Gosh, how could they choose the best in New Jersey? There are so many fabulous diners throughout the state. Now that I'm thinking about it, isn't New Jersey the diner capital of the world? Just kidding. Although, it deserves to be.Diners are the best. The menus are usually huge,...
A new list is out from Mashed..."The Best Diners in Every State."
Gosh, how could they choose the best in New Jersey? There are so many fabulous diners throughout the state. Now that I'm thinking about it, isn't New Jersey the diner capital of the world? Just kidding. Although, it deserves to be.
Diners are the best. The menus are usually huge, making whatever you're in the mood for available.
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My favorite thing about diners is you can get breakfast at any time of the day. Late night is usually my favorite time to grab a heaping stack of pancakes with butter melting and running down the sides with a side dish of pork roll (yes, it's pork roll, NOT Taylor Ham).
Oh, yum. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. This may sound gross to you, but, I love dipping the pork roll into some extra pancake syrup on the plate. Don't judge.
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If you think you have New Jersey's best diner in your neighborhood, you're probably wrong unless you live way up in Bergen County, North Jersey.
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I know what you're thinking. I too would have thought for sure that New Jersey's best diner is in Mercer County. I could name a dozen at least that are fabulous.
But, Mashed has named Maywood Pancake House the best diner in the Garden State.
It's up in Maywood (Bergen County) at the tippy top of the state.
Here's what Mashed had to say about it:
"New Jersey is a hotspot for excellent diners, and the Maywood Pancake House in Maywood is among the best in the state, in part because of its healthy spin on traditional diner cuisine. While most diners focus on rich comfort food, this restaurant offers plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Its breakfast menu in particular features plenty of vegan and gluten-free meals for everyone, including delicious pancakes."
Looks like I'm taking a road trip.
To see the rest of the list of the Best Diners in Every State, click here.
MAYWOOD — The borough will have the choice between two contractors, Hackensack University Medical Center or Paramus EMS, to provide in-town emergency medical services, a gap that was left when the 77-year-old volunteer emergency squad dissolved last year.Less than two months after the Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad closed shop, and with only one full-time paid EMT in town, Maywood is looking to outsource its emergency medical services.“We're deciding at this point who we’re going to go with,” Mayo...
MAYWOOD — The borough will have the choice between two contractors, Hackensack University Medical Center or Paramus EMS, to provide in-town emergency medical services, a gap that was left when the 77-year-old volunteer emergency squad dissolved last year.
Less than two months after the Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad closed shop, and with only one full-time paid EMT in town, Maywood is looking to outsource its emergency medical services.
“We're deciding at this point who we’re going to go with,” Mayor Adrian Febre said.
Paramus EMS Chief Milton N. Kohlmann declined to comment. Michelle Kobayashi, executive director of Hackensack University Medical Center's EMS, declined to comment, citing contract discussions.
In December, the volunteer First Aid and Emergency Squad ended its run, citing members' inability to complete the mandated training because of their day jobs. With the squad gone, Mike Schmitt is the only full-time EMT left in town.
The medical center's EMS has already visited Maywood Borough Hall and inspected the facilities and the two ambulance vehicles, Febre said. If Maywood were to contract with the medical center, EMTs would likely use Maywood's ambulances and be stationed full-time at the municipal complex, Febre said.
“Basically it comes down to coverage and it comes down to having a vehicle in the town,” Febre said.
The volunteer First Aid and Emergency Squad had been around since 1941. The paid EMT service in Maywood has been around for 15 years, Schmitt said. Schmitt receives a salary of $32,317, Jean Pelligra, the borough clerk, confirmed.
Maywood is one of the latest towns to move toward outsourcing emergency medical services after their volunteer squad either dissolves or is disbanded. In 2016, Bogota approved a contract with Holy Name Medical Center for 24-hour emergency medical services and disbanded its volunteer first aid squad.
In neighboring Rochelle Park, residents and members of the township's volunteer ambulance corps packed a January council meeting, protesting a Township Council resolution that would disband the corps and contract with Paramus EMS. After 4½ hours of discussion, the council chose to table the resolution. Discussions are ongoing.
This is not the first time the Maywood Borough Council has attempted to outsource the town's emergency medical services, said Schmitt, who has been a full-time EMT for 12 years. Three years ago, there were preliminary discussions to contract outside of Maywood, he said, but he quickly protested against it.
"I put it on Facebook," Schmitt said. "I put petitions around town. They decided not to do it. Maybe they didn’t want to deal with people complaining."
Three years later, the fight has left Schmitt, and he just hopes he can stay on the town payroll until the end of September, his retirement date
"I'm not even really sure about fighting," Schmitt said. "It’s just too late."
The Maywood Borough Council is expected to discuss the two proposals Tuesday, at the next council meeting. Contract details were not immediately available.
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