CMO Patient Blog- Is Birth Control a Hormone Disruptor?

Is birth control a hormone disrupting chemical? Let’s talk about it with CMO Nathaniel DeNicola MD. No, birth control pills and intrauterine devices with hormones (Mirena, Skyla, Liletta IUD) are NOT considered hormone disrupting chemicals. Of course they do contain hormones, estrogen and/or progesterone, which are intended for a medical or therapeutic effect, like regulating heavy menses, suppressing…

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CMO Patient Blog- Toxic-Free Advice for Halloween

This Halloween while you’re carving ghoulish characters in your jack-o-lantern, spinning webs around the house in eerie decorations, or perhaps rummaging through the closet for last minute costume ideas, there’s one thing that shouldn’t haunt you: toxic chemicals in hair and makeup. If you’re not careful these ghostly ingredients can sneak up on you – and…

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