Dr. Barbie Taylor, also known as “Menopause Taylor,” is an Obstetrician / Gynecologist who retired from active practice in 2001 due to severe arthritis. Despite the fact that she had a law degree and a master’s in business at the time of her retirement (she’s a real nerd and loves school), her true passion has always been helping women.
Brain Anatomy
To understand what happens with Alzheimer’s you have to know at least a little bit about the anatomy of your brain. So, in this podcast I’ll teach you my version of brain anatomy ... wh…
How Your Brain Builds Up & Breaks Down
Have you ever considered how your brain builds up… breaks down? It’s really like any other building. How well you construct it makes all the difference in determ…
It’s a Matter of Grey & White airing Jan. 3, 2022“It’s All a Matter of Grey and White.” That’s the title of this podcast. Do you know what the “grey” and “white” designate? Do you know how they diffe…
The Basic Building Block of Your Brain
This is the beginning of a big unit on Alzheimer’s Disease ... a disease of the brain. And the very first thing you need to understand in order to understand a…
The Tree in the Room
Have you ever heard the expression “the elephant in the room” to refer to a phenomenon which everyone ignores even though it’s the most obvious thing in the room? Well, I like t…
The Tree of Menopause
I know the title “The Tree of Menopause” sounds a bit strange. But, using a tree as an analogy, this podcast will show you just how apropos it is. While you’ll probably never lo…
Menopause as a Public Health Issue
Do you know what constitutes a “public health issue”? It’s anything that affects a large portion of the population in a significant way. It ranges from smoking to …
Menopause is THE Most Neglected Topic on Earth
Have you ever given any thought to just how terribly neglected the topic of menopause is? Whether you consider on an individual, familial, or societal le…
Tools for Determining Overlapping Management Options for Your Heart and Bones
If you have more than one disease for which you are at high risk...and you want to know all the options for reducing your …
Deficiencies in the Care of Women with Deficient Bone
Do you have an idea just how deficient the care is for women with deficient bone?
From ignorance on the part of women to idiocy on the part of the …
How Osteoporosis Management Options Contribute to Bone Quantity vs Bone Quality
We've looked at how osteoporosis management options contribute in terms of prevention, intervention, or fixin'. In this …
All Options for Osteoporosis Management Do NOT Provide the Same Benefits
Using the right kind of management option for osteoporosis is like staying in your lane. Each option can accomplish certain …
Why no Testing, Prevention, or Treatment for Low Bone Mass?
If you put everything about the subject of menopause in perspective, you will see that not too few women are getting bone density tests, …
What Happens When You Stop Taking Treatment to Prevent or Replace Bone Loss?
Now that you’ve learned that bone loss is entirely due to estrogen loss at post-menopause, what happens if you take estrog…
Guidelines for Treatment of Osteoporosis
Just as there are guidelines for screening for osteoporosis, there are also guidelines for treatment of osteoporosis. But, the screening guidelines do not ser…
Non-Hormonal Medication Options for Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis
No woman should ever suffer with osteoporosis or fractures. That’s because, in addition to all the hormonal medication opti…
Osteoporosis Results From the WHI airing Sept. 20, 2021
Remember the fateful WHI study, with all its ominous scary and negative results? Well, you never heard about the results for osteoporosis. …
Hormonal Medication Options for Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis
There’s no question that the best prevention against bone loss is estrogen replacement. But that's not the only hormonal medicat…
Herbal Options for Preventing Osteoporosis
If you’re fond of using herbs to manage your menopause, you need to know which herb(s) can prevent bone loss. Not knowing the facts on this can have dire co…