Functional Medicine Approaches to Women’s Health

60 Minutes

By: Vanessa Lesneski, PharmD, BCPS, CPh

Women’s Health 101: Hormones and Stress

Learning Objectives

• Recall the physiology for production of steroid, thyroid, and sex hormones, highlighting the major factors that influence these pathways.
• Identify dysfunctional hormonal patterns during the reproductive years.
• Describe the primary ways in which stress can affect hormone production.

60 Minutes

By Carrie Jones, ND, MPH

Stress Resiliency and Hormone Balance

Learning Objectives

• Briefly review the HPA axis to include how acute and chronic stress affects signaling including testing options.
• Understand the cortisol awakening response (CAR), how it is signaled, its significance in health outcomes and its relationship to resilience.
• Discuss the comorbidities because of chronic stress to include its effect on mood, the cardiovascular system and the HPA axis.
• Discuss treatment considerations to help improve the stress response, calm the HPA axis and reduce comorbidities

90 Minutes

By Lara Zakaria, PharmD, CNS

Hypothyroidism

Learning Objectives

• Discuss pathophysiology of thyroid disorders
• Review evaluation of hypothyroid conditions.
• Recommend treatment plans for hypothyroid patients that include dietary changes, gut healing, and nutrient supplementation

90 Minutes

By Carrie Jones, ND, MPH

Get Out! Understanding Proper Estrogen Detoxification through Phases 1, 2 and 3 to Reduce Risks

Learning Objectives

• Understand how estrogen (endogenous or exogenous) moves through phase 1, 2 and 3 detoxification
• Review the genetic SNPs and enzymes involved in each phase in order to optimize clearance and reduce risks/symptoms
• Discuss the microbiome and estrobolome and its influence on estrogen clearance
• Discuss food sources and natural treatments that have been shown in the literature to improve estrogen metabolism outcomes through the different phases.

60 Minutes

By Jaclyn Chasse-Smeaton, ND

Fertility 101

Learning Objectives

• Explore how to evaluate women for fertility including ordering and interpretation of conventional and functional laboratory testing
• Recognize the most common patterns of hormonal and cellular dysfunction leading to infertility
• Understand what types of products you need in your fertility dispensary for preconception, sperm health, egg health, hormonal balance, and more
• Walk away with clinical protocols for the most common causes of infertility

90 Minutes

Speaker Panel Discussion – Hosted by Melody Hartzler

By: Vanessa Lesneski, PharmD, BCPS, CPh, Carrie Jones, ND, MPH, Lara Zakaria, PharmD, CNS, Jaclyn Chasse-Smeaton, ND