Dr. Aimee Duffy, MD, is a board-certified physician and founder of Carolina Integrative
Medicine, specializing in integrative healthcare for women. A bestselling author of "Normal
Doesn’t Have Side Effects", Dr. Duffy combines her extensive knowledge of conventional
medicine with holistic treatments to create personalized care plans that include nutrition, lifestyle
adjustments, and hormone balancing.
Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith, M.D., MPH, MS, a renowned expert in hormone health, will present
on key topics including endocrine disruptors, women’s hormones, and hypothyroidism. She will
explore how environmental chemicals—such as BPA from plastics—disrupt hormone balance,
impacting the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and pituitary-adrenal function.
Dr. Shimek is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Naturopathic Physician celebrated for her expertise in women’s health, biohacking, and epigenetics.
Dr. Brownstein will be presenting at the 2025 Annual Restorative Medicine Conference on the topic of A Holistic Approach to Autoimmune Thyroid.
We conducted a comprehensive review of the most current data available on the antihypertensive effects of 29 different nutraceuticals.
Abstract Women experience acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) 10 years later than men – evidence that estrogen is protective is not consistent. Ovulatory disturbances (low progesterone but normal estradiol levels) silently occur in >33% of all cycles. Progesterone-based (cycle-timed serum or saliva) levels or urinary metabolite excretions are necessary to diagnose…
Abstract Plant based natural products have been proposed as alternatives to the use of hormones for the treatment of menopausal symptoms, which has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and coronary artery disease. Specific herbal compounds such as Thai Kudzu root (Pueraria mirifica) have shown beneficial effects…
Abstract Estriol, coined the “weaker” of the three endogenous estrogens, has significant therapeutic effects, some of which are little known to clinicians. Estriol provides numerous clinical benefits, commanding the attention of researchers dating as far back as 1966 and continues to garner substantial consideration as a valuable and viable therapeutic…
Abstract Glycyrrhiza may be appropriate as an adjunctive therapy for a variety of disorders involving mild adrenal insufficiency, low aldosterone output, or hyperkalemia due to effects on 11-β-HSD enzymes, direct effects at mineralocorticoid receptors, and downstream effects on aldosterone as well as fluid and electrolyte balance. Glycyrrhiza has also been…
Abstract Pueraria mirifica, a member of the Leguminoseae family, is an herb indigenous to Thailand and has been researched extensively for its beneficial effects in the treatment of menopausal symptoms. Puerarin, the main isoflavone component of Pueraria mirifica, modulates estrogen receptor expression and could be a safe alternative for the…
