The author
Dr. Sylvie Demers taught science before becoming a physician. Also a biologist and researcher, she holds a doctorate in experimental medicine — with a specialization in human molecular genetics — from Université Laval. In January 2005 she founded the Centre ménopause-andropause Outaouais, where she has treated thousands of women and men for hormonal problems. A true pioneer in bio-identical female hormone therapy, a speaker and the author of several publications, she is the recipient of numerous grants and distinctions. Read the full biography →
Prévenir et traiter le cancer du sein
Le pouvoir des hormones féminines
Her most recent book: Dr. Demers shows that female hormones, far from being implicated in breast cancer, in fact play a protective role. A rigorous, well-documented read that continues her fight for women’s health.
Hormones féminines et cholestérol
Alliés insoupçonnés de votre santé cardiovasculaire
Dr. Demers approaches cardiovascular disease through the lens of preventive medicine, showing that female hormones and cholesterol — so often demonized — in fact act as unsuspected allies of heart health.
Le mythe de la vitamine D
Rétablir la vérité sur les hormones
Author of the week (December 2013) on Radio-Canada’s « Les années-lumière ».
In this hard-hitting book, Dr. Demers dismantles the myths surrounding vitamin D one by one: there is no deficiency pandemic, and most of us do not need supplements — which, especially when combined with calcium, can even prove harmful, particularly in menopausal women. For vitamin D, biologically inactive, is nothing without the hormones that control it: it is having adequate hormone levels — estrogens above all — that protects against osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and much more, in men as in women. A logical sequel to the best-seller Hormones au féminin.
Hormones au féminin
Repensez votre santé
A best-seller in Quebec from its first week · Renaud-Bray staff pick · finalist for the Prix du Grand Public — La Presse 2009.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Demers masterfully demonstrates the many benefits of female hormones and thoroughly demystifies breast cancer. A true reference on bio-identical female hormone therapy, grounded in more than 1,000 scientific articles, it denounces many falsehoods in women’s health and finally gives female hormones their due.
Published in France (2011), updated in 2013 as “Hormones et Ménopause,” and translated into Dutch (Belgium, 2012).
