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Read MoreVirility – Managing Testoserone
The reason I like this supplement is that it has been shown to increase testosterone levels naturally. This is important for both men and women. Women especially can experience very low testosterone levels as they transition through menopause. Not only can they experience extreme fatigue from this but a whole host of other symptoms including heart palpitations. Sometimes prescribed testosterone is necessary but this is a great first step toward symptom resolution. Having a complete hormone panel done, like the one we offer on our website can be very beneficial in determining what is going on from a hormonal standpoint. . It is a unique test that not only tests all...
Read MoreMaintaining Healthy Testosterone
Testosterone is a vital piece of the body’s hormonal makeup and while it is often referred to as the “male hormone,” it is a critical to female wellness at lower levels. Testosterone is not only the hormone that regulates your sex drive as most people think, but according to the British Columbia Medical Journal, low levels of testosterone are linked to depression, fatigue, decreased muscle mass, weight gain, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Waning testosterone levels can happen early in life. A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism showed that one in four men over the age of 30 have low testosterone level and surprisingly...
Read MoreHealing Practice Coming to You!
As many of you know I was trained in traditional or conventional medicine. I was taught to identify diseases by recognizing patterns of symptoms and to treat those symptoms by prescribing drug-based therapies that are similar for all patients with a given disease. However I have since completed a functional medicine fellowship and changed the way I practice medicine. Functional Medicine is an exciting trend in medicine. It is much better for patients because health and vitality is promoted. A patient’s lifestyle and unique biochemical factors are examined to identify the underlying causes of their disease to find treatments with the goal of returning patients...
Read MoreHair loss….at my age!?
Greetings readers! I wanted to share with you a story of a 16 year old patient of mine. We’ll call her Chloe. Chloe came to see me because she was having hair loss, or spotty alopecia. She had been seeing a dermatologist for her hair loss and after trying many things the dermatologist had resulted to doing steroid injections into her scalp on the bald spots. While this therapy worked for the hair loss, it was leaving boggy spots on her scalp that felt funny. Both Chloe and her mother knew this was not a long term solution to the problem, but rather a Band-Aid approach. I recommended two types of testing. I had Chloe do our complete nutritional panel (also called...
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