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Age
Management
Medicine
Getting
Started
We have
created
an
experience
designed
to
create a
unique
Executive
Health
Program
for you.
It will
take
most of
your day
to
undergo
all
necessary
testing,
explanation,
and
prescription.
However,
if you
live
close to
our
office,
you can
break
this up
into a
few
appointments.
You have
made a
decision
to seek
out our
medical
services
because
you are
looking
to
increase
your
energy
level -
including
sexual
energy,
reduce
body
fat,
increase
lean
muscle,
improve
cognitive
function,
lower
cholesterol,
enhance
mood,
improve
ability
to
handle
stress,
and
strengthen
the
immune
system
so as to
remain
as
disease
free as
possible.
Learn
more |
INTIMACY
AND
LIBIDO
Watch
two
KCAL-TV
CBS NEWS
reports
by
Dilva
Henry
with
Marc
Darrow,
M.D.,J.D.
WOMEN
AND
HORMONES
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Is Testosterone Supplementation Right For You? |
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 MEN
Testosterone levels in men begin to drop after the age of 30.
The recognition that men can suffer from sex hormone deficiency just as women do, and be treated for this deficiency in the same manner as women prescribed hormonal supplementation have lead to an explosion in the demand for testosterone supplementation. Read more
Testosterone for Men Studies and News Items
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 WOMEN
Testosterone is the male sex hormone, but, it is also an important sex hormone for women.
Signs of testosterone deficiency in women:
1. low or no sex drive
2. obesity
3. hot flashes
Read more
Testosterone For Women Studies and News
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Is
Estrogen
Supplementation
Right
For You?
 There
is a
great
deal of
fear and
confusion
when it
comes to
menopause
and
hormone
supplementation.
First,
the term
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy
or HRT
can
conjure
up the
image of
a
cancer,
stroke,
and
heart
disease
causing
cocktail
of
synthetic
hormones.
Next
there is
the
"alternative,"
Natural
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy
(NHRT).
There is
no
Natural
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy.
Hormones
for use
in
humans
need to
be
synthesized
from
something.
Sometimes,
but
incorrectly
added to
the
latter
group
are the
aptly
and
descriptively
named
"Bio-Identical
Hormones."
Bio-identical
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy
(BHRT)
is not
"natural"
hormones
and
should
never be
referred
to as
that.
Their
sources
are
natural,
being
derived
from
plant
sources,
but,
they
must be
chemically
altered
to
exactly
match
the
hormones
produced
in the
body.
Read
more
Estrogen
Studies
and News
Items |
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 Estrogen
Levels
and
Testosterone
Deficiency
in MEN!
Many of
our male
patients
are
surprised
to find
that
they
have
estrogen
levels
and that
sometimes
their
estrogen
levels,
after a
certain
age, are
higher
than
that of
many of
their
female
postmenopausal
counterparts.
As a man
ages,
his
testosterone
has a
higher
propensity
of being
changed,
or
aromatized,
into
estradiol.
This
higher
ratio of
estradiol
to free
(unbound)
testosterone
can
cause
many
cognitive,
sexual
and
physical
dysfunctions.
Read
more |
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Progesterone FOR WOMEN
Progesterone is the counterbalance of estrogen and regulates the effects of estrogen in a woman's body. Progesterone and estrogen are designed by nature to work together. This is why many physicians treating hormonal problems include it in their regiment guidelines. We do not prescribe estrogen without progesterone.
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DHEA
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone
(DHEA)
is a
naturally
produced
steroid
made by
the
adrenal
glands.
It is
derived
from
cholesterol
and when
metabolized
in the
liver, a
sulfate
is added
converting
it into
DHEA-sulfate
(DHEA-S).
DHEA is
made in
greater
quantities
than any
other
hormone
in the
body, it
reaches
its peak
levels
while we
are in
our
early
20's and
then
begins a
dramatic
drop to
20% of
those
levels
by the
time we
reach
age 70.
It is
this
drastic
drop in
the
body's
most
prevalent
hormone
that led
researchers
to
conjecture
that
DHEA may
play a
very
large
role in
the
disease
and
aging
process.
Read
more |
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MELATONIN
Melatonin
is
secreted
by the
pea-sized
pineal
gland in
the
center
of our
brains
to
regulate
our
sleep
patterns.
Our
bodies
make it
from the
well
known
sleep
inducing
amino
acid
tryptophan.
As we
age we
seem to
produce
less
melatonin
and this
has been
suggested
as one
of the
reasons
why our
aging
population
has
difficult
sleeping
patterns.
The
decline
of
melatonin
centers
around
age 45.
The
decline
is
usually
a steep
one. By
age 60,
we
produce
half the
melatonin
we did
during
our
twenties
and by
the late
seventies
nearly
none.
Read
more
Melatonin
News
Items
Melatonin
Benefits
Touted
Melatonin,
Night-Time
Blood
Pressure
and
Women
Aged 47
to 63
Melatoni
for
Blood
Pressure
Immune
Stimulation
Melatonin,
Immune
Function
and
Aging
Does
Melatonin
Protect
Vision
As We
Age? |
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 PREGNENOLONE
Pregnenolone
is a
steroid
hormone
synthesized
from
cholesterol
mainly
by the
adrenal
glands
and in
small
part by
our
nervous
system.
What
does it
do?
There is
speculation
as to
the main
role of
pregnenolone
in the
body.
Most
researchers
are now
in
agreement
that the
primary
role of
pregnenolone
is as
the
precursor
(the
building
block)
of our
other
hormones
including
the
estrogens,
progesterone,
testosterone
and
DHEA.
Read
more |
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THYROID
The
thyroid
gland
secretes
the
aptly
named
thyroid
hormone.
The
over-production
or
under-production
of this
hormone
can
cause
big
problems
in the
body and
lead to
a myriad
of
symptoms
that
sometimes
goes
undiagnosed
or
misdiagnosed.
What
does
thyroid
hormone
do?
It
regulates:
-
heart
rate
-
metabolism
& body
temperature
-
cholesterol
levels
-
weight
-
vision
-
menstrual
regularity
As we
age, and
our
glands,
including
the
thyroid
produce
less
hormone,
we
typically
fall
into a
syndrome
of
hypothyroidism.
Read
more |
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WEIGHT
LOSS
BLOG
Weight
Gain and
Thyroid
Caloric
Restriction
Menopause
and
Obesity
Why
Can't I
Lose
Weight? |
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Medical
Research |
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Aging
Alzheimer's
Disease/Memory
Bone
Loss
Cognitive
Function
Erectile
Dysfunction
Exercise |
Heart
Health
Insulin
Resistance
and
Metabolic
Syndrome
Libido
Muscle
Mass/Strength
Sleep
Weight,
Obesity,
Diabetes |
