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Body Mass Index (BMI) is finally being questioned
What exactly is your Body Mass Index number telling you about your health? BioBalance® Health uses other forms of measurement to determine body composition, and to diagnose healthy weight, versus overweight and obesity. BMI is a calculation of healthy weight,[...]
Semaglutides for Weight Loss
Semaglutides, weight loss, and the new weight loss medicines that everyone is talking about. Every physician and every overweight patient have struggled with achieving effective weight loss that was effective for most people, until now! Almost simultaneously 6 weight loss[...]
Unexpected Benefits of Testosterone and Estradiol Pellets in Women – Part II
Women don't have to live with all the symptoms of aging. Hormone replacement can be the answer. Most women believe that the only reason to start taking estradiol when menopause begins is to decrease hot flashes and night sweats. But[...]
Unexpected Beneficial Results of Testosterone and Estradiol Pellets in Women
Dr. Maupin details the many benefits of hormone replacement in women. A month or so ago I had a woman come to me for hormone replacement and one of the symptoms that bothered her the most was Lichen sclerosis on[...]
If you have Sarcopenia it means you have poor muscle mass….but what does it mean to your health?
Muscle mass does more for you as you age than just get you from here to there. There was once a Saturday night live skit that featured one of their actors, Eddie Murphy, teaching how to spell and say Py-ro-man-ia..and[...]
Why does BioBalance Health® require a vaginal ultrasound before treating female patients?
What is a vaginal ultrasound so important before starting hormone replacement therapy? At BioBalance Health we use the information from a vaginal probe ultrasound, combined with information from your medical history questionnaire, and an extensive fasting blood panel to determine[...]
Ovarian Cysts – What do they Mean to Postmenopausal Women?
How to Diagnosis and Treat Ovarian Cysts after Menopause. At Biobalance® Health we often find cysts or masses on the ovaries of women who are menopausal quite by accident. We order an ultrasound before we treat a menopausal woman with[...]
Sweating, Electrolytes, and How to Combat Dehydration
How illnesses and medications affect the amount of each electrolyte in our body. I learned about electrolytes in medical school as the substances Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate we check on a metabolic panel. However, electrolytes are much[...]
Post Pellet Instructions and the Possible Side Effects
Women’s Instructions After Hormone Pellets BioBalance Health® pellets are very safe and not painful to have inserted. They are also the easiest form of hormone replacement a woman can have because the dose is adapted every 4 months and our[...]
Fibroids are the most common cause of hysterectomy. But what are they?
Uterine Fibroids are the most common tumor in women world-wide. The most common cause of hysterectomy in women are benign masses that grow within the uterine wall. They occur in 4 out of 5 women, and they can be small[...]