CATEGORY: Author Archive
Senate Bill 959
Senate Bill 959, if passed, could limit or stop our access to bioidentical hormone pellet therapy. My practice and the health and comfort of my bioidentical hormone patients depends on the availability of pellets manufactured by compounding pharmacies. The US[...]
Treating Growth Hormone Deficiency
Aging brings on a natural loss of growth hormone which progressively makes you feel worse. What can you do about it? This week we are talking about growth hormone (GH) again, but this time about treating growth hormone deficiency, the[...]
Growth Hormone
The difference between growth hormone abuse and its use as treatment for the elderly. In episode 144 of the BioBalance Healthcast we discuss the government’s role in the control and distribution and usage of hormones for replacement. As people age,[...]
Personalized Medicine
Insist on personalized medicine and healthcare that is based on your history, condition and needs, not a preconceived standard of care. Doctors and lawyers always talk about something called the standard of care. Have you ever wondered what that means,[...]
Hormones in the News — HGH and Estrogen
Human Growth Hormone abuse in Major League Baseball and a report that the WHI could have resulted in 50,000 deaths. This week hormones treatments and hormone replacements have been in the news. We are expecting the barrage of news items[...]
Anti-aging Medicine and The Doctors who Practice it.
Anti-aging Medicine and The Doctors who Practice it. This week, Brett Newcomb and I are discussing a couple of articles in Endocrine Today. These articles review the literature, and concepts that examine hormone replacement therapy and the claims made by[...]
Women and Heart Disease
Female Arrhythmia Problems This week my friend Brett Newcomb and I are continuing our discussion of the gender differences between men and women. We are spending time talking about the issues of medical research and making distinctions in research populations[...]
Senate Bill 959 Part 2
Your Bio-Identical Hormone Pellets are at Risk. Act Now to Stop Senate Bill 959 Senate Bill 959 is working its way through the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee. This Bill is attempting to establish the authority for the[...]
Senate Bill 959 Part 1
Compounding Pharmacies and the Government In this podcast, Brett Newcomb and I are talking about Senate Bill 959, a bill before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. This is a fifty five page[...]
Gender-Specific Medicine
Gender-specific medicine takes into consideration that Men and women are different. In episode 137 of the BioBalance Healthcast we are speaking about gender-specific medicine and how gender affects every area of our life, from societal roles, to hardwired neurologic differences,[...]