CATEGORY: Aging
The Most Common Prostate Screening Method Is Obsolete
This week Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb are continuing their conversations about Prostate Cancer, exams, and treatments in aging men. Most of the updated information comes from a recently published article in Huffington Post. You will find this article linked[...]
Dr. Maupin Interviews Patient Dennis Morgan
Learn how Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Dr. Maupin helped patient Dennis Morgan "Get his life back". Dennis is a 68 year old retired attorney. He was the General Counsel for a large natural gas company for thirty years. When[...]
Doctor, Do I Need Growth Hormone Too?
Growth Hormone’s role after men are finished growing is to build muscle and burn fat, as well as keep the production of muscle and bone normal as it is in young men. The answer to our title question is generally[...]
Fatigue While on Testosterone Pellets
Initially when both men and women come to me for midlife symptoms, fatigue is the second most common complaint. Frequently I hear my patients complain that they are “tired” even though they have been on testosterone pellets (some with estradiol)[...]
What Precludes Beginning Testosterone Replacement?
Prostate Cancer is a real and serious concern for men of a certain age. When we encounter men who are in denial about or resistant to this reality, it causes grave concern. What Precludes Beginning Testosterone Replacement? Current Untreated Prostate[...]
Anabolic Is Not A Dirty Word
Anabolic means growth, and the human body lives in a steady state of growth and destruction. We call this homeostasis or balance. This balance is the result of a yin and yang procedure we call anabolic/catabolic processes. Anabolic is often[...]
Men, Testosterone Replacement Can Keep You Alive
Exciting new research in both America and Europe proves that low testosterone levels in men over 40 can increase their risk of ED, obesity, diabetes type 2, prostate cancer, heart attack and stroke. Recognizing these facts and replacing lost testosterone[...]
Tanning and Aging
Being able to tan is important and we need to be out in the sun to be healthy. Sometimes there are problems with our abilities to tan that need to be considered. We are not talking about over tanning, tanning[...]
Oxytocin, Sex, and Orgasm
Having fun in life, being active, alive, and sexually happy all seem to depend on the existence and amount of a natural hormone called Oxytocin. If you suffer from a loss of this hormone there are frustrations and problems that[...]
Three Tricks that Make Male Testosterone Therapy Safer and More Effective
Why testosterone therapy is safe and effective for men. It is easy to prescribe testosterone in any form to men, in fact much easier than prescribing it to women. The reasons for this situation range from the many choices in[...]