CATEGORY: Aging
Answering Questions Patients Ask Dr Maupin: “What tests do you order before the first visit, and why do you order them before you see a new patient?”
The importance of ordering the correct blood test before you have a hormone replacement consult. When a person contacts BioBalance Health to determine appropriateness for hormone replacement, Drs’ Maupin and Sullivan order lab tests to be drawn before they come[...]
Women’s Voice and Testosterone Pellets. Not what you think.
Can testosterone replacement cause the female voice to change? The Hormones called the “sex-hormones”, estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone all have effects on the female voice throughout a woman’s lifespan. We have all seen this effect in ourselves and others as[...]
Men’s Hormones Testosterone and Estradiol: How Testosterone and Anastrozole Pellets Create the Healthiest Hormone Environment in Men.
How Important is it to use Testosterone and Anastrozole in pellet form when treating men? This week we are looking at the concept of homeostasis. The question is how we get our bodies (in particular our hormones) to balance properly[...]
Reduced Breast Cancer Incidents in Women Treated with Subcutaneous Testosterone.
Subcutaneous testosterone pellet every three to four months can also prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. There are numerous delivery methods for testosterone replacement for women. These methods include oral, sublingual (under the tongue), vaginal tablets and pills, transdermal cream[...]
What is the optimum blood level for Testosterone Pellets?
It is important to understand the level of testosterone you need to be healthy. It may not be what is published by the lab. Women have more testosterone in their blood than they do estradiol. Testosterone is or has been[...]
Your Blood Type Determines Your Susceptibility to Different Infections
Your blood type controls what your immune system views as dangerous. We all have a blood type, either O, A, B or AB. The original blood type was O, and it is the most common blood type in the world. [...]
Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue
A discussion of how a person can lose awareness of their identity. This week our focus in on something other than hormone replacement specifically. This topic is often more related to Counseling and Psychology. But it is real, and it[...]
Chronic Inflammation and How to Counteract it
One of the problems that develops chronic inflammation is the accumulation of heavy metals in the body like mercury. This week, we make the distinction between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. A chronic condition is more enduring and long term.[...]
Atrial Fibrillation is an Electrical Short in the Heart
Atrial fibrillation can be caused by chronic stress, chronic fast heart rate called tachycardia, or a genetic weakness. Heart Disease, Blood Flow, SA node, Right Atrium, Left Atrium, ventricular contraction, neurologic malfunction of the heart. Before I can explain a common[...]
It is not your imagination you do lose muscle mass as you age.
Don't take your muscle mass for granted. We take our muscle mass for granted unless we are body builders. There are five reasons why this happens: Decrease in testosterone after age 40 for women and 45 for men. Inactivity is[...]