CATEGORY: Cancer
Our Most Frequent Questions…about Uterine bleeding while on Estradiol Pellets
“I am post-Menopausal, so why do I have uterine bleeding?” Q: Why do I have to take Progesterone every night? Post-menopausal bleeding is one of the side effects of any estrogen replacement therapy, including estradiol pellets. We can prevent break-through[...]
Low Testosterone Found to Result in More Severe Covid Infections
Washington University study shows men who have low Testosterone levels are associated with severe Covid infections. Welcome to the BioBalance Healthcast, I’m Dr. Kathy Maupin and my partner Dr. Rachel Sullivan, joins me today to discuss a new research finding[...]
What to do when your doctor wants you to stop your hormone therapy.
The most likely cause of hair loss is low thyroid, followed closely by medications. I will give your PCP the benefit of the doubt that he or she doesn’t know anything about hormones, but that does not excuse him/her from[...]
What to say when your primary care doctor questions your use of Bio-Identical Hormones.
Pellets are mysterious to most doctors and drug reps, so they just tell patients they are “dangerous” or useless to scare patients from using them. Primary doctors who practice general medicine, generally don’t know anything about hormones and or worse[...]
Can Your Genetic Blueprint be Changed?
Our Genetic profile is a blueprint for our growth, development, health, talents, and esthetic looks. We all know that our genes and chromosomes are given to us at birth, are in each of our cells for our lifetime, and are[...]
The Thyroid Myth that Doctors Still Believe
The thyroid gland is the most important gland to human life. I have had hypothyroidism since I was 23, so I have had an interest in the thyroid gland, how it works and what treatments work and which ones[...]
Why Do Women Need Estrogen?
Estradiol prevents vascular disease, heart disease, stroke, and arrhythmias. Today, women are very legitimately concerned about the risk of breast cancer. They regularly ask Drs. Maupin and Sullivan to just give them replacement testosterone and not give them estrogen because[...]
Blueberries are good and statins are bad for adult-onset diabetes
Diabetes is rapidly becoming the most common and dangerous disease of aging for Americans. Three recent studies have shown a new light on treatments for diabetes. This group of research discoveries teaches us how to improve the severity of diabetes[...]
Prostate Medicines are Interfering with some Men’s Love Life
The most common new prostate medicine is Tamulosin. It can help shrink the prostate as it swells around the urethra without surgery. Prostate cancer is a concern for most men as they age. We have culturally been told that if[...]
Peptides are needed now to cure the problems that occur with aging
What are Peptides, and how do they fit into a treatment plan for problems related to aging? Modern medicine is continuing to try to find medicines and treatments for issues and problems that have not been adequately resolved by existing[...]