CATEGORY: Health and Wellness
What to do When Your Doctors Disagree
What to do when your family doctor has not helped you with your symptoms of menopause or low testosterone? What should you do when you go to your family doctor who has not helped you with your symptoms of menopause[...]
Birth Control Can Protect Women From Certain Cancers For Decades
New research shows taking oral birth control pills may reduce the risk of some cancers. A longitudinal study of forty years duration has just been released from the University of Aberdeen has provided us with the longest ongoing cohort study[...]
Neuroimaging and the news it brings for the treatment of depression
There are many different ways to treat depression including talk therapy and antidepressant drugs. Depression, especially what is called clinical depression is one of the most difficult illnesses to have. Many people who are clinically depressed find that their support[...]
The Cash Only Practice of Medicine
Some doctors are attempting to find ways to make a living and provide appropriate healthcare to their patients Doctors, while making up an important segment of the healthcare system in the United States, are not mass produced widgets. They are[...]
Why Some Doctors Only Take Cash
How do we as a country provide affordable healthcare for those in need? This week we discuss the topic of healthcare reform. If one presumes that the goal of the healthcare system in the United States is, or ought to[...]
Case Study of a Menopausal Female Patient
Dr. Maupin discuses her treatment approach for a female menopausal patient. The patient is a 60 year old Caucasian female. She reports that she is having difficulty staying focused and multitasking. She is menopausal but still has her ovaries and[...]
Male Case Study for Doctors and the General Public
Dr. Maupin's discusses her approach to Bio-identical hormone pellet therapy at BioBalance Health. Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb are taking the opportunity in this Healthcast to explain the diagnostic and troubleshooting steps that Dr. Maupin uses to evaluate patients to see[...]
Addiction to Drugs is a Method of Self Treatment for Missing Neurotransmitters
Drug addiction is a progressive and often fatal behavioral syndrome characterized by compulsive drug seeking and consumption despite serious negative consequences. “The defining feature of addiction is the compulsive, out of control drug use, despite negative consequences.” “Addictive drugs induce[...]
Discussion of the Role of Doulas in the Childbirth Process
What is a Doula? Discussing the boundaries between Doulas and doctors during pregnancy and childbirth. Doulas - non-medical birth support The definition and job description of a doula is: a non-medical person who assists a woman before during and after[...]
Botox – Off Label use of Drugs by Physicians and the FDA
Botox, Like Testosterone is a truly amazing drug that is mostly used off label to cure problems that don't have a medical solution. “The off-label use of Botox, like that of any FDA approved drug, is legal in the United[...]