CATEGORY: Heart and Blood
Heat Stroke – How to Stay Healthy in the Heat.
How do you know when you are getting close to heat stroke? 2024 has been the hottest summer of the decade and it is causing many of you to go to the ER with heat related sickness. There are several[...]
The Male Orgasm and Testosterone
As time goes on, a man's free testosterone starts to decrease with age. In general, I spend my time defending women and the fact that our problems and sexual physiology is ignored, by the governmental powers and physician organizations in[...]
Why blood test of testosterone and free testosterone alone donât reveal how you will respond to hormones.
Every person is an individual and each person makes hormones based on their genetic map and environment. At Bio Balance Health I order blood tests to evaluate my future patients before I even have my first appointment with them. I[...]
Sweating, Electrolytes, and How to Combat Dehydration
How illnesses and medications affect the amount of each electrolyte in our body. I learned about electrolytes in medical school as the substances Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate we check on a metabolic panel. However, electrolytes are much[...]
628 Statins Can Cause Diabetes
Why are statins always prescribed for people who have diabetes, even if their lipids are normal? There is an interesting conflict between the truth and the mainstream medical protocols surrounding statins, that we have noticed in our practice for a[...]
The Coronary Artery Calcium Scan (CACS) and Heart Disease
A test exist that can determine your plaque buildup, and it is not as expensive as you might think. One of the new tests available to doctors and patients without a prescription is a test that tells you if you[...]
How do Mitochondria get sick?
Prolonged exposure to free radicals leads to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. When the human body is exposed to radiation (even the sun), toxins, stress, unhealthy food, infection and extremes of temperature and physically stressful[...]
What are Mitochondria and What is their Importance to Our Health?
How you can you keep your Mitochondria healthy? Mitochondria are discussed in antiaging advertising like they are understood by the common man. Even TV discussions and podcasts discuss mitochondria like we are all biology majors, but to most people mitochondria[...]
MetforminÂź is a Miracle Drug for Aging and Obese Patients
Your weight loss medicine may be helpful for other issues in addition to weight loss. One of my patients asked me why I was putting her on Metformin if she wasnât really diabetic yet, another woman I was consulting on[...]
What is the optimal blood level for testosterone in women?
Why is the optimal testosterone level different from person to person? Women always ask about my goal for their blood level of free Testosterone after insertion of testosterone pellets. That is a good question, and it is not easily answered.[...]