CATEGORY: Heart and Blood
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[...]
A Slow Heartbeat Is Not Necessarily A Sign of Health
A slow rate suggests that you are not pumping enough blood to your body and this can cause poor oxygenation Points to Remember: Slow heart rate can be from hypothyroidism Slow heart rate can be caused by an arrhythmia (an[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Testosterone Replacement after a Hysterectomy Protects Women from Heart Disease.
Removal of the ovaries causes women to experience an abrupt loss of hormones after their surgery My bio-identical testosterone replacement medical practice helps many women and men come back to normal life after aging decreases their testosterone and limits their[...]
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. [...]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – The Characterizations of Inflammation in Modern Medicine
Inflammation can be both good and bad. What matters is that we recognize when it is a signal of an acute problem. Inflammation is considered the bad guy in the world of preventive medicine…the condition that causes damage to joints,[...]