CATEGORY: Medicines and Supplements
Concerns Regarding Long Term Testosterone Pellets for Women
Symptoms and concerns women have after starting testosterone replacement using pellets. In recent weeks we have focused on short term concerns that some women have about replacing their lost testosterone with pellets. This week we want to explore some of[...]
Cholesterol doesn’t Mean a Thing: A picture is worth a Thousand Words
What your Cholesterol level does and does not tell you about potential cardiovascular issues It would seem from the marketing that high cholesterol leads to heart disease, but it does not. Everyone gets very excited about high cholesterol findings on[...]
Anti-Aging Medicine Addresses Senescence and Reverses Osteoporosis
Discussion of individual drugs researched and approved by the FDA for the purpose of treating the specific diseases of aging. This week’s conversation was stimulated by an article in January’s Endocrine News written by Sundeep Khosla, MD. The author of[...]
Obesity and Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamins are vital to the enzyme pathways that make our bodies metabolize food into energy. You may think that people who take vitamins are crazy or hypochondriacs, but it is a valid truth that vitamins are vital to the enzyme[...]
What can, or should we do to control drug prices?
Always ask your pharmacist how much your medicine will cost if you pay cash. Drug prices seem to be like the weather. Everyone complains about them but no one does anything about them. This a very complicated multilayered problem for[...]
Watch out – All Testosterone Pellets are not the Same!
Testosterone pellets can be powder or micronized. What's the difference, and which is better? I was asked to sit on a panel of experts at the Age Management Medicine Conference and while I was answering questions, one of the experts[...]
Causes of Obesity in America – Continued
The types of food you eat are more important than the volume of food. This week we are continuing our discussions regarding obesity in Europe and America. We will be focusing on the bad habits that people develop, either through[...]
FAQ’s From Men About Testosterone Replacement
What do men want to know when considering testosterone replacement? This week we are beginning a new feature that we will revisit from time to time, we are looking at frequently asked questions. What do men want to know when[...]
Why are so many of us Overpaying for our Prescription Medicines?
Why would paying cash for a prescription cost less than paying the insurance co-pay? Please notice that we are not talking about why drugs are so expensive, that may be a part of our discussion today, but it is not[...]
Adult Attention Deficit Disorder might be an Advantage in the 21st Century
ADHD and ADD - Similarities and Differences Explained. Many of us grew up in an era where the diagnosis of ADD and ADHD was not yet established. So many of us, especially boys, who were identified as difficult children with[...]