BioBalance Healthcast Blog/Videos
Cholesterol as a Predictor of Heart Disease
November 30, 2015
Similar to the development of the DEW line (radar defense line along arctic circle in north America that was early warning for invasion from Russia) in national defense in the cold war, the use of lab tests to measure cholesterol[...]
One Size Fits All Doesn’t Work in Medicine
November 22, 2015
In medical school we are taught that there is one dose of a medication that will treat any patient, no matter how tall, how thin or fat, male or female, 18 to 90 years of age. For a profession that[...]
Communicating With Your Body
November 16, 2015
Medical Professionals learn, observe, and use the body language of their patients to diagnose and treat what is really going on. Body language, medical history, and verbal communication combine to present a more accurate picture than any single element doctors[...]
New Treatment for Endometriosis
November 10, 2015
Endometriosis is a common disease that affects women of childbearing age and is the most common reason for women to have their ovaries removed. Endometriosis is hard to describe, but it is implants of the same tissue that normally lines[...]
Why we are told that testosterone is bad?
November 4, 2015
If Testosterone can make us live longer, decrease insulin resistance and the incidence of diabetes by 44%, decrease the thickness of the intima of arteries (plaque), decrease LDL (the bad one) cholesterol levels, decrease the rate of heart disease, and[...]
Orgasm and Ejaculation in Women
October 26, 2015
It's true that women have a great capacity for sexual pleasure. We have a greater capacity than men for orgasm and ejaculation when we are in the right relationship, and are in possession of normal youthful female hormones, estradiol and[...]
Orgasm and Ejaculation in Men
October 21, 2015
Oxytocin is one of the most important hormones when it comes to both ejaculation and orgasm in men. In this week’s podcast we are going to speak separately about the two processes. They are, indeed, separate, but often simultaneous processes.[...]
New Treatments for PTSD
October 13, 2015
PTSD—Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a syndrome that causes a person to emotionally overreact to normal daily stresses, and to relive the feeling of terror that they felt when they experienced the traumatic experience that left them with this disorder.[...]
Symptoms of PTSD
October 7, 2015
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) was recognized as a diagnosis in 1980. In 35 years it has undergone several revisions and changes in what constitutes the condition, the most recent being in 2013 with the outcome being a recognized diagnosis[...]
5 Strategies for Surviving the Emergency Room
September 29, 2015
Because of your ER doctor’s difficult work environment, it is important for you, the patient, to know what conditions should make you go to the emergency room, as well as how to navigate the process and come out on the[...]