CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘Dr. Kathy Maupin’ Category
Understanding what your doctor means when they say, “Standard of care”, and “I follow the guidelines”.
If your doctor tells you they are following the standard of care you should let them know you understand that is the minimum they can do. Doctor lingo is often confusing to those patients who don’t work in the medical[...]
Length of Life vs. Quality of Life, Which Way Should Medicine go?
In general, modern medicine decision making in medicine today is geared to making people live longer. Today we are going to discuss a presentation we heard at the AMMG conference in Tucson last October. The presentation was given by Dr.[...]
Bilateral Adrenal Medullary Hyperplasia
There are only 32 recorded cases of Bilateral Adrenal Medullary Hyperplasia. This week we are examining a story about a young man who had a hereditary disease. He was one of several in his family who apparently had suffered these[...]
Theories of Addiction Treatment
The treatment of addiction has grown beyond just alcohol and drugs. In the early days of addiction treatment, the focus was on alcohol and drugs. The theories about what was going on with the patient and why, focused on the[...]
Sex and Libido in America
Why is there is an increase in older Americans getting divorced? This week we look at the question of why more older Americans are getting divorced than ever before, even more frequently than younger Americans? It is an intriguing problem[...]
New Information about Early Alzheimer’s Detection
Doctors are excited to have a new tool that may help them detect and treat Alzheimer's. Doctors have begun to discover a breakthrough in being able to determine if you are one of those people who are likely to develop[...]
Got Testosterone? – A New Book by Dr. Kathy Maupin and Brett Newcomb
Got Testosterone? - A book for men, and the women who love them. 4 years ago, we wrote a book called The Secret Female Hormone, after almost 30 years as a gynecologist Dr. Maupin had a personal experience of the[...]
These are the Factors Leading to Heart Disease
Cardiac disease is not the only thing that results from plaque formation There are many factors that affect the development of cardiac disease, including: ObesityAdult onset DiabetesLow thyroidLack of exerciseInflammationSmokingDrinkingLow TMenopauseInsulin resistanceHeredity In my practice I begin by normalizing the[...]