Stop Being a Lab Value: Why Functional Medicine Sees the Person, Not Just the Numbers
You know the feeling. You’ve been dragging yourself through the day with the energy of a damp paper towel. Your brain feels like it’s trapped in a thick Indiana fog, and despite your best efforts at the gym, the scale hasn’t budged in months. So, you do the responsible thing. You go to the doctor, […]
Testosterone Replacement Therapy – Giving Men a New and Revitalized Self
Most men as they age will have low testosterone. Studies show that on average testosterone decrease is tied to the decade of life with 50% decrease at age 50, 60% at age 60, etc. You can usually pick out who is testosterone deficient in a crowd of people. Obese men, especially with abdominal obesity tend […]
Is Your Wife Hot?
Is your wife middle aged and hot? And not the kind of “hot” she wants to be? Ladies, are you waking up in a pile of sweat, and going from hot to cold all day long, having mood swings that go from one pole to the other, and weight gain you never saw coming? You […]
Preventing a Panic Attack Without Medication
Did you know there is a way to fend off a panic attack that does not require medication? There is and it actually works for a lot of people better than meditation, deep breathing, and other interventions, because it works quickly. Now we know that panic attacks ramp up your sympathetic nervous system causing your […]
Geriatric Annual Wellness Visits
Let’s talk today about geriatric annual wellness visits. If you are over the age of 65 and have Medicare Part B, you qualify for a wellness visit at no cost to you. These exams differ from your annual that you get at the doctor’s office. No labs or medications are ordered and they typically take […]