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Age Management Medicine
Getting Started
We have created an experience designed to create a
unique Executive Health Program for you.
It will take
most of your day to undergo all necessary testing,
explanation, and prescription. However, if you live
close to our office, you can break this up into a few
appointments.
You have made a decision to seek out our medical
services because you are looking to increase your energy
level - including sexual energy, reduce body fat,
increase lean muscle, improve cognitive function, lower
cholesterol, enhance mood, improve ability to handle
stress, and strengthen the immune system so as to remain
as disease free as possible.
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INTIMACY
AND LIBIDO
Watch two KCAL-TV CBS NEWS reports by
Dilva Henry with Marc Darrow, M.D.,J.D.
WOMEN AND HORMONES
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Is
Testosterone Supplementation Right
For You? |
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 MEN
Testosterone levels
in men begin to drop after the age of 30.
The recognition that men can suffer from sex hormone deficiency
just as women do, and be treated for this deficiency in the same
manner as women prescribed hormonal supplementation have lead to
an explosion in the demand for testosterone supplementation.
Read more
Testosterone for Men
Studies and News Items
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 WOMEN
Testosterone is the male sex hormone, but, it is also an
important sex hormone for women.
Signs of testosterone deficiency in women:
1. low or no sex drive
2. obesity
3. hot flashes
Read more
Testosterone For Women
Studies and News |
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Is
Estrogen Supplementation Right
For You?
 There is a
great deal of fear and confusion when it
comes to menopause and hormone
supplementation. First, the term Hormone
Replacement Therapy or HRT can conjure up
the image of a cancer, stroke, and heart disease
causing cocktail of synthetic hormones.
Next there is the "alternative," Natural
Hormone Replacement Therapy (NHRT). There is
no Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Hormones for use in humans need to be
synthesized from something.
Sometimes, but incorrectly added to the
latter group are the aptly and descriptively
named
"Bio-Identical Hormones."
Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)
is not "natural" hormones and should never
be referred to as that. Their sources are
natural, being derived from plant sources,
but, they must be chemically altered to
exactly match the hormones produced in the
body. Read
more
Estrogen Studies and News
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 Estrogen Levels and
Testosterone Deficiency in MEN!
Many of our male patients are surprised to find that they have
estrogen levels and that sometimes their estrogen levels, after
a certain age, are higher than that of many of their female
postmenopausal counterparts.
As a man ages, his testosterone has a higher propensity of being
changed, or aromatized, into estradiol. This higher ratio of
estradiol to free (unbound) testosterone can cause many
cognitive, sexual and physical dysfunctions.
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Progesterone
FOR
WOMEN
Progesterone is the counterbalance of estrogen and regulates the
effects of estrogen in a woman's body. Progesterone and estrogen
are designed by nature to work together. This is why many
physicians treating hormonal problems include it in their
regiment guidelines. We do not prescribe estrogen without
progesterone.
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DHEA
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a naturally produced
steroid made by the adrenal glands. It is derived from
cholesterol and when metabolized in the liver, a sulfate
is added converting it into DHEA-sulfate (DHEA-S).
DHEA is made in greater quantities than any other
hormone in the body, it reaches its peak levels while we
are in our early 20's and then begins a dramatic drop to
20% of those levels by the time we reach age 70. It is
this drastic drop in the body's most prevalent hormone
that led researchers to conjecture that DHEA may play a
very large role in the disease and aging process.
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MELATONIN
Melatonin is
secreted by the pea-sized pineal gland in the center
of our brains to regulate our sleep patterns.
Our
bodies make it from the well known sleep inducing
amino acid tryptophan.
As we age we seem to produce less melatonin and this
has been suggested as one of the reasons why our
aging population has difficult sleeping patterns.
The decline of melatonin centers around age 45. The
decline is usually a steep one. By age 60, we
produce half the melatonin we did during our
twenties and by the late seventies nearly none.
Read
more
Melatonin News Items
Melatonin Benefits Touted
Melatonin, Night-Time Blood Pressure
and Women Aged 47 to 63
Melatoni for Blood Pressure
Immune Stimulation
Melatonin, Immune Function and Aging
Does Melatonin Protect Vision As We Age? |
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 PREGNENOLONE
Pregnenolone is a steroid hormone synthesized from
cholesterol mainly by the adrenal glands and in small
part by our nervous system.
What does it do?
There is speculation as to the main role of pregnenolone
in the body. Most researchers are now in agreement that
the primary role of pregnenolone is as the precursor
(the building block) of our other hormones including the estrogens,
progesterone,
testosterone and
DHEA. Read more |
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THYROID
The thyroid
gland secretes the aptly named thyroid hormone. The
over-production or under-production of this
hormone can
cause big problems in the body and lead to a myriad of
symptoms that sometimes goes undiagnosed or
misdiagnosed.
What does thyroid
hormone do?
It regulates:
- heart rate
- metabolism & body temperature
- cholesterol levels
- weight
- vision
- menstrual regularity
As we age, and our glands, including the thyroid produce
less hormone, we typically fall into a syndrome of
hypothyroidism. Read more |
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WEIGHT LOSS BLOG
Weight Gain and Thyroid
Caloric Restriction
Menopause and Obesity
Why Can't I Lose Weight? |
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Medical Research |
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Aging
Alzheimer's Disease/Memory
Bone
Loss
Cognitive Function
Erectile
Dysfunction
Exercise |
Heart
Health
Insulin
Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome
Libido
Muscle
Mass/Strength
Sleep
Weight,
Obesity, Diabetes |
