Do you think, that testosterone is for sex only? When I was in the medical school I thought this way. And many people still think, that testosterone is mainly for fun. But not any more.

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Do you want to have your periods back? Yes? No? Most of the women say no. And it is understandable: who wants to have this trouble again. If you decide to get bioidentical hormone replacement, you may have it without periods.  And everybody loves it: youth is back but no periods, no pregnancy. Another choice is to go back to cycling with periods again. There is no consensus which is better. And I usually recommended my patients BHRT without cycling. Until recently.

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Now many doctors agree that impotence is dangerous. Even in the article “Five symptoms men should not ignore,” published on the CNN site, unenthusiastic penis is mentioned as a symptom #3. Explanation: penis has the same vessels as the heart, brain, kidneys etc. Therefore if you have erectile dysfunction, then you may have bad penile vessels as well as coronary vessels and renal vessels, etc. So you need to check your cholesterol, heart, blood pressure etc. Sounds logical? Yes. But this is only the part of the problem. What they do not want you to know is

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Although everyone wants protection from cancer, not that many to do that were discovered so far. Therefore every new way to get extra protection, is priceless. Getting enough vitamin D is the most important. What else? (more…)

Lack of sleep and hot flashes can make your life a nightmare. Lack of libido and vaginal dryness may cause problems in your sex life. No fun at all! So can we improve the quality of life?  Definitely! We do have treatments. The question is, how to solve the problem: antidepressants and sleeping pills or hormones?

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FDA approved diabetic drug Byetta was linked to the cause of 2 patients deaths. As per Amylin and Eli Lilly 4 additional death are reported to FDA which was not made public yet. The cause of deaths is acute pancreatitis. Altogether there are 6 cases of pancreatitis reported so far. In my understanding it is much better to avoid processed food, then to subject yourself to the risks of medications side effects. What do you think?

Are you suffering from tiredness, which starts early in the morning after you get up? If yes, then you may not be getting enough sleep. Most of my patients are suffering from lack of good sleep almost every day. The reason: too much cortisol because of estrogen and progesterone decline. So what needs to be done? (more…)

Good news! The scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University found, that regular exercise helps preventing breast cancer in women. Explanation? So do we need to rush to the gym and run a few hours a day to protect yourselves from cancer? I doubt it. Because as per my knowledge the most powerful cancer fighter is

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According to the majority of experts we need to eat breakfast. Somebody even suggests, that breakfast should be the most important meal of the day. Remember: eat breakfast as a king, lunch as a prince, and dinner as a pauper. But when I tried to apply this to my weight loss program I found out that eating breakfast may be not a good idea. What I found was

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I was alway wondering why in order to get active form of vitamin D we need sun exposure? Quite unusual for our body! In order to function we need only a few micro elements, vitamins, amino acids and fats. Most of our body chemical substances are made within our body. But not active form of vitamin D. So what is the reason?

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