On Monday, May 24, KPLR 11 in St. Louis featured a story titled “New Treatment To Fight The Effects Of Menopause:
A St. Louis Doctor Is Gaining International Attention For Her Bio-Identical Hormone Treatments“.
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25MayBioidentical Hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), Menopause, Pellets, Symptoms, Treatment 4 Comments
Tags: bioidentical hormone pellets, KPLR 11, media, Melanie Moon, TV
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08Apr
I invite you to listen to the April sixth episode of the BioBalance Podcast. It’s available in the iTunes store and from our podcast page along with our previous two episodes. I encourage you to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes to have the latest episode automatically download to your computer as soon as it’s published.
In this week’s show I talk about my background in medicine, how BioBalance was created, and what happens to men’s and women’s bodies when they reach their forties and fifties.
We plan to produce a new show every week to keep you informed of issues like the treatment of symptoms of aging with bioidentical hormones pellets, news of medical research and information about BioBalance products and services. If you have any questions you’d like answered, or comments about the show, we’ll consider reading them on an upcoming show. Our email address is podcast@biobalancehealth.com.
Tags: Andropause, biobalance, Dr. Maupin, estradiol, hormones, insomnia, lack of libido, loss of energy, Pellets, symptoms of menopause, testosterone
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06Apr
I put most of the BioBalance Botanical Skin Care products on sale for Mother’s Day. See deep discounts on select products all skin types:
Normal Skin: Skin with a lack of shine, with normal pore openings and a look that is fresh and supple.
Oily and Problem Skin: Skin with a shiny appearance, open pores, often with acne, oily all over, pimples, with few wrinkles and facial lines.
Dry and Sensitive Skin: Skin that is dry and sometimes flakes, small poor openings, thin and a lack of moisture, that feels dry.
We also offer a selection of products suitable for all skin types.
Tags: acne, botanical skin care products, dry skin, normal skin, oily skin, pimples, pores
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25Mar
The March 2010 edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism states that decreased Free Testosterone (unbound to protein) in men caused by aging, disease, or trauma, leads to atherosclerosis of the aorta, which creates a high risk of Aortic Aneurism.
It has long been accepted that low testosterone in aging men is associated with ill health: diabetes, frailty, osteoporosis, sexual malfunction, stroke, heart disease, and other illnesses associated with aging. This study was to determine if the Free Testosterone level was related to the lack of the Testosterone, as is heart disease.
Researchers found a correlation between low Testosterone and Aortic Aneurism. In realizing this conclusion they also acknowledge that low testosterone is associated with high inflammation of the arteries, which is one of the sources of cardiac disease.
This supports what I have been saying about preventing disease by replacing your missing Testosterone.
Tags: aging, aortic aneurism, atherosclerosis, diabetes, free testosterone, heart disease, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, low testosterone, osteoporosis, sexual malfunction
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23MarAndropause, Bioidentical Hormones, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), Pellets, Symptoms, Treatment No Comments
Click to listen to the latest episode of the BioBalance Podcast, recorded March 16th when I appearance on the Dave Glover Show on FM Newstalk 97.1 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Tags: Andropause, Dave Glover Show, FM Newstalk 97.1, low testosterone levels in men
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23Mar
A report published in the July 2009 edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism states that when looking at health markers (levels of hormones, risk factors, etc.), low Testosterone for men and a low estradiol for women are markers for higher risk of death from other diseases.
Dr. John Morley, local researcher, physician and head of geriatrics at St. Louis University, published an article stating that Testosterone supplementation improves spacial perception and eye hand coordination. He also reports that Testosterone helps older men improve bone density, and muscle mass and strength, making it possible for them to move around more easily.
Dr. Ian Chapman from Australia found that treating both men and women in nursing homes with testosterone decreased the number of times they were hospitalized. He suggests that aging patients will benefit from Testosterone replacement.
For information about Testosterone replacement therapy visit:
Tags: bone density, Dr. Ian Chapman, Dr. John Morley, endocrinology, hormones, low estradiol, men, metabolism, muscle mass, risk factors, St. Louis University, strength, testosterone, women
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16Mar
I will be the guest of top-rated St. Louis radio host, Dave Glover, at 4:45 this afternoon. Please tune in to 97.1 FM to hear us talk about treating symptoms of aging—menopause and andropause—with bioidentical testosterone and estradiol hormone pellet therapy (HRT).
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26Jan
Here is what my patients say about Insomnia: “I can’t sleep longer than 4 hours! I wake up at 2 am, and can’t go to sleep. When I do sleep I don’t wake up rested. I can’t work well anymore because I am sleep deprived!”
Definition of insomnia:
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Waking in the early morning hours
- Lack of Dreaming, Stage 4 and REM sleep
- Inability to go back to sleep
- Non-refreshing sleep
If your insomnia began after you turned 40, you probably have testosterone related insomnia.
Causes of insomnia:
- Worry
- Depression
- Hyperactive sympathetic nervous system
- Medications
- Heredity
- Sleep Apnea
- Lack of Testosterone
- Lack of Estradiol causing hot flashes
There are many causes of insomnia, and it is sometimes difficult to diagnose. Most of my patients present to me after they have tried treatments for other etiologies like depression and a sleep study. They are still suffering from the fatigue caused by sleep deprivation when they come to me for therapy.
Treatments you may have tried:
- Anti-Depressants: Zoloft, Paxil, Chlorazepate
- Sleep medications: Ambien, Restoril
- Sedatives: Xanax, Valium
- Anti-psychotics
- Melatonin
- Homeopathic Remedies
- Behavioral Therapy
- Warm milk and Benedryl
Primary care doctors are trained to use the most straight forward methods, because they work for some people. The listed treatments give the insomniac some relief from constant wakefulness if it is not caused by hormonal deficits. You may have exhausted most of these therapies yourself, but are still tossing and turning all night!
Do you have insomnia due to an estrogen or testosterone deficit?
- New onset after 38 years of age
- Begins before menopause
- Causes daytime fatigue
- Early morning waking with or without hot flashes
- Increases in illnesses by impairing the immune system
If you fit most of these symptoms then you probably have a special type of insomnia that is caused by a lack of Testosterone, with or without lack of Estradiol. We cure this problem all the time!
Long term outcomes of insomnia
- Chronic fatigue
- Depression
- Memory loss, dementia
- Anxiety and irritability
- Viral infections
- Increased incidence of cancer and chronic disease
This sleep can change our mood, our work quality and rob us of the joy of living. Rarely do doctors blame lack of sleep as the cause of disease. When asked how we feel by our doctor, we do a subconscious check and do not even notice the lack of sleep that pervades our life. but this condition causes other illness in a very insidious way. It creeps up on us as we pile on months and years of poor sleep. This does not allow our body to have the healing rest of deep sleep and we find ourselves with many of these symptoms and diseases.
Illnesses follow the lack of sleep, by suppressing our immune system, inability to repair damaged cells, and neurotransmitters.
Insomnia’s Secret Remedy:
- Testosterone: REM sleep & dreams and increase in stage 4 sleep
- Estradiol: suppresses hot flashes
- Progesterone: relaxation for falling asleep
Hormone balance—all three of our female hormones—help us to sleep peacefully. Not all three are needed for most women, but Testosterone is key to deep and restful sleep. At BioBalance, we replace the hormones that are missing, to create our restful sleep.
Testosterone Pellet’s Effect on Insomnia:
- Restful sleep returns
- You progressively feel like yourself
- Daytime fatigue is relieved
- Mental tasks become easier
- Improved Energy
- Improved Immune response
The most effective form of Testosterone is BioBalance Testosterone Pellets, which mimics the exact ovarian testosterone we made ourselves when we were younger. I love to treat insomnia with pellets because my patients are so much better in every way when they sleep well! What follows is a life free of fatigue, depression and muddled thinking.
Tags: chronic fatigue, dementia, depression, difficulty in falling asleep, heredity, hormone pellets, hot flashes, insomnia, medications, memory loss, sleep apnea, testosterone deficit, worry
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14Jan
If this is your problem, you are fortunate to have found the best answer for brittle bones. There is nothing better than BioBalance 4 Women Testosterone and Estradiol Pellets.
Have you wondered why women are the primary victim of Osteoporosis? It is true that out of the 10 million people in the United States with Osteoporosis, 8 million are women! The key is testosterone. Both women and men make testosterone in their youth, but men make more, and for a longer period of time. Women’s hormone Estradiol builds bone too, but testosterone does it better!
My patients are barraged daily with commercials discussing the drugs to treat Osteoporosis that generally occurs with aging, after menopause. But the commercials do not describe what it means to those who have it.
Osteoporosis is a normal slowly progressive change in bone thickness that begins in women before and after menopause at the rate of one percent of your bone per year. It leads to poor posture, pain, disability, broken hips and crushed vertebrae. It has become an interest to doctors recently because we now have drugs to slow or stop this process. However the treatment has been in our pharmacy for a long time!
The treatment is the replacement of what is missing that causes our bones to thin and break—Estradiol and Testosterone! We have had Estradiol and Testosterone available for replacement in several forms. But because they are not new drugs, backed by pharmaceutical companies, we rarely hear about this very effective treatment.
It is a simple fact that replacing what we are missing is the best and least risky treatment to bring your bones back to young normal.
What are the risk factors that place us in the high risk category for Osteoporosis? Our heritage gives us a basic build with thick or thin bones. Generally, northern European ancestry is a risk factor. The darker your skin, usually the thicker your bones are from birth. But there are lifestyle choices that also increase our risk of thin bones: smoking, amphetamine use, steroid use, lack of milk in our diet, lack of sunshine and a sedentary lifestyle. Some illnesses like removal of our ovaries or premature menopause can cause osteoporosis.
Often there are no symptoms for years while osteoporosis is developing, but when osteoporosis becomes symptomatic it causes loss of height, back pain, a hump on your upper back, fractures and crushed vertebrae.
We begin screening at age 50 to find early osteoporosis with a simple bone density test. Your doctor should check your bone density starting at age 50. The test is most reliable when done in the lying down position, and takes densities of your lower back vertebrae, and your hips. These are the first and most important areas of osteoporosis.
Your score will be your bone density compared to young healthy women, based on the variation of the mean bone density of healthy women. If you are in -1 to -2.5 standard deviations from the mean, you have Osteopenia. If you are thinner, the score will be greater than -2.5.
The early changes of bone loss is called Osteopenia. This term means your bones are thin but are not presently at risk of breaking. The numbers associated with a T score indicating Osteopenia are -1 to -2 compared to young adults. I view Osteopenia as a warning that if something does not change, then Osteoporosis is the next step.
Osteoporosis means that your bones are very thin and you are at risk for a fracture with very little trauma. This is the condition we are trying to avoid by treating Osteopenia early on.
In medicine we often think of the easiest way to remedy a problem. Taking calcium is easy and cheap and everyone over 40 should take calcium with vitamin D. The newest treatment is a pill that directs calcium to the bone to make it thicker, such as Fosamax, Actonel, and Boniva. But nothing is as good at making bone as Estradiol and Testosterone, the original bone builders! Many studies have proven this, yet there is no big pharmaceutical company behind the use of Estrogen and Testosterone as the best treatment for Osteoporosis—this makes it no less true!
Bisphosphonates are medications specifically for treating osteoporosis, yet they create bone that looks thick on X-ray, but is less strong than your original bone. The other drawbacks are quite ominous, and though it works for many women, most would prefer to have the original cause remedied & the lack of Testosterone and or Estradiol replaced with the same hormone!
After choosing the replacement of hormones to treat your Osteoporosis, you must treat with the best and most effective type of hormones. The most effective is Estradiol and Testosterone pellets that mimic the ovary in making Estradiol and Testosterone. Most patients revert to normal bone density in 1-3 years after starting bio-identical hormones with Estradiol and Testosterone pellets.
This graph demonstrates the effect of Estrogen only, on bone density over 2 years. Estrogen are the dots in red.
As you can see, bone density increases dramatically during 24 months on Estradiol only. It exceeds the Bisphosphonates in effectiveness.
The things you can to do assist in your treatment of Osteoporosis is to supplement your diet with calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin C. These help you absorb calcium which are the building blocks of bone. If you don’t have enough calcium and vitamin D, you won’t make bone even with medication!
Hormone Replacement—both estradiol and testosterone—and additions to your supplements and diet, while increasing weight bearing exercise, all work together to improve bone health.
Tags: bones, brittle bones, calcium, estradiol pellets, Menopause, osteopenia, osteoporosis, testosterone, testosterone pellets, vitamin D
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30Dec
You should look as good as you feel!
Life seems to show all over our faces, even if we are well! There are many ways to look better: diet, exercise and nutrition, but your skin still shows your age and the number of hours you have spent in the sun!
The best way to look as young as you feel is to uncover your “youthful” skin again, by resurfacing it and stimulating the collagen below it. It seems we all have something that bugs us about our skin: wrinkles, age spots, redness from rosacea, acne, large pores, stretch marks, broken vessels or sagging skin.
BioBalance now has a Laser and Light Therapy medical spa right in our office! We offer the tools you need to get rid of those irritating aspects of your skin that remind you of your age.
Start the process by scheduling a consultation with one of the Laser Specialists in our office. Call the BioBalance number (314-993-0963) and leave your name and number and your request for a Laser Consultation. We will begin the skin rejuvenation process so you can look as good as you feel.
Tags: acne, age spots, broken vessels, collagen, large pores, Laser Therapy, light therapy, rosacea, sagging skin, stretch marks, wrinkles, youthful skin
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