ANTI-AGING MEDICINE

Anti-aging medicine is an extension of preventive health care, and is the next great model of health care for the new millennium. The science behind anti-aging medicine is multi-disciplinary and is evidence-based medicine. Anti-aging medicine is enhanced by the latest emerging technologies, molecular genetics, mind/body medicine and sports medicine.

We can alter the expected aging process by preventing, delaying, or reversing the diseases associated with aging. This form of medicine is based on the very early detection, prevention, and reversal of age-related disease. This includes heart disease, most cancers, adult-onset diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, autoimmune disease, glaucoma, and Alzheimer's.

Anti-aging medicine utilizes extensive therapies and treatment in the preventative health care field far beyond just cholesterol testing and mammograms. This is a shift from the paradigm of treating the illness after it has manifest. The current standard of the disease-driven treatments are no longer acceptable.

Age management medicine focuses on exercise, nutrition, nutritional supplements and hormone optimization. These are customized for each individual patient. Hormones are the foundation for our optimal health and wellness.

Hormones naturally begin to decline with age. In our 40's, our hormone levels are drastically reduced from the levels of what they once were in our youthful 20's. Hormonal imbalance in men and women lead down the same path. Ultimately they both lead to fatigue, depression, weight gain, loss of lean body mass, osteoporosis, and buildup of toxins and loss of libido.

We are able to measure hormone levels in the blood, urine, and saliva. Hormonal imbalances can be corrected using a regimen consisting of bioidentical hormones, proper sleep, stress reduction, customized fitness, and nutrition programs.

Most doctors consider declining levels of key hormones, like testosterone, DHEA, melatonin, thyroid hormone, progesterone and estrogen, to be a normal part of aging. We do not agree with this philosophy. We hope to optimize your health by promoting replacement of these hormones in the same way you would offer insulin to a diabetic. Our physician promotes hormone replacement, nutritional supplementation, vitamins, exercise, and a myriad of other therapies along with dietary changes and weight management.

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)
These hormones are plant-derived hormones that are frequently prescribed to treat the symptoms of menopause and andropause, the decline of testosterone in men. The custom formulas are derived from yams or soybeans and then altered to be identical in molecular structure to those produced by the body. Many advocates of BHRT believe it as a safer, more natural alternative to conventional hormone replacement therapy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, however, says there is no evidence that bioidenticals are any safer or more effective than traditional FDA-approved menopausal hormone therapies. Anti-aging doctors believe bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is safer than synthetic estrogens and progesterones that have been shown to increase a woman's risk for heart disease, stroke, blood clots and cancer.

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