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What’s the secret to looking and feeling younger? NAD.
With normal aging, certain physical changes are simply inevitable. For decades forgetfulness, cloudy thinking or ‘brain fog’, weakness, overwhelming tiredness and loss of motivation have been accepted as part of that inevitability. Research has found that there’s one vital element in the body that is responsible for many of these changes – nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide…
Continue ReadingBrain Benefits of NAD+ IV Therapy
As we age, our natural supply of NAD, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, decreases. In fact, we lose approximately 40% of our NAD levels by the age of 40. This coenzyme or “helper” molecule is involved in hundreds of metabolic processes like cellular energy and function. It helps convert proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and micronutrients (such as…
Continue ReadingEstrogen 101
About Estrogen By: Courtney Lo, PA, Founder Estrogen and Safety When we’re talking about hormone replacement, the biggest one we think of is estrogen. Everyone seems to know that term but honestly I think most women are confused when they hear it… Is it a good or a bad thing? Understandably because estrogen replacement got…
Continue ReadingWhat is Menopause?
When a woman has gone 12 months without a period – that’s the textbook definition of menopause. When I talk to women (lots of women!), it’s NEVER that simple… The hormonal changes of menopause sure don’t happen “12 months after the last period” – Perimenopausal women complain of sleepless nights, mood swings, irregular bleeding, night…
Continue ReadingTrending: Feminine Rejuvenation
What exactly is it? In polite language, vague terms like “feminine rejuvenation” really just mean improving or reversing pelvic problems that occur with women throughout life. The medical reality is that difficulties with vaginal function, sexual health, and bladder control affect almost all women at some point. Really? Almost all women? Absolutely. Any woman who’s…
Continue ReadingPercentage of Women with Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness is surprisingly common at all ages. About 20% of women over 18 have dryness, about 30% suffer through it during the perimenopausal years and most women have dryness after menopause. And it’s not just during intercourse – it can be uncomfortable – irritated, dry, painful all the time like arthritis or other aging…
Continue ReadingThe Growing Popularity of Vaginal Rejuvenation
Over 50% of women have either vaginal dryness or bladder control issues and many women have both after menopause. The treatments for vaginal dryness and bladder control are neck in neck in terms of what brings people into our regenerative medical centers in northern Michigan. And fortunately there’s a lot of overlap in treatments –…
Continue ReadingWhy Aren’t All Menopausal Women Getting Bioidentical Hormonal Treatment? – A Q&A with Dr. Gustav Lo, MD
Q: If bioidentical hormones are now known to be SAFE, plus prevent all these dangerous diseases AND make menopausal women feel so much better, why isn’t EVERYONE getting them? [For background, read my previous blog post “The Tragedy of Women’s Hormone Replacement” to find out how hormone treatment got such an undeserved bad name 20…
Continue ReadingTestosterone Replacement for Men
Tiredness. More naps. Lower libido. Less “get up and go.” These are men’s most typical complaints of aging. The funny thing is, they aren’t necessarily from getting older – many are due to declining testosterone or “low T”. It’s not just low testosterone that causes men to feel lousy. DHEA, pregnenalone, and reduced thyroid function…
Continue ReadingThe most common problem you’ve never heard of: GSM
GSM (genitourinary syndrome of menopause) affects women after menopause as the pelvic structures weaken with lost estrogen. Estrogen maintains healthy vaginal membranes, pelvic floors, and bladders. With estrogen gone, those tissues weaken and lose their normal function, leading to dryness, irritation, difficult or painful sex, and low sex drive. Vaginal problems plus weakening of the…
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