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Do all men need testosterone replacement?
Do I need testosterone replacement? If you want to be back in the game, yes. (You’ll see what I mean at the end.) Male testosterone levels peak in the 20’s. Then testosterone levels decrease slowly, bit by bit every year. By the time men reach their 50’s, testosterone blood levels have decreased by about 1/3.…
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 ReadingIntroducing RegenCen – The Growth of Regenerative Treatments in Traverse City and Petoskey
When Dr. Gustav Lo, MD left his primary care/urgent care practice of 30 years, he didn’t wonder what to do next. “We had just transitioned the clinics to McLaren, but I was still eager to continue practicing medicine,” he recalls. “We immediately got to work on our RegenCen plan.” RegenCen isn’t primary care. It’s a…
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