by Dr. Russo | Feb 9, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs
The most common urogenital symptom associated with menopause is dryness, followed by irritation or itching, discharge, and dysuria (burning with urination). These symptoms are the result of vulvovaginal atrophy that occurs with the absence of estrogen. We know that...
by Dr. Russo | Jan 27, 2016 | Health Blogs
Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day and is fueled by CoQ10. When your heart has the high levels of CoQ10 it needs, it works like a charm. The mitochondria (the cells’ energy factories) need CoQ10 to generate ATP energy to keep your heart cells functioning and...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Jan 20, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Physicians Corner, Research
One of the biggest worries we hear from men considering Hormone Replacement Therapy, or from their primary care physicians, is that Testosterone therapy will increase their risk of Prostate Cancer. This skepticism has remained for decades in sections of the medical...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Jan 14, 2016 | Health Blogs, Research
Last week, Lumosity, a popular “brain training” game found on phones and tablets everywhere, was fined $2,000,000 by the FTC over its claims of helping users excel at work and school and reduce or delay “cognitive impairment associated with age and other serious...
by Dr. Russo | Jan 12, 2016 | Health Blogs, Physicians Corner
Carbohydrates are the body’s main source of energy. They’re found in almost all of the foods that we eat, but choosing the right ones can make or break a heart-healthy diet. “Both good carbs and bad carbs turn into sugar, but their nutritional value and how fast they...
by Dr. Russo | Jan 11, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Physicians Corner
Dr. Russo will host two free seminars on Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, fitness, nutrition, general health and wellness on Tuesday, January 19th at 12:00pm and 5:30pm at the Charles Mack Center in Mooresville, NC. These seminars are both first come –...
by Dr. Russo | Jan 8, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Physicians Corner
During the first week of January, 2016, Dr. Russo of Carolina HealthSpan Institute, Lake Norman appeared on a radio show called Health Talk with Fred Lowry to discuss Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, the common misconceptions and positives to our approach to...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 27, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Research
The film Concussion takes a look at the “discovery” of a brain disease caused by multiple concussions and sub-concussive hits while the focus of the film is on the NFL’s early denial of the existence of the disease and their role in the process. It’s always more...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 22, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
They played their hearts out on the NFL gridiron; however, it’s their heads that are now feeling the impact. The new “Concussion” movie, starring Will Smith, will shed immense light on the disease process known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 17, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
In a new study in Nature, the scientific communities’ top journal, data was released showing that up to 90% of cancers could be related to lifestyle. Previously it was thought that the majority of cancer cases are part of the “bad luck hypothesis”...
