by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Feb 14, 2020 | Health Blogs
Bone is living tissue that is constantly being broken down and replaced. Osteoporosis occurs when the creation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the removal of old bone and the loss of bone mass causes the bones to become porous and fragile. The amount of bone...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 8, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs
Recently the FDA revised their wording on Testosterone Supplement labels to include higher risks including heart attack, personality changes and infertility. The FDA in their news statement warned that “Abuse of testosterone, usually at doses higher than those...
by Dr. Russo | Mar 2, 2016 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
No, Bio-Identical Hormones do not cause cancer. A very large study called the Woman’s Health Initiative (WHI-1) looking at hormone replacement and chronic disease unfortunately gave the false impression that hormone replacement was unsafe. This study used the...
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 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...
