How to ward off the effects of Stress
The inauguration is coming up next week, and I’ve heard more than a few comments about how grey Barack Obama’s hair has become over the past four years. Truth be told, Obama has fared pretty well so...
View ArticleHow High Can You Raise Testosterone– Naturally??
When I give my seminar on hormones and aging, I tell men (and their significant others) that after age 30, testosterone levels drop by one-to-three percent per year. Meaning, between age 30 and 50,...
View ArticleSupplement Truths: Caught between Offit and Oz
On June 8th, this article appeared in the New York Times, spoiling an otherwise beautiful morning: For some reason, the Times gave Paul Offit, an infectious disease doctor from Philadelphia, free reign...
View ArticleIs the Race for the Cure Giving You a Heart Attack??
A couple of weeks ago I stepped out of my apartment building, headed to a shift in the E.R.– and found myself adrift in an ocean of Pink. A bead of cold sweat formed on the back of my neck. Race for...
View ArticleCurcumin update: What about Theracurmin?
I’m going to try to make this a quick post… partly to see if I’m capable of doing a quick post. (I’ve had some trouble striking the right balance between frequency of posts and quality.) Of the 13 or...
View ArticleDoes Testosterone Cause Heart Attacks?? A response to JAMA.
JAMA published a study today that looked at VA Hospital patients with low testosterone levels. The men were about 62 years old, and were given testosterone replacement therapy for about a year. But...
View ArticleA Look at Yesterday’s New York Times Testosterone Article
Some of you have been asking about this article from yesterday’s New York Times. The study they refer to, which can be seen in its entirety here, was not an interventional study, but rather one where...
View Article…On Testosterone, Hematocrit and Cardiovascular Events
After my post last week regarding the New York Times article on testosterone replacement, a number of comments questioned the association of elevated hematocrit with cardiovascular events. So, I’d like...
View ArticleJuly 2014: New Study- Testosterone Lowers Heart Risk in Older Men
A lot has been going on the past few months, so I have been silent on the blog-post front (aside from two very frustrating fake posts due to hackers!). In the meantime, I have gotten married, and I’m...
View ArticleSTEM CELL THERAPY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS
Lately I’ve had quite a few conversations about Stem Cell therapies with both friends and patients, so it seems like a good time for a blog post on the topic. Let me make clear at the start that we...
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