The US Preventive Services Task Force ignited a firestorm of controversy within the medical community by announcing that the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test should no longer be recommended as a routine screening tool for detection of prostate cancer. ...
Commentary and literature review by author Abdulmaged M. Traish, published Dec 2020 in the journal Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics, takes issue with the position taken by the FDA against testosterone replacement therapy in men with low testosterone due...
What is the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test? Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland. The PSA test measures the level of PSA in the blood. Because PSA is produced by the body and can be used to detect disease, it is...
How Bones are Made Thought of only as the rigid framework that supports the body, bones actually do much more and are a big player in many metabolic and hormonal systems. Bone is a complex, and constantly remodeling organ that requires far more than just calcium for...
Estrogen dominance is a very common condition with women, and may include symptoms such as PMS, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, breast tenderness, water retention, mid-cycle bleeding or heavy painful menstrual cycles. Conditions such as uterine fibroids,...
Men, if you feel like you are losing your mojo then maybe it time to check your testosterone level. Aging men will have a predictable decline in the male sex hormone, testosterone, leading to decreased energy and fatigue, weight gain, loss of muscle mass, and loss of...
Time released hormone pellets are one option for delivery of hormone replacement therapy in men and women. We have been performing pellet insertions for over a decade and we recommend obtaining pellets from College Pharmacy in Colorado Springs, because they are one...
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Only 3% of circulating testosterone (T) if not bound to a carrier protein call sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and the unbound "free" portion is the active portion. With aging our SHBG tends to increase resulting in less free T. A common pattern in lab testing...
Testosterone is the predominant male hormone; it is produced in the testes and adrenal glands. Testosterone can convert to dihydrotestosterone (DHT,) the more potent male hormone. DHT produces the male sexual characteristics such as body hair, erections and a deep...