Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement: risks you should know and how to reduce them

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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement: risks you should know and how to reduce them

I’ve been writing about the benefits of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) for years. Not only does BHRT help alleviate the symptoms associated with menopause (and the male version of hormone decline, called andropause), but it also offers many other significant health benefits as well. Whether you’re a man or a woman, there’s excellent scientific [...]

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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement: Selecting the Right Hormone Test(s) for Your Male Patient

Treating the sequelae of andropause, the age- and stress-related decline in hormones in the adult male, with bio-identical hormone replacement (BHRT) can restore more youthful hormone levels and significantly alleviate symptoms associated with “normal” aging, optimizing health, happiness and quality of life. Successful and safe BHRT, however, necessitates laboratory testing to assess the patient’s current [...]

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New Instructional Video For FoodSafe Allergy Test

The Food Safe Allergy Test (Bloodspot IgG Antibody Assay) is a blood spot test that only requires a simple finger stick. It measures the total IgG antibodies that cause adverse food reactions or allergies to common food allergens (95 foods tested). Learn More Researchers at John Hopkins did a thorough review of the literature in [...]

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New Test For Erectile Dysfunction – Urine NOx Test

Nitric Oxide (NO) Synthesis: the primary factor in erectile dysfunction for many men and can be accurately measured in a 24 hour urine sample. The Urine NOx Test Our NEW Urine NOx Test will help you rule out low nitric oxide synthesis as a cause of erectile dysfunction (ED) in your patients as well as [...]

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The New Meridian Valley Lab Logo

Dear all, MVL Marketing and Sales is excited to announce the official launch of a new MVL logo and a transformative brand identity that builds upon our company values and our successful 35 year company history. Through this new logo and brand identity, we are positioning ourselves to continue bringing leadership to innovation, research and [...]

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Insulin Resistance – 4 Steps To Curing The Common Condition Your Doctor May Be Overlooking

At least three to four times a month, I see patients with a condition that their primary care doctors have completely missed. In fact, I saw this easy diagnosis completely ignored again—twice—just last week. And along with the missed diagnosis goes the wrong type of treatment for some of its symptoms. This doesn’t help the [...]

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Human Growth Hormone Testing – 24 hour urine profile

While most of us experience a general decline in the production of hormones after about the age of 40 years old, how to test your body for this loss and what to do about it has been the focus of controversy for many years. Growth hormone (GH) is one of the more controversial hormones that [...]

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Jonathan Wright, MD & Alan Gaby, MD Present
Nutritional Therapy In Medical Practice

Many of us have become doctors or more interested in natural medicine as a result of the work of Alan Gaby, MD and Jonathan Wright, MD. When it comes to holistic medicine and nutrition they offer us the most up-to-date and comprehensive works available. They have collected 50,000 research articles over the past 36 years. [...]

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Presenting A Special Weekend With Thierry Hertoghe, MD

16 New & Updated Topics by Thierry Hertoghe!

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How Food Allergy Tests Can Help You

Food allergies and sensitivities have been associated with numerous symptoms including but not limited to anxiety, arthritis, asthma, chronic fatigue, depression, fluid retention, gout, headache, hives, hyperactivity, multiple sclerosis, obsessive compulsive disorder, premenstrual syndrome, seizures, skin problems, and weight gain. There are two main types of food allergies and sensitivities: immediate and delayed. IgG antibodies [...]

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5-Alpha Reductase Over-Inhibition

Testosterone may, cause her smiles, and happiness or to run away

So why do we care about the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase? 5-alpha reductase is responsible for conversion of testosterone to 5α-dihydrotestosterone (5α-DHT). 5α-DHT is about 3 times as potent as testosterone due to its greater affinity for androgen receptors.1 There are currently millions of men around the world taking drugs and supplements designed to inhibit this enzyme and [...]

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