HealthBrief – High Blood Pressure is Associated with Lower Testosterone in Men

In 2011, data from the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania, Germany, were used to determine if there was a relationship between testosterone levels and blood pressure. Testosterone levels were measured in male participants of the study and the range of...

HealthBrief – Chelation Therapy Trial Shows 50% Reduction in Mortality for Post-MI Patients with Diabetes

  The Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) presented ground breaking results in the diabetic sub study at the recent American Heart Association Meeting and published in Circulation. The paper, “The Effect of an EDTA-based Chelation Regimen on Patients With...

HealthBrief – Testosterone Replacement Therapy & Heart Failure

Heart failure patients who take testosterone supplements may find they breathe better and are able to do more exercise, researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, reported in Circulation Heart Failure in a 2012 study. The authors had gathered data...
Anti-Aging Medicine & Bio-Identical Hormones – Les Cole, MD

Anti-Aging Medicine & Bio-Identical Hormones – Les Cole, MD

What are the major contributors to the aging process?  Oxidative stress and inflammation are major contributors to aging, causing the destruction of important chemical molecules – the molecules of metabolism – in your body and brain. Examples of oxidation in nature...
Type 2 Diabetes – How Did I Get Here?

Type 2 Diabetes – How Did I Get Here?

If you have Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), you’ve probably seen a doctor and been put on a blood sugar lowering medication (such as metformin) for it. If you asked how you got it, you may not have gotten an answer, other than been told to diet, lose weight and exercise. If...