Over the last couple of years, treatments like IV therapy and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) have experienced tremendous growth, presenting many fresh revenue opportunities for practices. New service offerings are undoubtedly exciting to launch, but before making significant changes in staff or treatments, it is a good idea to look at optimizing the revenue… Read More »
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Urine Testing to Monitor Transdermal Estrogen Creams or Gels
Written by Mark Newman, President of Precision Analytical, Inc. In this blog, you will see the data that has led us to the following conclusions about monitoring transdermal estrogen: Serum and urine (DUTCH) testing can be used to monitor transdermal creams and gels. Clinical parameters tested in the research (bone loss, vasomotor symptoms, FSH suppression)… Read More »
How to Complete Virtual Dispensary Orders In-Office
Increase Compliance — Complete Virtual Dispensary Orders You now have the ability to fulfill supplement recommendations on your patients’ behalf in just a few clicks! Next time you place a supplement order in the patient chart, you will still have the option of sending orders to the patient to complete or you can click “Checkout” and… Read More »
June Webinar: Building a Successful Hormone Testing Program
Webinar Recording: Building a Successful Hormone Testing Program with a Practice Management System Listen as Dr. Alison McAllister and Dan McElwain of Power2Practice discuss how to efficiently manage hormone testing within your practice, utilizing practice management software like Power2Practice. During this webinar, you will learn how to: Identify patients and choose the right hormone test Receive… Read More »
Diurnal Fluctuations in Norepinephrine & Epinephrine
Posted by Dr. Kate Placzek – Republished with permission from ZRT Laboratory Stress has become a synonymous, integral even, accompaniment of life in our fast-paced world. Generally regarded as “distress,” our bodies struggle to re-establish physiological integrity at certain times, such as after working long hours, or when we have insufficient exercise, sleep and nutrition. Driven by… Read More »
How to Rearrange the Order of Your Notes
In this quick training video, you’ll learn how rearrange the order of your notes!
How to Re-Order Sections of Your Medical Note
In this quick training video, you’ll learn how re-order the sections of the medical note as they appear in the patient chart!
May Webinar Recording: Addressing Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders
Webinar Recording: Addressing Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP, presents an hour-long webinar, discussing autoimmune thyroid disorders, including Hashimoto’s disease, and how to care for the autoimmune patient, including diet, supplementation, testing and liver detox. Listen to/watch the recording below! Topics Covered: How Hashimoto’s Disease and other autoimmune conditions develop What occurs… Read More »
Does She/He Really Need Thyroid Replacement Therapy?
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP When symptoms of hypothyroidism exist, there are many cases where the cause of the problem is not lack of thyroid hormone being produced from the thyroid gland. Before initiation of Thyroid Replacement Therapy (ThRT), it is very important to determine if the gland has the capacity to produce optimal thyroid… Read More »
The Epidemic of Breast Cancer and Thyroid Disorders: The Common Link
Written by Dr. David Brownstein A recent study found higher levels of free T3 (a thyroid hormone) as well as thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin antibodies in patients with breast cancer when compared to healthy controls. (1) Nearly one in seven (14%) U.S. women have breast cancer. Thyroid disorders are the most common endocrine disorder present in the… Read More »
Micronutrient Testing in Celiac Disease – When a Gluten-Free Diet is Not Enough
Republished with permission from SpectraCell Laboratories Celiac disease is characterized by the inability to tolerate gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. When gluten is ingested by a person with celiac disease, an allergic reaction follows that causes serious damage to the intestinal wall, ultimately creating malabsorption issues and a host… Read More »
Melatonin: More Than Just a Sleep Hormone
Posted by Dr. Allison Smith – Republished with permission from ZRT Laboratory I’ve been up to my elbows in melatonin research for a week now. I always felt like I had a pretty good working knowledge of where melatonin came from in the body, roughly how it was synthesized, the signals that propagate its production, and where… Read More »