Written by Mark Newman, President of Precision Analytical, Inc. In July of 2017, we had an excellent post from Dr. Schroeder about why we test cycling women within days 19-22 of their cycle. As many practitioners know, the mid-luteal phase is the best time to assess progesterone, a very important hormone marker for overall cycle health. Progesterone is only… 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 »
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 »
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 »
January Webinar Recording: Pellet Hormone Therapy – a Primer for Clinicians
Webinar Recording: Pellet Hormone Therapy – a Primer for Clinicians James Mirabile, MD, FACOG, Medical Director at SottoPelle, presents an hour-long webinar on pellet hormone therapy basics and how it can revitalize your practice. Listen to/watch the recording below and download the slides by clicking here! Topics Covered: General questions to help identify HRT candidates… Read More »
Guide for Interpreting Testing Levels for Hormone Contraceptive Users
Posted Dr. Sherry LaBeck – Republished with permission from ZRT Laboratory Interpretation of hormone testing using saliva, dried blood spot, or serum can be tricky when women are using oral, patch, or other hormonal contraception methods. The types of hormones in these contraceptives are synthetic, and although they may be close to the molecular structure of our body’s own… Read More »
PODCAST: BHRT & Brain Function
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP Sex hormones—particularly estrogen—have complex effects on the CNS. Changes during menopause can cause or contribute to dysfunction in numerous brain functions including sleep, mood and cognitive performance. In this podcast, Jim Paoletti explains how estrogen and testosterone replacement therapy supports healthy cognitive function and mood, including the prevention of Alzheimer’s… Read More »
The Benefits of Compounding, Beyond BHRT
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP Establishing relationships with knowledgeable, high-quality compounding pharmacies can help you provide a diverse range of therapeutic choices for patients, in addition to improving compliance. Compounding allows medication to be personalized to the individual, which can help you overcome frustrating obstacles by providing customized solutions for patients with a wide variety… Read More »
PODCAST: Common Concurrent Issues Alongside BHRT
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 15-minute podcast, Jim Paoletti discusses common concurrent issues that you may encounter in BHRT patients, from a Functional Medicine perspective. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARFM, FIACP, is the Director of Education at Power2Practice and… Read More »
Converting Patients to BHRT from Conventional Therapies
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP Determining dosages and managing symptoms in patients who want to covert from conventional therapies to bioidentical therapy can be one of the most difficult challenges facing the BHRT practitioner. Conventional therapies and dosages provide too much hormone, even if the manufactured product being used contains bioidentical hormone rather… Read More »
PODCAST: Interactions Between Estrogen & Progesterone
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 5-minute podcast, hormone therapy expert, Jim Paoletti, talks (in-depth) about the interactions between estrogen and progesterone and suggests a great textbook for reference. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti will be a featured presenter at a two-day workshop focused on BHRT… Read More »
PODCAST: Functional Hormone Balance
by Jim Paoletti, BS Pharmacy, FAARM, FIACP – Director of Education | Power2Practice In this 30-minute podcast, Jim Paoletti talks about functional hormone balance by addressing the symptoms of hormone imbalance, including the factors that affect hormones, from a Functional Medicine perspective. Click the arrow below to listen… Jim Paoletti will be a featured presenter… Read More »