PODCAST
The BioBalance Healthcast
by Romondo Davis
Board Certified Dr. Kathy Maupin offers solutions for men and women suffering from symptoms of aging, menopause and andropause. Through BioBalance Health she uses bioidentical hormone pellets, inserted under the skin, to restore the body's natural hormone levels, allowing her patients to experience relief from a variety of symptoms.Dr. Maupin also offers a full range of aesthetic services and a medicated weight loss program
Episodes
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Pregnenalone — The Mother of Steroid Hormones
One of the hormones you probably have not heard of is PREGNENOLONE (P). It is a hormone made in the adrenal gland and is considered the mother of steroid hormones because it is the precursor or the first hormone that then becomes the hormones testosterone, DHEA, estradiol, cortisol and...
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Eating Disorders
Almost four in ten females and one in ten males will suffer from an eating disorder. Statistically, 4% of the females will die from complications from eating disorders. This is a dangerous and statistically common set of disorders. One in ten of us have the disorder or know someone who does. This...
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Aesthetic Procedures for Body Image Issues
Some individuals have issues that arise from chronic weight problems or from disfigurement of one kind or another, or from social-cultural expectations of beauty and attractiveness. Many of these can be neutralized by diet and exercise, by spending time learning how to dress and apply makeup in...
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Bariatric Surgery for Body Image Issues
People who are obese suffer from social, psychological, and physiological issues that can destroy their ability to live healthy and happy lives. There are levels of obesity and each of them have interventions and treatments that are known to be of benefit. If you have a body mass index (BMI) of…
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Women: Before You Begin Testosterone Replacement
I diagnose women with testosterone deficiency (TDS) only when they have both symptoms and low blood levels of free (active) testosterone. Prior to the first appointment, I evaluate a new patient’s lab work and medical history. This process allows me to make logical medical decisions without...
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Men: Before Initiating Testosterone Replacement
There are some men whose low testosterone symptoms are not severe enough to require replacement but instead need to have their own production of testosterone stimulated. Men in this situation with borderline blood levels like 405 Total Testosterone and 130 Free Testosterone may be symptomatic and...
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Medical Treatments for Insomnia
The loss of testosterone, estradiol in women, and growth hormone in both sexes robs us of restful sleep. The symptoms all follow the same pattern: “I can fall asleep easily, but I wake up multiple times in the early morning and eventually can’t go back to sleep, or if I do, I wake up exhausted.”...
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When You Have Trouble Sleeping
Two very common causes of difficulties with sleep are anxiety and stress. If you are facing some impending event that is important to you, your adrenal glands will put you in a state of hypervigilance: flight or fight awareness, even when you are sleeping (in this case trying to sleep). It can...
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Men: Who Needs Testosterone Replacement?
The decision to treat a man with testosterone (T) is not a slam dunk decision based on one test like the commercials for low T depict. Men come to me at any age over 40 (usually) with various levels of testosterone, medications that may affect testosterone levels, other illnesses that interfere...
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Orgasmic Headaches
If you suffer from headaches at the moment of orgasmic release, it is necessary to discuss it with your doctor and let them evaluate you for risks. You need to get a CT scan to assess this to rule out tumors and vascular abnormality. This conversation might just save your life or at the very…
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Testosterone and Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson’s is a slowly progressing disease that causes changes in the brain leading to low dopamine levels. The decrease causes tremors and loss of balance, stiffness of limbs, and loss of facial expression. Parkinson’s disease affects about 1.2 million people in the United States. In a study...
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What You Need To Know About Tremors
We are discussing tremors because they are a warning sign that observers notice them often before the person who has them. If you're observant, you can help your friends and family with early detection. There are many kinds of tremors, and each indicates different things and need to be treated...
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Cholesterol as a Predictor of Heart Disease
The use of lab tests to measure cholesterol as a predictive measure for future heart attack and stroke is important, but not sufficient to truly predict the occurrence of heart disease. All individual responses cannot just be tied to just one piece of data, like cholesterol level, because there…
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One Size Fits All Doesn't Work in Medicine
In medical school we are taught that there is one dose of a medication that will treat any patient, no matter how tall, how thin or fat, male or female, 18 to 90 years of age. For a profession that prides itself on training very intelligent people this dictum seems ridiculous!
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Communicating With Your Body
Medical Professionals learn, observe, and use the body language of their patients to diagnose and treat what is really going on. Body language, medical history, and verbal communication combine to present a more accurate picture than any single element doctors use to diagnose or treat.
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New Treatment for Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a common disease that affects women of childbearing age and is the most common reason for women to have their ovaries removed. Endometriosis is hard to describe, but it is implants of the same tissue that normally lines the uterus and bleeds monthly for a period, but it is found…
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Why are we Told that Testosterone is Bad?
If Testosterone replacement can make us live longer, decrease insulin resistance and the incidence of diabetes by 44%, decrease the thickness of the intima of arteries (plaque), decrease LDL (the bad one) cholesterol levels, decrease the rate of heart disease, and stroke, suppress inflammation…
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Orgasm and Ejaculation in Women
Women have a greater capacity than men for orgasm and ejaculation when they are in the right relationship, and are in possession of normal youthful female hormones, estradiol and testosterone. These hormones decrease with age over 40 and with them go our amazing sexual drive, climax and pleasure....
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Orgasm and Ejaculation in Men
Oxytocin is one of the most important hormones when it comes to both ejaculation and orgasm in men. In this week’s podcast we are going to speak separately about the two processes. They are, indeed, separate, but often simultaneous processes. Hormones involved in the process are primarily…
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New Treatments for PTSD
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a syndrome that causes a person to emotionally overreact to normal daily stresses, and to relive the feeling of terror that they felt when they experienced the traumatic experience that left them with this disorder. PTSD occurs in soldiers when they come home…
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Symptoms of PTSD
More and more news coverage and concern are given to our returning warriors because of what is called PTSD. In this episode we attempt to break this down into an understandable set of ideas rather than some strange and esoteric list of clinical terms. You will learn what PTSD is, how it happens,...
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5 Strategies for Surviving the Emergency Room
It's important to know what conditions warrant a trip to the emergency room. It also helps to be aware of how to navigate the ER process and come out on the other side with the best care possible.
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Surviving the Emergency Room
If you have a life-threatening medical conditiion or injury that if left untreated will lead to permanent damage, you have a situation that calls for a trip to the emergency room. There are levels of emergency or urgent care that you can find in an urban area. The challenge for doctors at the...
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When Testosterone is Not the Answer for ED
Most men who send me their medical history and blood work for evaluation to determine whether they are candidates for testosterone pellets think that I wouldn’t turn anyone down for treatment. However, I do turn them down if I think I can't help them! This podcast is about the reasons I treat men...
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Men and Erectile Dysfunction
What if a man is a candidate for testosterone pellets, and the testosterone supplementation still does not resolve ED, but other symptoms get better? This eposide covers scenarios that illustrate some situations that cause ED to continue even though adequate testosterone pellets are given and an...
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Obesity Causes Cancer
Physicians are trying to find ways to incorporate weight reduction as an integral part of treating both of these disorders. There are some drugs which can be used efficaciously, but the most important focus is to work on exercise and diet in order to reduce weight, however we have seen that this...
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Metformin — Old Drug with New Tricks
Exciting news in Cancer Research indicates that Metformin, one of the most established and inexpensive generic medicines for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes may be the next great innovation in Cancer treatments. Should we all take it?
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The Way to Health is Through the Stomach
Mood, immunity, allergies, obesity and more are controlled by the GI tract! This relative recent research sheds new light on the common practice of prescribing antacids (which change the acid-base of the stomach) for treatment of Crohns disease; irritable bowel and Celiac disease; chronic…
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Why Doctors Use Off-lable Drugs
Criticism of the FDA is an impassioned issue because they play a direct role in our health, and hold the responsibility of deciding whether a medication is approved for certain use. Drugs are often rejected for frivolous reasons, which leave doctors without tools for treating patients. Often…
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False Logic: Losing Your Life to Save the Cost of a Starbucks a Day
Take a look in the mirror and make your decision…are you going to practice self denial and end up spending more money by paying multiple doctors and pharmacies to just get along? Pellets cost women about a large Starbucks a day.
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Healthy Selfish
Socially we are taught not to be selfish because selfishness does not lead us to be good “citizens”, or functional members of any group—family or social culture. For the purpose of a functional society it is good to have selfless members of society.
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Genetic Diet and Health Guidelines for People with Type AB Blood
The most recent blood type to emerge in humans is the AB type. People with type AB blood thrive best in a non-competitive and lower-stress environment. ABs need to minimize stress, utilize calming strategies, and exercise every day or two. They are universal blood donors. If you are an AB you can...
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Supplements for Diet and Good Health
Herbal medicines and dietary supplements are becoming a more and more common piece of the medical market in the United States. In response to this trend, doctors are having to educate themselves about how these substances can interact with medicine that they prescribe for their patients. This...
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How to Prepare for a Doctor Visit
Dr. Kathy Maupin and Brett Newcomb discuss the changing landscape of today’s healthcare industry. They discuss various strategies to help optimize the time patients spend at the doctor’s office.
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Statins and Estrogen
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk aobut statins and estrogen.
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Fight FDA Restriction on Hormone Pellets
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about fighting the FDA's restriction on hormone pellets.
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Characteristics of People with Blood Type B
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about the characteristics of people with blood type B.
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Blood Type, Good Health, and Longer Life
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about blood types, good health, and longer lives.
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Hormone Research and Journal Articles
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about hormone research and journal articles.
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Hormone Replacement Medical Specialist
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about the current state of the medical field.
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Trouble Shooting Testosterone Replacement Issues
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about trouble shooting testosterone replacement issues.
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Postmenopausal Bleeding
In this episode of the BioBalance HealthCast Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about postmenopausal bleeding.
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Preventing the Diseases of Aging
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about preventing the diseases of aging.
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Insulin Resistance and Breast Cancer
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about insulin resistance and breast cancer.
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Depression and Antidepressant Medications
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about depression and antidepressant medications.
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What Kind of Women Seek Testosterone Replacement Therapy
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about what kind of women seek testosterone replacement therapy.
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Testosterone Replacement is Best Administered via Subcutaneous Pellets
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about how testosterone replacement is best administered via subcutaneous pellets.
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Testosterone Production in Women
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about testosterone production in women.
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Do Women Need Testosterone?
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about why women need testosterone.
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Testosterone and Sex
In this episode of the BioBalance Healthcast, Dr. Maupin and Brett Newcomb talk about testosteorne and sex.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Board Certified Dr. Kathy Maupin offers solutions for men and women suffering from symptoms of aging, menopause and andropause. Through BioBalance Health she uses bioidentical hormone pellets, inserted under the skin, to restore the body's natural hormone levels, allowing her patients to experience relief from a variety of symptoms.Dr. Maupin also offers a full range of aesthetic services and a medicated weight loss program
HOSTED BY
Romondo Davis
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