According to a recent report on NBC’s TODAY Show, 1 in 8 women can expect to have issues with their thyroid within their lifetime, the majority of which are unaware that the thyroid is to blame.

According to a recent article published on HealthKey.com, “adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about two to four times higher than adults without diabetes.”

As we age, our skin naturally begins to thin and dry out, making wrinkles become more and more distinguished. Although many consider wrinkles to be a common sign of aging, there are steps that women and men can take to significantly reduce wrinkles.

Visceral fat or “belly fat” is often thought to be a product of aging, however recent studies from the Rush University Medical Center have suggested that testosterone may to blame for menoapause weight gain.

Dr. Landa will host a bioidentical hormone therapy seminar to teach women and men how hormones affect our overall health. Dr. Landa will also discuss some of the symptoms of hormonal imbalances such as perimenoapuse, menopause and andropause (the male menoapsue) and will offer insight as to what steps can be taken to overcome hormonal imbalance.

According to an article published on WorldHealth.net, yoga can help women and men decrease inflammation and in turn significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, type-II diabetes, arthritis and other inflammatory-related health challenges brought on by aging.

BodyLogicMD Medical Director Jennifer Landa, M.D. weighs in on the recent NY Times article that accounted the experiences of middle-aged John Bellizzi (51) during andropause. The article demonstrated how integrative therapies can help men overcome symptoms of the male menopause, known as andropause.

A recent article in the NY Times follows the “Vigor Quest” of baby boomer, John Bellizzi (51), retracing his journey through the male menopause known as andropause and discussing how integrative and functional medicine helped him get his edge back and regain control of his health.

Learn How Bioidentical Hormone Therapy Can Help You. BodyLogicMD provides targeted and comprehensive seminars focused on natural bioidentical hormone therapy and our customized fitness and nutrition programs – at no cost to our attendees. Our highly trained physicians share their expertise and show how our individualized programs are designed to meet the unique needs of each patient. Plus, guests enjoy the opportunity to speak directly with our physician presenter(s) in a question and answer format following each seminar.

If you were to take all the stress and worry in your day and place it in a box, how much would the box weigh? Chances are if you’re like most Americans, it would be rather unwieldy. It seems the older we get, the less time we have to set aside for leisure.

According to a recent article published on EndocrineToday.com, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) now advocates the use of the HbA1c assay for diagnosing diabetes. Although the HbA1c assay was not previously endorsed by the ADA, due to a lack of standardization, many physicians specializing in integrative and functional medicine have been using the assessment to screen for and diagnose diabetes for years.

According to a recent study conducted by Kaare Christensen and his colleagues at the University of Southern Denmark, a youthful appearance may actually be the answer to living longer.

In wake of the recent H1N1 scare, many of us are resorting to antiseptics and antibacterial cleansers to rid our homes of germs. What many of us don’t know is that the chemicals we’re using to safeguard our health are actually making us sick.

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