Andropause and MenWhat I witnessed in 1978 at Johns Hopkins working with W.W. Scott on the NCPC project has had a lasting impression on my practice. We cared for 100 men with advanced prostate cancer who went into rapid "Andropause" with surgical or chemical castration. They all abruptly had "hot flashes", lost bone, lost muscle in exchange for a fat belly, lost blood with fatigue, lost erections, many became diabetics with abnormal glucose tolerance tests, but most of all, lost interest in life. In a one year period I saw a "fast movie forward" of what happens to aging men over a 30 year period. From age 40, there is a 2% decline in testosterone each year and therefore it is a "slow motion" of what I witnessed. Testosterone response is "Adaptive" depending on you- if you have sleep apnea, your testosterone goes down. If you sit at the computer all day, testosterone goes down- you can lessen the decline! Urology and Menopause in Women Chronic recurrent urinary tract infections can be prevented with nutritional support. Proper selection of foods, good digestion of food to prevent bacteria overgrowth and proper probiotic colonization of the colon. Simple sexual practices are used to help educate patients to avoid future infections. We emphasize natural approaches while supplementing antibiotics if needed. A thorough diagnostic investigation is done first to rule out structural and anatomical disorders. Many symptoms such as "Over Active Bladders" with mild incontinence are corrected by a proper balance of sex hormones. Urinary Incontinence, unstable bladder and back pain are common problems in women. Proper hormonal evaluation and treatment, nutritional support, physical manipulations such as Pilate’s exercises can control further progression of this problem. Surgery maybe necessary in severe cases. Sexual dysfunctions secondary to decreasing combination of female and male hormones. This can lead to decreased libido, sexual urge and satisfaction, as well as vaginal dryness. We custom make a nutritional, hormonal program suited for individual variation
