In recent years, a spotlight has been shone on Vitamin D, often dubbed the “sunshine vitamin.” Despite its essential role in bone health, immune function, and overall well-being, a staggering number of US children and adults find themselves deficient.
In the past 30 years, various approaches to healthcare have gained popularity, making it essential for patients to understand the differences between different typesof medical practices. Here is a concise definition and differentiation between Western, anti-aging, integrative, alternative, complementary, and traditional Medicine.
Navigating the journey of menopause will bring women face-to-face with new health concerns. One such issue that has been gaining attention is chronic inflammation. You’ve heard the term, but what does it really mean? And can hormone therapy, a standard treatment for menopausal symptoms, help manage it?
You hear it from your doctor, the media or wherever diet books are sold. This expression is not only infuriating to hear, let alone apply, it’s also impossibly wrong and sets you up for another failed attempt at weight loss.
Ask any longevity specialist in the field, “what is the most dangerous condition in the human body?” and 99% of them will say chronic inflammation. Left untreated, chronic inflammation can damage healthy cells and organs.
Cancer is a terrifying and life-threatening disease. Over 600,000 people will die of this horrific disease in the United States this year. Cancer is caused by aging, toxins, radiation, inflammation, oxidation, viruses, or trauma that damages a healthy cell’s DNA.
Think of a biomarker report like looking at the dashboard of a car. A car has gauges that can measure the air pressure of the tires, the amount of gas in the tank, the temperature of the engine, and the quality of the oil in the filter, just to name a few.
In August 2022, a landmark study about the effects of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) on the biomarkers of aging grabbed the attention of every longevity researcher and clinician, as well as that of millions of aging adults.