BodyLogicMD In The News

March 2008 - Loss of focus. Fatigue. Sleep disruption. Any of those sound familiar? If so, you could have a hormonal imbalance. Most people experience a decline in hormone production beginning in their 30s, according to Fort Lauderdale doctor Jeffrey Thackrey, a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and BodyLogidMD, a national network of physicians focusing on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. By testing your...

January 2008 - If you're older than 40 and your once-lively libido has taken a turn for the lazy, don't blame it on getting older. Age can have an influence on your lack of sex drive, but a myriad of other factors -- both physical and psychological -- also play a role in whether you're in the mood for a romp or you prefer to pull a sack over your head and sleep for days. Illness and conditions such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease can affect your sex drive. Prescription medications can also...

August 2007 - In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sailed to present-day Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth, a spring that would reportedly restore youth to those who drank from its waters. Today, the site where de Leon came ashore has been diminished to a tourist destination, but the quest for the promise of the Fountain of Youth has intensified. From Botox injections to rigid diets that promise six-pack abs in six weeks or less, the search for...

August 2007 - BodyLogicMD is opening in Arizona with its 16th nationwide center in Glendale. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company is a network of physician-owned practices specializing in natural bioidentical hormone therapy. Doctors integrate natural hormone replacements with nutrition and fitness to help women resolve the symptoms of menopause and andropause, including weight gain, sexual dysfunction, declining energy levels and...

July 2007 - Irritability. Trouble sleeping. Decreased bone density. Some doctors say that when it comes to midlife hormonal changes, women aren’t the only ones who suffer. Here’s what you need to know about. Call it andropause, male menopause, or even manopause. It’s an idea that’s getting increasing attention in the medical community as a way to describe the physical changes a man goes through in midlife. Some doctors suggest that the answer is hormone replacement therapy, along with changes in diet and exercise. Others caution that anti-aging treatments may have...

July 2007 - A 44-year-old South Florida professional thought some symptoms were just signs of middle age. "I was feeling fatigue and depression, especially in the afternoons," the person says. "By 8 p.m., I couldn't get off the couch. But when it was time to sleep, I couldn't."A 40-something woman seeking medical help for those symptoms would most likely be told she was going through menopause. But in this case, the patient was Fred Thompson, an otherwise healthy man who wasn't quite sure what was going on. "I thought maybe...

June 2007 - Still looking good after all these years, Suzanne Somers, most notable for her role as Chrissy Snow on the '70s show "Three's Company," swears by bioidentical hormone therapy in her New York Times bestseller Ageless, the Naked Truth about Bioidentical Hormones. Her book includes interviews with 16 notable anti-aging physicians who say bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is more scientific and safer than traditional hormone replacement therapy. And, unlike most hormones that are...

April 2007 - Mark Seebeck realized that he did not have the same mental focus he used to have at work. He was depending on caffeine to get through the day or else he was able to fall asleep for an hour in the mid-afternoon. Dr. Susan Linder diagnosed him with andropause and put him on bioidentical hormones to boost his testosterone levels. Men begin to lose testosterone in their early 30s at a rate of 1-2% per year. Symptoms of low levels of testosterone, or andropause, include fatigue, memory loss, depression, loss of sex drive, erectile dysfunction, and anger or anxiety.

November 2006 - The sales pitch is a hard one to resist, with one endorser calling it "the juice of youth," and a commercial touting it as the "more natural alternative." "It's helped me feel like a person again," says Diane Martin, who has been getting bioidentical hormone replacement therapy since February 2006. Some doctors are convinced. "I believe these hormones are safe," says Dr. Alicia Stanton, a hormone replacement expert with BodyLogicMD. "I'm on them myself." Even some celebrities swear by it. "I am perfectly hormonally balanced," said Suzanne Somers Oct. 10 on the "Today" show. "I'm a really fun woman to live with." It's "bioidentical hormone replacement therapy" and for some women...

August 2006 - Six years ago, BodyLogicMD's Chief Medical Officer was a pudgy mess. A 38-year-old emergency-room director in Waukegan, Ill., he weighed 267 pounds, suffered from high blood pressure and shortness of breath and had sallow skin that drooped in wattles around his chin. Today, at 44, he's a new, unrecognizable man. Almost 100 pounds lighter, he boasts 12 percent body fat, a superhero jaw line and skin tone that seems almost incandescent. BodyLogicMD's Chief Medical Officer says he owes much of his transformation to the self-administration of human growth hormone (H.G.H.). "I worked with a ...