BodyLogicMD In The News

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 ...

July 2006 - Cyndi Rooks was feeling tired, depressed, lethargic, and had gained 90 pounds. After receiving normal test results from multiple doctors, she started to think that she was crazy. That was until she met with Dr. Gary Bernard of BodyLogicMD, who diagnosed her with hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid. She began to take thyroid replacement pills, and as a result has lost 40 pounds and feels better than ever.

March 2006 - Ever feel like you are on an emotional rollercoaster? Well so did Malissa Mosak. But she wasn’t crazy, it was her hormones that made her feel that way... It worked for her: New hormone Treatment...

March 2006 - As Dr. Ron Rothenberg bursts through the door of his anti-aging institute in Southern California, a cell phone pressed to his ear, his nurse warns him of the busy day ahead. There will be four-hour consultations with each of three prospective patients, she says. They're all coming to hear the 60-year-old Rothenberg's pitch about how his tailored regimens of diet, exercise, and hormones will make them feel younger and live longer.

January 2006 - Deborah Ravenwood was not feeling like herself. She assumed that she was going through menopause since early menopause runs in her family. After realizing that she wanted to receive an individualized treatment that was as close to being holistic as possible, she sought the help of Dr. Alicia Stanton, who performs bioidentical hormone therapy from a BodyLogicMD practice.

January 2006 - In March 2004, women looking for relief from their menopausal symptoms were dealt a blow when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted its second nationwide hormone replacement drug study, citing stroke risks.