HbA1c & fasting insulin are two key measures of metabolic health that can provide valuable insight into an individual’s risk of weight gain after menopause. Monitoring these markers & making changes can help prevent weight gain & chronic disease from developing post-menopausally.
Menopausal decrease in hormone levels can lead to a wide range of symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, mood swings, sleep disturbances, mid-line weight gain, and a decline in sexual desire. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) can offer relief from these symptoms!
Understanding reference ranges is crucial in interpreting lab test results in health and disease. If optimal health is desired, it is essential to understand that they are not always synonymous with optimal function of the body. Understanding reference ranges is crucial to decision-making in managing health & diseases.
Functional medicine offers patients the opportunity to team up with a doctor who truly listens to them, is open to their preferences, and is committed to uncovering new information and scientific advances that optimize health – seeking to understand and address the root cause of health issues.
Up to 90% of Americans are not consuming enough of the essential nutrients required for healthy functioning. Integrative medicine specialist Dr. Ruthie Harper, MD helps you understand how crucial nutrition is to optimal health and how food can serve as medicine to heal your body.
A DEXA scan is a useful tool for monitoring body composition & bone density, which are essential in maintaining overall health & preventing chronic diseases – and are especially important for people as they age, including menopausal women, seniors, and people with a history of type 2 diabetes, fractures, or osteoporosis.
If you are experiencing symptoms like weight gain, fatigue, constipation, hair loss, or difficulty getting pregnant, it may be time to check your thyroid gland to see if you have hypothyroidism. Increasingly this condition is caused by the autoimmune disorder Hashimoto’s disease.
Inflammation has been linked to a number of physical and cognitive health issues, but new research is showing that it could play a bigger role in dementia than previously thought. The good news is that there are ways to reduce inflammation in the body, protecting against dementia.
A company called Grail now performs liquid biopsies for early detection of cancer. This simple blood test analyzes DNA fragments using a small sample of blood, looking for tiny pieces of genetic material that are shed by tumors. The process is highly sensitive and accurate, with a detection rate of over 90% and it can detect cancer in its early stages before it spreads.
While every personal trainer will tell you that there is no way to “spot reduce” with diet and exercise, you CAN target stubborn pockets of fat with revolutionary new LipoDissolve fat loss injections available at Ruthie Harper, MD in Austin, TX!
