CATEGORY: Health and Wellness
What is your real age?
How do we measure your Health Age, and is this more important than your chronological age? If you always thought of your age as the number of years you have lived, you may realize that the number of years you[...]
Why Does Dr. Maupin think Making Muscle is Key to Anti-Aging?
The benefit of exercise is the most well documented anti-aging activity and treatment to reverse aging available. When you come to my office, I don’t just weigh you, but I do a full body composition with the InBody machine before[...]
The Thyroid Myth that Doctors Still Believe
The thyroid gland is the most important gland to human life. I have had hypothyroidism since I was 23, so I have had an interest in the thyroid gland, how it works and what treatments work and which ones[...]
Women, Birth Control Pills, and Hair Loss
The risks associated with being changed to a Low dose birth control pill. Did you know that taking Low dose birth control pills can be dangerous to your hair? Many birth control pills are considered healthier because they are “low[...]
Understanding what your doctor means when they say, “Standard of care”, and “I follow the guidelines”.
If your doctor tells you they are following the standard of care you should let them know you understand that is the minimum they can do. Doctor lingo is often confusing to those patients who don’t work in the medical[...]
Orgasms, Testosterone, and the Causes of Anorgasmia
Dr. Maupin continues her discussion on “women and sex” focusing on the causes of anorgasmia. Summary: Doctors traditionally divide the female and male orgasms into four stages as though all were the same and progressed identically along the same pathways. [...]
Women, Orgasms, and the “Hot” Spots
Discussing the areas on the female body that can bring a woman to orgasm. Introduction: “Hot spots” are the areas of the female body that can bring a woman to orgasm if stimulated, touched licked, sucked or rubbed. Not every[...]
Satisfying Sex for Women Requires Knowledge of the Female Pelvic Anatomy
Why can’t we comfortably talk about our sexual organs and how they work? Warning: Today and in the next few Healthcast’s I will be discussing the female anatomy and sexual response. I will be speaking as if you are my[...]
Blueberries are good and statins are bad for adult-onset diabetes
Diabetes is rapidly becoming the most common and dangerous disease of aging for Americans. Three recent studies have shown a new light on treatments for diabetes. This group of research discoveries teaches us how to improve the severity of diabetes[...]
Zinc is essential to your immune system and much more
If you are interested in optimal health, or if you have one of the diseases like atrial fibrillation, make sure you are fulfilling your Zinc requirement everyday! Zinc is essential to maintaining our immune system, which has become a major[...]