BHRT for men

BHRT for Men: The Basics

Scott Brandt, M.D. BHRT, Hormone Therapy for Men

Hormones help regulate the body’s functions. Excreted directly into the bloodstream by endrocrine glands (like the thyroid, pancreas, testes and ovaries), these chemicals travel to our tissues and organs, signaling various bodily processes that control the way our bodies grow and develop. For men, a hormonal imbalance can be particularly alarming; even a slight change in the level of just one hormone can have a profound impact on everything from their appetite, metabolism and fertility to sleep patterns, heart rate and even their mood! That’s why it’s important that men ...
estrogen therapy

How Estrogen Therapy Saves Lives

Scott Brandt, M.D. Estrogen Therapy

A recent article in the American Journal of Public Health has done an excellent job looking at the effects on American women stopping their estrogen therapy following the media scare surrounding the publishing of The Women’s Health Initiative Study (WHI) in 1993. Prior to the study, nearly 600,000 women who underwent hysterectomies were being treated with estrogen therapy. Within 18 months of the publishing of the WHI study nearly half of these women had discontinued the use of hormone treatment. Lives Saved by Estrogen Therapy When comparing the women who continued to use estrogen therapy …