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Alternity Healthcare, LLC is an innovative medical practice emphasizing proactive, preventive care designed to help patients avoid degenerative diseases, regain lost vitality and achieve optimal health.
Women Need Testosterone Too!
Although estrogen remains the central female hormone most frequently used in both wellness and disease prevention, much less controversy surrounds the use of testosterone in women, though the evidence either supporting or discouraging its use is scarce. Nicknamed ‘‘the hormone of desire’’ and promoted in the popular media as the rescuer from the plight of decreasing libido in aging women, testosterone has gained rapid acceptance in the prevention and wellness arenas at a time when controversy and confusion surround estrogen and progesterone therapies. read more…
Breast Cancer Risk is Influenced by Lifestyle Choices
 Diet and Exercise are Cancers’ Adversaries
Excluding cancer of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. According to the American Cancer Society’s Surveillance and Health Policy Research, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the US during 2009; about 1,910 new cases are expected among men. read more…
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Low Vitamin D Levels Put Your Health At Risk
 Do You Get Enough Vitamin D?
Now that the long sunny days of summer are gone and winter is on the doorstep, it is even more important that you assess your vitamin D status. The health benefits to having sufficient vitamin D levels have permeated the media in recent years. We now know that nearly 85% of the US population are vitamin D deficient. read more…
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Telomere Testing Revelas a Window to Your Biological Age
Telomeres are the end caps on your chromosomes that protect the genetic material during cell division, ensuring a faithful replication. Each time the cell divides, the telomere shortens until it reaches a critical lenth signaling cell sensence or cell death. Recently, this years Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three researchers that spent the last 20 years detailing the role and function of telomeres in aging and potentially in future cancer treatments. read more…
The Essence of Estrogen
A hormone is a molecular messenger that acts on adjacent cells, the cells that produce it or travel to sites throughout the body that are sensitive to its effects. Hormones regulate your body’s energy production, temperature, growth, immune system, reproductive capabilities and neuroactivity. Your individual hormone balance is influenced by genetics, the environment, your lifestyle, eating habits and the function of your endocrine (hormone producing) system. read more…
There is no fountain of youth, but… | from Hartford Magazine
Experts agree there are ways to minimize the effects of aging and to enjoy a healthy, active life for more years tan you may think. We’ve talked with several health and wellness experts in the area to see what they recommend…
Exercise & Diet Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Exercise & Diet Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
National Healthy Aging Month
Every day we age. But we don’t have to sit back and let it happen. According to research conducted by the MacArthur Foundation Consortium on Successful Aging, genetics account for 30 percent of aging characteristics while lifestyle and environmental factors account for 70 percent. In addition, a recent report in Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives Journals, attributes four simple lifestyle factors – exercising regularly, following a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight and never smoking – to dramatically reducing the risk of chronic disease and early death. read more…
Take charge of your health this September in honor of National Healthy Aging Month | from The Valley Press
Every day we age. But we don’t have to sit back and let it happen.
According to research conducted by the MacArthur Foundation Consortium in Successful Aging, genetics account for 30 percent of aging characteristics while lifestyle and environmental factors account for 70 percent…
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