Women’s Health
Women’s unique health needs must be carefully navigated, as the mind and body have beautiful and complex inter-connections. Years of experience is passed on to our women’s health patients.
Preventive family medicine
Family medicine care should be preventive. While the current mainstream medical system has committed down the path of disease-based medicine, preventive physicians focus on the lifestyle that leads to the disease. Some people call this the ‘disease of affluence’.
At Medify, we use a combination of art and science to arrive at an individualized care program for each patient. The program is driven by findings on physical exam and evidence-based biomarkers of health. The plan is actioned through the art of compassionately delivered health care plans. Each health care plan is clearly communicated to the patient after the visit, via the secure online health portal
All patients have continued access to their health care team, including their physician, nutritionist, and health liason, to ensure that they can comfortably navigate our health care system
Bio-identical hormone optimization
Bio-identical hormone therapy (BHRT) is an age management strategy, which is utilized by health optimization physicians. Essentially, this is a therapy which provides replacement of those hormones, which have declined as the result of the aging process.
At Medify, our doctors are highly skilled in the interpretation and utilization of BHRT. We use a combination of patient symptoms, blood tests, and in certain cases, urine tests, to understand the hormone cascade, and initiate a safe and effective BHRT regimen for those patients who require this.
The methods of BHRT administration for women includes topical creams, oral formulations, and pellet therapy.
The main tenets of BHRT are that:
One must use only hormone that is identical to that produced by your own body
The case is guided by a combination of health questions, and lab biomarkers
The case is viewed as a whole, to include the understanding of the entire spectrum of hormones. This is especially important for women’s health, where the hormones inter-connect in an elegant fashion.
Hormone pellet therapy
The newest and most effective form of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) available today is pellet therapy.
Pellet therapy has been used in Europe and USA for decades, and has only recently made its way to Canada.
It involves the surgical insertion of hormone pellets under the skin, which is performed as a sterile procedure in the office. These pellets remain in the area for 3-5 months, and slowly release testosterone and/or estradiol, in relation to blood flow through across the pellets.
The main advantage of this therapy is convenience, steady state levels, and ease of monitoring. Pellet therapy is more commonly used for men, but is also a consideration in select patients for a women’s health BHRT regimen.
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