Month: April 2018

Is your lack of a good night’s sleep affecting your health or is your health affecting your ability to get a good night’s sleep? According to Jerome Goodman’s article “The Secrets of Sleep” in the October 23, 2017 issue of the New Yorker, sleep issues and disorders are common and gaining the attention of the medical field: 

“There’s a field of sleep science dedicated to the biology of repose. Sleep medicine has become a specialty, with fellowship training programs and clinics devoted to caring for those suffering from sleep disorders. And these disorders are not rare. Some forty-seven million adults, according to the National Sleep Foundation, do not get a restorative night’s sleep. In the workplace, sleep deprivation results in injuries and decreased productivity, which is thought to cost the U.S. eighteen billion dollars each year. As many as 1.2 million car crashes—twenty per cent of the annual total—can be attributed to tired drivers, so it could be said that lack of sleep causes thousands of deaths and injuries every year.”

Goodman continues, referencing the work of Meir Kryger:

“Kryger offers a comprehensive analysis of physical conditions that can impair our sleep. Women may experience insomnia owing to the normal hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle and to the changes in hormonal regulation that occur with menopause. (He is rightly cautious about whether so-called “andropause,” a decline in testosterone levels among one to two per cent of men as they age, also contributes to insomnia.) Restless-leg syndrome, which causes lower limbs to spontaneously move and often cramp, is associated with certain vitamin deficiencies but often occurs without a known reason. It is a common cause of disturbed sleep in the elderly, and treatment varies from replenishing the deficient vitamin to prescribing drugs that alter neurotransmitters in the brain.”

Paukman BioAge Clinic also has several therapies that can help both your sleep and your health.

“The BIG change” or call it what you will, it is an unavoidable fact that all women go through menopause. However, for many women this natural process is a time of anxiety and distress due to the various symptoms that can accompany it.

Menopause refers to that time in every woman’s life when her period’s stop and her ovaries lose their reproductive function. Usually, this occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. Menopause is influenced by hormones – or more correctly, by a change in hormone levels.

As women get older, less estrogen is produced, causing the body to behave differently. However the body does not stop producing estrogen overnight, and the process can even take several years, during which symptoms arise gradually. At around the age of 50-55 years, the monthly cycle stops completely – so no more ovulations, no more periods and no more pregnancies. This is menopause.

However, the diminishing release of estrogen from the ovary as women advance into there 40’s is often the cause of symptoms, which can be distressing and may need medical attention.

Hot flashes are the most common symptom of the menopause, occurring in three out of four menopausal women. Other common symptoms include night sweats, sleeplessness, vaginal dryness, low mood and a reduced interest in sex. Symptoms vary hugely in duration, severity and what impact they have between women.

At Paukman BioAge Clinic we treat these symptoms with customized Bio-Identical Hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Dr. Paukman will first run a series of test to see what hormones need to stabilized in order to treat your symptoms caused by hormone imbalances. BHRT is a “natural” form of hormone therapy and there are many different ways to administer the hormones, but they act the same way as the hormones produced by the body. By doing this there is virtually no side effects that are associated with traditional hormone therapies. It is the most effective and widely used treatment for menopausal symptoms.