THESAURUS REX

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may-16Is it post four already? This is where we try to sum it up and make sense of the big picture. The language of understanding your body and how it works is endless. No synonyms. No antonyms. It’s beyond our comprehension. (AND CERTAINLY NOT PART OF OUR EVER DAY VERNACULAR) Which is why we should be extremely grateful to all those Doctors with all their specialties spending all that time arduously working to keep us healthy and happy. (FORTUNATELY TO THEM IT’S NOT JUST MEDICAL MUMBO JUMBO) And that’s language all of us can relate to. And so our little list winds down.

PHARMACOLOGY

A synthetic substance used in medicine to act like such a compound when introduced into the body

PEPTIDE

Any organic substance of which the molecules are structurally like those of proteins but smaller. The class of peptides includes many hormones, antibiotics and other compounds that participate in the metabolic functions of living organisms

PREMARIN

Horse estrogen (JUST ONE REASON YOU WANT BHRT WHICH PROVIDE HORMONES THAT HAVE THE SAME MOLECULAR MAKEUP AS THOSE ALREADY IN OUR BODIES)

RECEPTORS

A protein-molecule that receives chemical signals from outside a cell and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve

T CELL

A type of white blood cell that is of key importance to the immune system. The are like soldiers who search out and destroy the targeted invaders (KILL THOSE BUGGERS, GUYS)

HORMONE SPEAK

BALANCING YOUR HORMONES IS A CRUCIAL STEP TO ATTAINING OPTIMAL OVERALL HEALTH. HORMONES ARE THE CHEMICAL MESSENGERS OF YOUR BODY, SO WHEN THEY’RE PROPERLY BALANCED AND FUNCTIONING, ALL OF YOUR BODY SYSTEMS WORK MORE SMOOTHLY.WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE OUT OF BALANCE YOU CAN SUFFER FROM SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SLEEPLESSNES OR BE DIAGNOSED WITH SOMETHING AS DEBILITATING AS DEPRESSION. FEW KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT HORMONE IMBALANCE AND ALL THE WAYS IT COULD BE EFFECTING YOUR BODY AS DR. STEPHEN A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D, F.A.C.S. AT DENVER HORMONE HEALTH. (WITHOUT QUESTION, HE IS QUITE SIMPLY THE FIRST PLACE TO GO) BY THE EXCELLENCE OF HIS WORK With Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Goldstein has the ability to not only relieve your symptoms, but also eliminate them. Based on an in-depth consultation and tests, he HE CAN CREATE AN INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLAN FOR YOUR UNIQUE HORMONE NEEDS MAKING IT PERFECTLY CLEAR HOW IT CAN HELP.

SO CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

(THE REASONS ARE EASY TO GRASP)

HOLY-WIKI-MOLY

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may-16Post three, and by now, your head is probably spinning. But we’re on a roll here, as we keep rolling through our micro condensed medical dictionary. It is easier than you having sit with a CARAMEL FRAPPUCCCINO and try wiki-ing  it all yourself.  It’s o.k. if you only want to check out a few. Remember, this isn’t a quiz, it’s just a taste of your body’s functions.  If you can, actually try to have fun with it. (TRY SOME OF THESE OUT AS CONVERSATION STARTERS AT A COCKTAIL PARTY AND SEE WHERE IT GOES).

IMMUNE SYSTEM

A complex network of interacting cells, cell products (such as antibodies) and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances including destroying infected and malignant cells

LIPID-SOLUABLE MOLECULES

Also known as fat-soluble hormones that can pass through cell membranes to mechanically enclose its contents controlling the movement of particles like molecules into and out of the cell

METABOLISM

The sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained and destroyed, and by which energy is made available

MEDULLA (ISN’T THIS A GREEK MYTHOLOGY WOMAN WITH A HIDEOUS FACE AND LIVING VENOMOUS SNAKES IN PLACE OF HAIR?)

The soft, marrow-like center of an organ such as the kidney or adrenal gland

(OH, AND YOU’RE PROBABLY THINKING OF “MEDUSA”)

NEUROTRANSMITTER

A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse causing the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, muscle fiber, organ other tissue

OSTEOPENIA

Bone density that is lower than normal peak density by not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis

OXYTOXIN

Widely referred to as the love hormone, also the hug hormone, cuddle chemical, moral molecule and bliss hormone due to it’s effects on behavior between the sexes (THIS ONE EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND. AND, BE HAPPY ABOUT)

HORMONE SPEAK

WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE PROPERLY BALANCED AND FUNCTIONING, ALL OF YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS WORK MORE SMOOTHLY. WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE UNBALANCED YOU JUST DON’T FEEL RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW YOU THINK YOU’RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. The good news, for both men and women, is that hormone imbalance is easily correctible with the right specialist. That specialist is DR. STEPHEN GOLDSTEIN, M.D, F.A.C.S. at Denver Hormone Health. (HIS WORK IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD) With years of experience, he knows how negatively hormone imbalance can effect every part of your life. With individualized Bioidentical Hormone Replacement THERAPY, he can help you feel your optimal best. Which is his only goal. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

SO CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

(CLEARLY YOU’LL FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU DO)

And with that, be sure and check out our final list of little known medical facts in the next post.

LET’S GET THE JARGON ON

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may-16Post 2 in the dictionary of “I didn’t know that” continues. (MORE MEDICAL TERMS THAT DON’T EXACTLY ROLL OFF YOUR TONGUE)

CYTOPLASM

All of the clear, jelly-like contents enclosed within a cell membrane excluding the nucleus. Made up mostly of water and salt, it is responsible for most of the important activities that occur in cells. Also called protoplasm

DIETARY TOXINS

Something capable of causing disease or damaging tissue when it enters the body. Palm oil, white flour, rice, pasta and bread, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners are just a few. You’d be shocked at many of the others (MAYBE I SHOULD READ THE WHOLE LIST WHEN I’M SITTING DOWN WITH A GLASS OF MERLOT IN MY HANDS.)

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS

Chemicals that have been banned in the United States for decades, yet are still present in our environment. They can cause serious illnesses ranging from Alzheimer’s to birth defects to cancer. Include pesticides, mold, plastic wrap and bottles, deodorants, asbestos…they’re in our homes and all around us

ENZYME

A protein manufactured by a cell that is a catalyst capable of functions such as helping to break down larger molecules of fat and protein during digestion.

ENDOGENOUS

Having an internal cause or origin within an organism, tissue or cell not attributable to any external or environmental factor such as in “endogenous hormones”

ERYTHROPOIETIN (NO ONE WILL EVER WIN A SPELLING BEE WITH THIS ONE)

A hormone secreted by the kidneys that increases the rate of production of red blood cells in bone marrow in response to falling levels of oxygen in the tissues

HOMEOSTASIS

The body’s internal metabolism and balance

HYPOGONADISM

A condition in which the body doesn’t produce enough testosterone—the hormone that plays a key role in masculine growth and development during puberty 

HORMONE SPEAK

hormones are chemical structures that act like messenger molecules in the bodY.  they help control how cells and organs do their work. WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE IN BALANCE, YOU FEEL FABULOUS, BUT MOST PEOPLE’S HORMONES ARE OUT OF BALANCE, PLAGUING THEM WITH EVERYTHING FROM MIGRAINES TO CHRONIC FATIGUE. BUT THERE’S HELP. DR. STEPHEN A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D, F.A.C.S. AT DENVER HORMONE HEALTH IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST AND STUDIED EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. (AND HE NEVER STOPS EXAMINING THE ADVANCEMENTS AND STATE OF THE ART APPLICATIONS OF IT) IT ALL STARTS WITH DR. GOLDSTEIN DISCUSSING YOUR HISTORY AND UNDERLYING SYMPTOMS. WITH SIMPLE TESTS, HE CREATES A UNIQUE TREATMENT PLAN TO HELP YOU FEEL YOUR BEST AND GET ON WITH LIFE.  AND HE’LL SPELL IT ALL OUT FOR YOU CLEARLY AND SIMPLY.

SO CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

(IT’LL BE PLAIN TO SEE WHY)

Yes… there’s actually more to come in the next blog. So come back and check it out what most of us still can’t easily fathom, but are pretty interesting you have to admit.