The Clinical Application of Interventional Endocrinology

In 1992, a handful of physicians met to start what has now become a worldwide medical phenomenon. The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, predicated on improving and maintaining wellness as a means of treating potential illness, is in over 80 countries with nearly 20,000 board trained physicians. Treatment is based upon returning the body's homeostasis with the use of nutrition, exercise, hormones, and supplements - all of which have developed from an evidence-based approach. Unfortunately, all aspects of traditional medicine are in fear of the potential benefits of advancing a wellness model of medical care and fail to accept the science that supports our treatment. They reject our use of the term "anti-aging" as a metaphor for the benefits obtained to psychological, physiological, and physical health. This prompted a search for another term that would be more medically correct and better accepted by those physicians: Interventional Endocrinology. Many times, endocrine deficiencies have an insidious progression until that day we awake knowing that something is very wrong. In Interventional Endocrinology we promote both the assessment of hormone levels and the early interdiction when the levels are less than optimal. This book, The Clinical Application of Interventional Endocrinology, presents the key science supporting our approach and then shares how one might evaluate patients for treatment. This is not a textbook by any means, but more a hands-on approach to the assessment of a patient for potential treatment. Book jacket.