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Without collagen, it’s uncertain what your body would look like, since it accounts for about one-third of your body protein. Your joints couldn’t function without it, and your skin would be poorly nourished, saggy, and unable to bounce back with resilience.  Yet, starting in your 20s, collagen production falls off, and after menopause, women can lose…

Stem cells are an important part of the increasingly widespread field of regenerative medicine. Instead of treatments based on medications that cover symptoms or force the body into certain patterns, regenerative medical techniques seek to aid the body’s natural healing mechanisms.  Stem cells serve as the raw materials for this healing. They have the ability to…

Could your body be sabotaging your weight-loss efforts? It doesn’t matter if you’re female or male, hormone imbalances often stand in the way of your success with diet and exercise programs, and the pounds you’re targeting remain in place.  The primary sex hormones, estrogen, and testosterone are linked to body weight, metabolism, and muscle formation.…

There’s no way to completely escape the effects of aging, but there are plenty of ways for you to slow the clock. When it comes to the skin on your face, using creams, medications, and peels can make incremental improvements. Injectables can relax muscles and add volume.  When it comes to dramatic effects, a facelift…

Menopause is perhaps the highest-profile hormone imbalance condition, affecting women at the end of their reproductive lives, as estrogen levels fall when the ovaries slow their production. Though men don’t have a similar life event, some may suffer disproportionately as testosterone declines as they get older. Though the hormones in question are different, some of the…

The O-Shot is an exciting new blood-derived treatment for women who struggle with urinary incontinence and sexual function problems. Many factors can impact your vaginal health, from pregnancy and childbirth to hormonal changes and the aging process. The O-Shot can help rejuvenate your sexuality. At her Lafayette, Indiana practice, Dr. Carolyn Kochert supports her patients…

Often, joint pain develops due to degenerative conditions. Arthritis, for instance, affects more than 50 million Americans. There’s no cure, only strategies to control pain and slow the progress of joint deterioration.  With many medications used to treat arthritis, the pain-relieving effects diminish over time as your body becomes accustomed to the drugs. Your joints, however,…

There’s no avoiding stress. It may be sudden, like after a car accident, or it may be long term, such as when your career creates constant pressures. Just as stress has no singular definition, it also doesn’t have exactly the same effect on everyone. Even when you share stressors with other people, each of you…

Sex is so much better when there’s nothing to worry about, like an unplanned pregnancy, making menopause a liberating time of life. However, the changes that happen during menopause can interfere with your body’s sexual performance, resulting in lack of desire, insufficient arousal, discomfort, and even pain during intercourse. Sex is no longer worry-free if…

Regenerative medicine can be formally defined as any therapeutic intervention that regenerates, supplements, or replaces cells in the body to restore or normalize their function. Perhaps the best-known regenerative medicine technique is a bone marrow transplant, a type of stem cell therapy that’s been in use since the late 1960s to treat leukemia and other conditions.  Today,…