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Intellectual Medicine Dr. Stephen Petteruti
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- Health & Fitness
My work as a practicing physician has been focused on enhancing human vitality by targeting health at a cellular level. My interest is in combining the best of conventional medicine, with advances in cellular biology to deliver novel approaches to address core issues that corrode health and accelerate aging.
My 30 year career as a family doctor has enabled me to identify the greatest concerns and objectives of the patients I serve. My intellectual curiosity has helped me to research approaches to help address unsolved problems.
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Four potentially harmful screening tests to avoid
Medical screening seems like a
good idea. Doesn't it make sense to look for something when you feel healthy so
that a bad outcome can be prevented? Doesn't it make sense to try to find
something early before can harm you? This intuitive wisdom gets applied to many
tests in the medical world. It just doesn't hold up. The combination of fear, and
blind faith in modern medicine have driven many of us to get testing done that
can harm us and has not shown to have significant value to prevent anything bad from
happening. Find out which four of these common tests I recommend you
reconsider, or entirely avoid. -
What is the best way to take hormones? Injection, cream, pellets or capsules?
When it comes to administering
hormone therapy you have several options. Hormones can be injected, taken by
mouth, applied as topical creams, or implanted as pellets. What are the pros
and cons of each approach? There are some providers who falsely claim that one
method is intrinsically superior, or that some of the methods have
disproportionate risk. Such claims are all false. With regard to risk all forms
of hormone administration are the same. That is to say, they all have
extraordinarily low risk. When it comes to clinical effects, what matters the
most is the positive impact they will have on your vitality. Although you
cannot re-create the natural pattern of hormone release, you can address the
symptoms of hormonal depletion. The approach you pick will be based largely on
your personal preference. This podcast will help you separate unsubstantiated
opinions, from the current facts regarding methods of application. -
Is medicine today like the catholic church in 1633?
In medicine developing a
"consensus" is nothing more than a majority agreeing with the same
approach. Consensus, even in the absence of strong evidence, can turn into a
dogma that defies modification by reason. In this episode we reflect on some of
the dogmas, and how they can affect your healthcare freedom and your
opportunity for truly honest informed consent. Fear of hormones, belief in the
virtue of mammograms, the overuse of imaging studies all have elements of dogma
that propel their use far beyond what reason would otherwise indicate. If
you're prepared, you have a better chance to direct your own healthcare and
defy the coercion of dogma. -
Is it time for a new general in the "War" on cancer?
In his State of the Union address
in 1971, Richard Nixon made a special request for an extra $100 million to find
a cure for cancer. Here we are over 50 years later and cancer has become if
anything more of a problem than ever. 50 years, billions of dollars, cancer
rates extending to more younger people, breast cancer at epidemic levels, what
went wrong?
Cancer is a cellular disease.
Waiting for tumors to emerge, and then attempting to kill them, is not the best
approach. What can be done instead? A different approach is needed.
Archaeological evidence supports the likelihood that cancer was a rare disease
before the industrial age. In many ways it seems we brought this disease upon
ourselves. It's time to reframe the challenge. This podcast gives examples of
an alternative approach that offers the opportunity for better, healthier
living with less cancer. -
Sex Drive; what is normal?
Libido, sex drive, desire, without
it our species would become extinct. For such a critical part of human
existence it remains shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.
What are the ingredients that make
up a healthy sex drive? What is the range of normal with regard to sexual
desire and sexual activity? What are the important elements necessary to keep
our sexual vitality throughout the span of our life? How often do healthy
couples have sex? What is the normal frequency of achieving climax when having
sex? These and other questions will be addressed.
That we have a sexual desire makes
us innately human. What we do with that desire is our choice to make. In this episode I share with you my decades of clinical experience
and research regarding the range of sexual desire and sexual behavior from
puberty through the entire lifespan. -
Ozzy Osbourne gets stem cells.
Ozzy is getting stem cells for his
Parkinson's disease. Like many other chronic degenerative conditions there is
no cure for Parkinson's. The same could be said for arthritis, heart disease,
autoimmune diseases, in fact the aging process itself! In the face of
inevitable decay, stem cells offer hope. Studies have demonstrated stem cells to be very safe. Their
biological purpose is indisputable, they are attracted to and repair damaged
cells. Early studies have pointed toward benefit in a wide array of conditions
including liver disease, lung disease, arthritis, autoimmune illnesses, and
aging frailty itself.
The availability of stem cells has
expanded beyond the realm of celebrities and the wealthy. This episode will
give you a base of knowledge that can be utilized as you reflect upon ways to
address your own health, and your own antiaging lifestyle. Stem cells are not
just for the rich and famous, they are now for everyday people. The critical
component is an honest and thorough consultative reflection before embarking on
a treatment pathway.