Dr. Pam Smith is one of the most revered teachers and mentors in integrative medicine. After years of practicing emergency medicine, then decades as an Anti-Aging/Metabolic Medicine specialist, Dr. Smith is a go-to resource for many new clinicians. She’s written several books on a variety of precision medicine topics though is widely known for her work in hormone balance and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).

Today, we dive into hormone balance with Dr. Pam Smith. She offers her insight into various types of BHRT, testing options and pitfalls, and we preview her upcoming book “What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones (2nd edition)”.  

Today on The Lab Report:

• 5:55 Meet Dr. Pamela Smith and hear her thoughts on the evolution of precision medicine
• 9:55 Hormone balance, systemic effects, and when to start BHRT
• 12:35 Bioidentical vs. synthetic hormones
• 13:40 Compounding pharmacies, bases, and delivery systems
• 16:30 When to use various hormone testing types
• 19:55 Detoxification and methylation
• 21:45 Spurious testing results – Where to start? Timing of dosage? Exogenous exposure?
• 25:15 What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones & the soon to be released 2nd edition
• 27:00 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

Center for Precision Medicine

One Day Hormone Check

Complete Hormones

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