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Right off the bat,
let's get one thing
clear: I am not
a doctor!

What that means is,
taking medical advice
from me would be a
nutso thing for you
to do. Almost everyone
who writes about anything
to do with a medical
subject, always tells
you to "check with
your…

Gary Halbertteachingcontext

In my opinion, the
answer is mostly no.

Why then, does nearly
everyone who writes
about health include
a phrase about seeing
your doctor first?
The answer is easy:

They
Want To

Cover
Their Butt!

Here's what I believe:
Before you follow
the advice in this
or any other publication,
you should
see a doctor (a real
M.D…

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I've been using the
same doctor for years.
(I'll refer to him
as "Doctor Original".)
He knows and respects
the fact I stay tuned
in to a lot of medical
research... and...
for the most part,
he almost automatically
writes me any prescription
I request.

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Well, Dr. Original
has become very successful
and over the years
has built up his practice
to, what I believe
now is, 14 different
offices. As you can
imagine, it's nearly
impossible to get
an appointment with
him. Because even
I couldn't
get an appointment
with him, Doctor Original
suggested I see an
associate doctor who
works with…

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During my first visit
with this new doctor
("Doctor Replacement"),
he refused to write
me a prescription
for something I wanted.
He explained, "I'm
sorry. It's just I'm
very conservative."

"No," I replied,
"that's not true.
In this case, it's
just you are ignorant
of the facts."

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Dr. Replacement discussed
the situation with
Dr. Original who then
immediately wrote
me the prescription
I wanted. I told Dr.
Replacement where
he could do research
on this particular
item.

On
my next visit to Dr.
Replacement, when
I asked for a renewal
of that same prescription,
he wrote it for me
with no hesitation
at all. "Aha,"
I said…

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"No," Dr. Replacement
responded, "I just
did the research you
asked me to do."

That man is a good
doctor. He doesn't
have a closed mind.
Many doctors do. If
you want to
optimize your health,
you must seek
out a doctor with
an open mind. Not
a reckless
doctor; just one who
will treat you as
a peer…

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Medical
Advances Are Being
Made

So
Fast Now... There
Is Not A Doctor

In
The World Who Can
Keep Up With Them!

It's not their fault.
As a rule, doctors
work themselves
silly. Also, as
a rule, they literally
have no time to
keep abreast of
what's new.

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As far as your
health is concerned,
being kept abreast
of what's new is
your job!

OK,
let me lay upon
you what many men
are going to consider
the most important
medical advance
in history... provided...
those men don't
have some life-threatening
illness which has
to be their primary
concern.

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We are going to
start, oddly enough,
by talking about
menopause.

Menopause starts
when a woman stops
having her menstruation.
It hits her like
a brick wall. There
is nothing gradual
about it. She stops
having periods,
losses much of her
estrogen (the hormone
which is responsible
for most of her
feminine characteristics)
and other hormones
which are vital
to…

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She gets "hot flashes."
She becomes moody
and cranky. She
gets depressed.
Sometimes, she thinks
she is losing her
mind. Her interest
in sex drastically
declines and she
doesn't lubricate
as she used to.
In general, she
becomes...

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A Truly Miserable
Creature!

The physical effects
of menopause I just
described are horrible.
As if that's not
enough, men have
always (and still
do) underate a woman's
misery who is undergoing
these changes. Men
tend to dismiss
all this suffering
with an indulgent
smile and a fatuous
remark like, "Oh,
she's just going
through the change…

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'Just going through
the change'? Let
me tell you something:
From a genetic,
biologically-imperative
perspective, a woman's
only job is to produce
eggs... and... a
man's only job is
to fertilize those
eggs. When a woman
enters menopause,
she ceases to produce
eggs and, from nature's
point of view...

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There
Is No Longer

Any
Need For Her

Continued
Existence!

So, nature seems
to lose interest
in the woman's well-being
and (this is just
my opinion)

start
sending that woman
"misery signals."
These "misery
signals" are nature's
way of letting
her know it might
be time to consider
the good parts
of her life are
over... and…

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A woman going
through menopause
is not 'just going
through the change'...
no... she is
going through
hell!

Miracle-of-miracles,
along comes Estrogen
Replacement Therapy
(ERT). Estrogen
Replacement Therapy
is just what it
sounds like: A
doctor simply
replaces the estrogen
a woman is no
longer able to
produce herself
with estrogen
produced from
a lab.

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Perhaps ERT doesn't
solve every unpleasant
side effect of
menopause but,
it beats most
of them... and...
in many (if not
most) cases, ERT
literally...

Gives
A Menopausal
Woman

Her
Life Back!

Men also go through
something that,
for lack of a
better term, is
often referred
to as "Male Menopause."
This happens as
a man's testosterone
level…

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Only with men,
this doesn't happen
in the blink-of-an-eye
as menopause seems
to happen with
women. So-called
male menopause
is a much more
gradual process.
However, in what
we now think of
as mid-life, many
men's testosterone
level has declined
enough to cause
him some real
problems... and...
the "main problem"
men care…

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Ah, but not to
worry because...

We
Now Have Viagra!

Viagra is a great
product. Pop one
of those little
blue pills...
and... unless
you have a fairly
serious health
problem... that
little soldier
of yours is going
to stand up and
salute the flag
just like he used
to!

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But, it only treats
one specific symptom
of a declining
testosterone level.
It does nothing
about the underlying
real problem.

Don't get me wrong:
Viagra is truly
a "wonder drug"
which has dramatically
increased the
happiness of millions
of men.

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But, we can
do much, much
better!

Doesn't it seem
obvious if estrogen
dramatically enhances
the life of a
menopausal

woman...
giving testosterone
to a man who
is not a "young
Turk" any more
will solve many
of his problems?

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