Women's Health
Functional & Naturopathic Medicine Excel
A woman doctor can understand a woman's needs. Expect an understanding listening ear and find out what your options are. After almost 50 practice years, we believe most women stand to benefit from bio-identical hormone support at some point, helping support and adapt with grace and ease in every phase of life.
Are PMS, menstrual irregularities, hormone imbalances, or menopausal symptoms "cramping" your style? Are you suffering from ovarian cysts, fibroids, heavy bleeding or infertility? There are effective natural options available for helping with these issues.
While there in no consensus in the medical mainstream about the use of hormone optimization therapy, many a woman can attest to the beauty of sleeping through the night again, being free of debilitating menstrual symptoms, having more energy, having a healthy baby, a clearer brain and more balanced emotions. It's plain that hormonal regulation is key for good health and well-being at all stages in life.
We excel in female hormone lab testing. We can perform blood, urine, or saliva testing depending on your insurance coverage and convenience to you. We offer the full range of laboratory testing right from our office.
Are you having difficulties with morning sickness, back pain, reflux, fluid retention or fatigue during your pregnancy? Dr. Barter is able to help many of these complaints with natural methods that are safe during pregnancy and breast-feeding. She is happy to work alongside your midwife or OB/GYN. She also works with pregnant and breastfeeding mothers who have chronic Lyme disease.
Dr. Julie Barter offers women's annual exams in a comfortable, personalized atmosphere. Referrals to specialists will be made when necessary.
KEY SIGNS OF HORMONAL IMBALANCE IN WOMEN
- Fatigue, lethargy, lack of motivation
- Poor focus, inability to remember things
- Mood swings, anxiety, depression
- Insomnia, night sweats
- Stubborn weight gain, belly fat and food cravings
- Frequent illnesses
- Muscle loss and weakness
- Hair loss
- Saggy, dry, aging skin
- Aches, joint pain and longer recovery time from injuries
- Loss of libido, difficulty achieving arousal and orgasm
- Painful intercourse
- Frequent UTIs
- Hot flashes, vaginal dryness
- Irregular cycles
Hormone Replacement Options in Women
- Vaginal creams or capsules containing bio-identical (exactly like the body makes) can contain a custom combination of Estrogens, Progesterone and Testosterone.
- Oral Progesterone is fantastic for sleep
- Transdermal (applied to regular skin) Testosterone can work well if applied frequently
- Transdermal Estradiol (bio-identical) patches are very reliable and produce consistent blood levels
- Pellets – Exevias offers a Testosterone and Estradiol Pellet technology that is far superior to others on the market, producing consistent blood levels for 3-4 months.
- Oral estrogens are to be avoided, as they can increase clot and stroke risk whereas the transdermal, vaginal and pellets delivery mechanisms do not.
Regardless of the route of delivery, HRT in women after menopause is crucial for protecting against cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline and dementia, osteoporosis, muscle loss and for general quality of life. Note that HRT protects against the top two killers in the US right now: cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Don’t let breast, ovarian, or endometrial cancer be a specter in your background. Dr. Barter offers an extremely sophisticated cancer screening tool that is ~92% accurate in detecting cancer long before any symptoms or tumors arise, and well in advance of tests such as Galleri and Singleterra that are looking for circulating tumor cells. Preventive medicine is the best medicine, after laughter, of course.
Advanced Early Cancer Detection Screening
Cancer is the #2 killer in the United States today despite the widespread use of colonoscopies, skin checks, mammograms, and PAP smears. Onco-D-Clare is a much more sophisticated screening test than those offered in the medical mainstream. This test that doesn’t screen by looking for cancer cells (circulating tumor cells), but by mapping the white blood cell (WBC) profile.
RGCC Cancer Screening test
Onco-D-clare
- Onco-D-clare is a cancer screening test based on the interaction of molecular biology with machine learning algorithms. This screening test can help detect cancer before symptoms appear.
- White blood cells are isolated from blood samples, and gene expression analysis is performed on more than 90 genes. Their expression profile is then used for the classification of the sample as cancerous or healthy.
- The Onco-D-clare test provides individuals with essential information to help them make better-informed decisions about future health and well-being.
- The test is clinically validated and highly accurate, able to screen for all cancers except for primary brain cancer (≈92%).
RGCC Cancer Baseline and Follow-Up Tests
Oncotrace
- Used as a BASELINE and FOLLOW-UP tool to determine starting point, and monitoring effectiveness of treatment protocols
- May also be used for long-term monitoring following successful treatment for early detection of recurrence
- Detects presence of ALL cancer types (except those of brain or spinal cord origin)
- Detects the presences and number of CTCs (circulating tumor cells) in the blood
- Determines the tissue origin or the tumor
- Detects stemness markers to monitor activity level of the CTCs to determine how aggressive the cancer is to proliferate, metastasize, resist treatment, or recur and to determine when care is done
- Sample is from blood