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Article: Clinical value of 24-hour urine hormone evaluations.
- Article from:
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Background
Hormone replacement therapy is the corner stone of anti-aging medicine. It represents a means by which physicians can make a great impact on the health and well being of their patients. Exciting developments in urinary hormone testing have allowed practitioners access to a very sophisticated way of assessing and tracking hormone replacement therapy.
There are numerous advantages to using the 24-hour urine hormone evaluations. These evaluations indicate the total daily hormone production and utilization. This overcomes a major dilemma of blood evaluations that only provide a snapshot and the assay limitations of saliva. The 24-hour urine ...