Suzanne Somers joins "Anderson" and discusses her knowledge of human growth hormone and how it has helped her anti-aging process.
Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author and pioneer in the field of heart disease, also joins the show via satellite to talk about the future of medicine.
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so happy this morning to watch you, knockout did wonders for us,
I am ready for bomshell, suzanne you are doing a good job, people are soooo negative why because they enjoy stuffing their face, my husband had cancer two years ago, tks to you right now we are eating better and better. Do not stop, keep on working for us we love you and the good Lord will bless. stay healthty you look great.
Hi Anderson, If you want some evidence based research to back up much of what Ms. Somers is saying.. check out Dr. Kathryn Retzler's book "HormoneSynergy, Optimal Aging and Hormone Balance". If you want, I'd be happy to send you a copy, I'm married to her.
Jill, I, too, have BC/BS, so I am aware of the financial situation. I agree we do not need government intrusion taking over our healthcare. At least 90% of my work career has been in the healthcare field and I understand the difficulties patients must endure, medically, emotionally, and financially.
Good luck to you as well.
Genny - I know what you mean. My insurance carrier, BC/BS, has denied my claims for bio-identical hormones as well, and I have to pay out of pocket:
$183 for insertion of pellets plus $120 for the pellet every four months. The only thing my insurance company will pay for is synthetic hormones, or estradiol which have been deemed a possible cause of breast cancer where natural bio-identical hormones have not. Estradiol is a bio-identical hormone that insurance will cover, so I took it for years, but as I got older it quit working well. I needed testosterone in small amounts, too. I feel much better on the pellets, so I am appealing my insurance carrier's decision since they administer a self insured plan. I have to appeal through my employers board to try to get it covered. They won't pay for my husbands testosterone either, even though it make him feel so much better.
Government intrusion by taking over our healthcare system will further restrict our choices in the future. I will be retiring in a few years, so all of this makes me very concerned about future policies on coverage and rationing.
If your current hormones aren't doing the job, try appealing your insurance companies decision. Good luck.
Keep Susan Summers coming back. Let her give quarterly updates with doctors on what the average person can do who does not have tons of $.
I applaude her for leading the pack and sharing the information.
i admire Suzanne for her research and advancement in healthcare for women. I firmly believe what she has done is awesome. When she first advocated bio-identical hormones, I wanted to learn more and to see if I was a candidate since I am post-menopause and on prescribed hormone relplacement. It was quite a shock when I learned the cost of the consultation and bio-identical hormones. I simply cannot afford this type of care and health insurance does not cover it. I am not rich or famous, so I have no choice but to stay on my current hormone regiment.
The only problem with all of this great technology being available in the future is that since the government is taking over healthcare, it will either be deemed too expensive and unnecessary by bureaucrats working for the government. Obama's own healthcare czar has gone on record saying "it's not a question of whether or not we will ration healthcare, it's a matter of whether or not we will ration with our eyes open". It's already begun, as I have seen in my own profession, and on a personal level with my own doctors. Soon, research and groundbreaking medicine will go the way of NASA, and be deemed experimental or unnecessary. Even if the research is done through private funding, the government will have the last say on whether or not the public will have access to it though a government run healthcare system. I have been a hospital administrator for over 20 years, and believe me when I say, it has already started and is going to get worse. I applaud Ms. Somers for her dedication, diligence, and research. She's not a dumb blonde on a fools mission like some in the media and medical profession would have us believe. My own cardiologist recommended her book on bio-identical hormones, and he and his wife are on them. He recommended them for me because of all of the benefits to the heart. I had frequent PVC's and tachycardia pior to starting on them myself, and now having been on them for a year, my cardiac problems have all but disappeared, and I have benefited in countless ways improving the quality of my life. So, I have a lot of respect for her and the research that she puts into everything she writes about. She's worked tirelessly to help improve her life and the lives of others through her work and outreach. I am looking forward to reading her new book, and I hope that someday things will change so that everyone can benefit from the technology discussed on the show.