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Austin Thyroid & Endocrinology Center Control your hormones. Control your life.

ENDOCRINOLOGY

is the science of hormones, substances released by glands that regulate every cell in your body, for both men and women. Endocrine diseases, thyroid, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome and obesity, hirsutism, menopause, pituitary and adrenal pathology, low testosterone in males, andropause and impotence, polycystic ovaries, recurrent kidney stones, irregular or lack of menstrual periods, high and low calcium, diabetes etc. We provide a comprehensive assessment of your hormone balance, and in-house hormone testing, thyroid ultrasound, and bone density.

THYROID Disease affects thirty

million Americans, half of which do not know they have the disease. Examples: hypo and hyperthyroidism, Graves and Hashimoto disease, goiter, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Each person has a different genetic set point for TSH. Thyroid problems require lifelong attention. We are the premiere thyroid clinic in Austin, and offer the latest treatment for thyroid disease, aggressive management of thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine, and second opinion consults for thyroid surgery.

2 DO YOU KNOW YOUR TSH?

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2 HAVE YOU SEEN AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST?

is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. Osteoporosis affects one in two women and one in four men over fifty and is generally missed. Bone fracture is the “heart attack� of the bone. New treatments reduce the risk of fracture and build new bone. A bone density test is the only way to test for osteoporosis. We have the latest bone density testing equipment in Texas, and provide instant bone metabolism, medical consultation, and treatment option. 2 DO YOU KNOW YOUR BONE DENSITY?

Dr. Simone Scumpia FACE FRCP Board Certified in Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellow American College of Endocrinology, Fellow Royal College of Physicians Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine In-house thyroid ultrasound, bone densitometry, total body fat analysis, hormone testing, and radioactive iodine treatment.

ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

Bioidentical Hormone Replacment Therapy Myths and True Facts Medicine deals with disease and with prevention of disease. Optimal health and biological age are before prevention and before disease. Biological age: brain age, heart age, bone age, hormonal age, etc. It includes a scientific measurement of the tissue ages in your body with biomarkers, hormone testing, genetic tests and advanced cholesterol testing for risk of heart attacks, diabetes and strokes.

2 HAVE YOU HAD YOUR BIOLOGICAL (PHYSIOLOGICAL) AGE TESTED FOR YOUR OPTIMAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT?

(512) 467-2727 PARMER LN CEDAR BEND DR

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North Austin Medical Center PARK BEND DR

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M-F 7am-4pm Post Oak Centre North 2200 Park Bend Dr Bldg. 3 Suite 300 Austin, TX 78758

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