Resources & Blog
Health Insights from Dr. Roges.
Evidence-based articles on functional medicine, metabolic health, hormones, and wellness.
What Is Functional Medicine, Really?
An honest look at root-cause medicine and how it differs from a typical 15-minute office visit.
GLP-1 Medications: What They Do, and What They Don't
A doctor's plain-English guide to the new class of weight-loss medications — risks, benefits, and who they're for.
Why You're Tired in Midlife — and What to Do About It
Hormones, sleep, stress, and labs: a framework for getting your energy back.
Can You Actually Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
The short answer is often yes — here's the framework we use to get patients off insulin and back into normal A1C ranges.
The Role of Functional Nutrition in Metabolic Health
Food as medicine — why generic diet templates fail, and what a personalized, lab-driven nutrition plan looks like.
Peptide Therapy 101: A Physician's Introduction
What peptides are, how they work, and why they're becoming a core tool in longevity and recovery medicine.
BPC-157 and Tissue Repair: What the Evidence Actually Shows
A measured look at one of the most-hyped recovery peptides — where it helps, where it doesn't, and how we use it clinically.
Growth Hormone Peptides: Sermorelin, Ipamorelin, and the Case Against HGH
Why we use growth hormone-releasing peptides instead of synthetic HGH — and what realistic results look like.
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy for Women: A Modern Framework
Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in perimenopause and beyond — what the updated evidence says about safety and benefit.
Testosterone Replacement for Men: What to Expect in the First Year
A realistic month-by-month look at TRT — labs, dosing, side effects, and the lifestyle work that determines results.
Thyroid Optimization: Why TSH Alone Misses the Picture
Free T3, free T4, reverse T3, and antibodies — a complete thyroid workup and why 'normal' often isn't optimal.