Dr. Miller’s unique approach is to treat the causes underlying her patients’ complaints, not just cover the symptoms.  And, to prescribe treatments which consist of lifestyle optimization, nutrition and exercise, and replenishing substances that are naturally found in the human body.

For example, during the aging process, both men and women lose their natural ability to produce hormones.  The decline in estradiol and progesterone in women leads to perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause.  In men, the decline of testosterone leads to andropause or male menopause.  The symptoms associated with all these conditions range from lack of energy, depression, anxiety, insomnia and brain fog, to muscle atrophy, aches and pains, fat gain, vaginal dryness and painful intercourse in women, erectile dysfunction in men, low sex drive, and hot flashes.  In addition, these hormone deficiency states are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, osteoporosis, and dementia.

Many times the above symptoms are either disregarded (“You’re just getting older”) or they are covered up, one by one.  For example, sleeping pills are prescribed for patients with insomnia, anti-inflammatory agents for patients with muscle aches, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications or therapy for patients with depression and anxiety, Viagra for men with erectile dysfunction, Fosamax for osteoporosis, and so on.  These approaches, although they may be helpful in the short-term, do not address the primary problem, allow the underlying condition to worsen, and expose one to unnecessary side-effects.

Dr. Miller takes a different, more integrated and holistic approach.  She sees each symptom as one’s body signaling that something is wrong or missing, and then looks for the unifying underlying cause.  When a hormone deficiency state is the primary problem, which is very common in men and women who are 45 years old and above, Dr. Miller uses bioidentical hormone (hormones which are identical in molecular structure to those naturally produced by humans) replacement therapy to treat the hormone deficiency state and its symptoms.  The result is healthy and happy patients, full of vitality.