Hormone replacement therapy a growing practice in Charlotte

by ANJANETTE FLOWERS / NewsChannel 36 Staff

WCNC.com

Posted on August 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM

Updated today at 6:35 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Like a lot of people his age, Charles Parker said there came a day when getting out of bed became more and more challenging.

Sleeping one to two nights out of two weeks, tired all the time, eating food to give you energy, gaining weight, lethargicI remember thinking Is this it? Is it just going to go downhill from here?

At 55 years old, Parker did what a lot of people would do.

"I had been to a doctor and they said, after I spent a lot of money, they said You're just old and fat, he said.

Thats where Dr. Mickey Barbar, the CEO of Cenegenics Carolinas, came in.

"We are a preventative medical practice, said Dr. Barbar. We focus on helping people stay healthy, preventing diseases that we associate with the aging process like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke."

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