Welcome to Geriatrics MD

GERIATRICSMD- It is offering the newest advancement in testing and technology to evaluate the aging population in this country. Located in central florida, in Lake Mary. The center provides the “geriatric assessment” that goes more and beyond the traditional one. This test takes between 1 to 2 hours to be done. It offers comprehensive blood testing, focus on markers related to aging. Also includes DNA (SNP) test to look at the DNA sequences alterations, related to cardiovascular disease, bone health, cholesterol metabolism, antioxidant and free radical. All those factors related to damage to DNA. After the evaluation, a comprehensive summary is given to the patient as well as their primary care physician. Geriatricsmd offers comprehensive geriatric consultations, from memory loss, cardiovascular, parkinson’s, alzheimer’s disease, diabetes management and any disease affecting the elderly. Our facility is equipped with all the technology to rejuvenate and improve quality of life as well as vitality and energy and vigor. Geriatricsmd offers a VIP service to all their clients. The founder Dr Carlos Mercado and his team provides care one to one and makes sure that all needs are covered in an environment that is friendly. Please call for a consultation at 407-771-0404 or visit our webpage to see our programs at detail www.geriatricsmd.com

One of the theories why we age, is a decline on our hormones. Starting at the age of 30’s we starting noticing a decline in several hormones such as growth hormone, testosterone, DHEA and also a detrimental increase in some hormones such as cortisol or noticing insulin resistance. The concept is that it might be a correlation between the decline and the development of diseases such as cancer, stroke, heart disease, osteoporosis as some examples. It is clear that in adolescent or children you will rarely see this diseases. They ocurr but they are not as common as in the elderly.

 It is perhaps important to keep your hormones under physiologic levels. At geriatricsmd, a state of the art testing is done. Remember that hormones are like an “ocrhstra”. They need to be in sinchrony all the time. Since the release of hormones most of the time is by “Peaks”, small releases that are difficult to detect by regular blood samples. For example in times of stress we might release some hormones when they are needed. So then it is important to check the metabolites of this hormones, using special technology in 24 hour urine collection. In general with this test all the metabolites of the hormones are checked. Meaning that we will know if the hormone was effective inside the cell and its metabolite was formed or not. It is also important to check if the treatment was adequate or not.

At geriatricsmd, we offer complete testing plus a careful clinical evaluation done by Dr Carlos Mercado, MD, board certified geriatrician and Age management specialist. Call for a consultation at 407-771-0404.