Beyond Hormones: Why Hormones Alone Aren’t Enough for True Longevity.

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health In 2026, most hormone replacement and anti-aging centers focus almost exclusively on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). While replacing declining hormones can help, it often treats the symptoms—not the bigger picture. At Scala Precision Health, we take a different approach. We believe the body is an interconnected system […]

Two Worlds, One Truth: The Wake-Up Call About Aging and Quality of Life

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health It was the early 1980s when I had my wake-up call—one that felt like I was seeing into the future. I had just completed my paramedic training and was responding mostly to non-emergency calls. Nearly 90% of the time, we were assisting elderly individuals—helping them off the […]

Understanding Endothelial Dysfunction: The Missing Link in Heart Disease

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health If you’ve experienced a heart attack, had a stent placed, or undergone coronary bypass—and your coronary calcium score is elevated along with lipoprotein(a)—you are dealing with endothelial dysfunction. This means the inner lining of your arteries is damaged, which is the true reason plaque forms and eventually […]

Creating an Epiphany in Modern Medicine

By Russ Scala, Founder of Scala Precision Health At Scala Precision Health, our mission is simple but powerful — to create an epiphany. An epiphany is a moment of sudden, profound realization that changes one’s understanding forever. Our goal is to bring that moment to both patients and physicians — helping them see health through […]

Why Women Get Lost in Traditional Medicine

Women often find themselves with nowhere to turn when hormonal deficiencies begin between the ages of 30 and 60. Symptoms can appear suddenly — uncontrollable sweating, brain fog, anxiety, and depression — yet most physicians never run lab work to evaluate hormone levels. Instead, the first line of treatment is usually antidepressants, which only mask […]

Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World

Mental and emotional stress can cause physical symptoms that might make you think you have a mental health issue when all you have is a dysregulation of your nervous system. Unfortunately, friends and family members that have never been though a traumatic event may lack the empathy and understanding of human metabolism to help you. […]

Your Hormones and Your Health

What are hormones? Hormones serve as signaling agents, orchestrating the functions of various organs and tissues...

Medication Nation: Is Taking Multiple Medications Extending or Ending Your Life?

In the US, the richest country in the world, 60% of adults have at least one chronic disease like heart disease, diabetes, obesity or dementia. Today, the only solution conventional medicine has to offer is more drugs. Seventy percent of Americans are taking one or more pharmaceuticals. With prophetic clarity, we all can see what’s […]

Is Testosterone Replacement Causing Heart Attacks?

The days of handing out the same testosterone dose with an estrogen blocker for everyone are over. Today, we’re developing new multifactorial programs using nutrition and hormone replacement. The goal is to get away from treating testosterone in isolation. Despite the ads you’ve been undoubtedly seeing everywhere, there is more to longevity than testosterone alone. […]

The Good Psychopath

All my articles are somewhat autobiographical; this one is even more so. My hope is that it helps you understand someone in your life, or at least appreciate the trauma certain professionals are exposed to in their line of work. Our fascination with psychopaths goes back to the first documented serial killer, H. H. Holmes, […]

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