The Androgen Blind Spot: Why Your Midlife Patients Still Feel Off

In this live conversation, Dr. Kara Fitzgerald and Dr. Allison Smith discuss low androgen levels and how they are a common but often underrecognized contributor to fatigue, loss of vitality, decreased lean mass, cognitive changes, and reduced quality of life in midlife men and women. Despite their profound impact on energy, resilience, and aging trajectories, androgens are frequently overlooked or under-assessed in clinical practice. You’ll get a broader understanding of androgen physiology and gain clinically actionable insight into aging, anabolism, and stress adaptation, so you can better identify and address these patterns in your patients.

In this webinar, you’ll learn more about:

• The physiology and actions of androgens throughout the body, with attention to sex-specific patterns of age-related decline
• How dried urine hormone testing (the DUTCH Test) can be used not only to assess absolute androgen levels, but also to evaluate hormone metabolism and stress-related patterns
• How DUTCH Test findings can inform clinical decision-making and individualized care through real-world case studies in both men and women
• Commonly used therapeutic approaches, including hormonal and non-hormonal strategies, within a functional medicine framework

Register today for a deeper understanding of androgens, aging, and stress adaptation!

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Allison Smith, ND, completed her education at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She has worked in private practice focusing on primary care, women’s health, and dermatologic laser therapy. Over the last 10 years, she has consulted with providers on thousands of cases in the context of hormone testing and brought awareness of testing to providers in clinical practice through consulting, webinars, case presentations, and articles. She now leads an esteemed lineup of clinical educators at Precision Analytical, home of the DUTCH Test.