Angelina Jolie announced on Sunday, via a piece in the New York
Times, that she has undergone double mastectomy surgery as a
preventative measure against breast cancer. Her decision to
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We’ve all heard how important it is to eat right during pregnancy,
and more research is being done regarding a mother’s nutrition
before she even becomes pregnant. I recently posted about ... Read More »
For young to middle aged adults the moderate use of alcohol
increases the risk of the most common causes of death (such as
trauma and breast cancer.) Men under the age of 45 may also
experience more
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By now the majority of consumers have read or heard about the
variety of dangerous chemicals such as pesticides, coloring,
preservatives, dyes, and additives that are contained within many
of the ... Read More »
A Swedish medical team has transplanted uteruses from two women in
their 50s to their daughters. In the United States there is a group
in Indiana actively recruiting women interested in undergoing
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When I have the conversation about starting birth control pills
with my young women, I am always surprised by how much
misinformation there is out there about oral contraceptives (OCs.)
Here are the ... Read More »
A mammogram once a year for women aged 40-49 is still an area of
debate. Most of you have had friends and family in their 40's with
breast cancer so you should find interest in the results of a
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Hair; women tend to shave it all off, rather than watch it fall out
in clumps, before chemotherapy for breast cancer. For women, losing
hair is major. Yes, it’s worth losing it to save your ... Read More »
Disease has a hard time hitting a moving target. That’s what I tell
my patients. If I told you there was a pill that would accomplish
the following things, would you take it? Well, here is the ... Read More »
Whether its knee replacement, lumbar spine surgery, or
hysterectomy; most of the anxiety my patients have about their
upcoming surgery is about pain they will have after surgery, and
potential nausea ... Read More »