About ten years ago Newsweek ran an article by Howard Brody,
MD, PhD, author of "The Placebo Response: How You can Release Your
Body's Inner Pharmacy for Better Health." He begins the ... Read More »
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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A less invasive way to improve the lives of those suffering from
Uterine Fibroids: One in five women may have fibroids during their
childbearing years, and fibroids are present in half of all women
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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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Do you ever wonder where the ideas come from for groundbreaking
surgeries? There are skulls from Egyptian times with holes bored in
them…were these the first attempts at brain surgery, and who
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Women asking for relief from hot flashes, without taking a pill,
may now have a good answer. Currently, the best complementary and
alternative medicine treatment for hot flashes is hypnosis. A
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Whether it’s for heavy vaginal bleeding, uncomfortable uterine
fibroids, among other things; some of my 40-60 year old women are
facing the possibility of hysterectomy and come to ask me: What can
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Cancer is one of the most fear inducing words in our culture; and
it is the number one disease American’s wish to avoid, according to
on-line surveys. While cancer research has yet to find the ... Read More »
That the earth is flat was an idea whose time came—and went!
Copernicus and Galileo argued otherwise in the 16th and 17th
centuries, and their ideas eventually prevailed. Yet in the 21st
century, ... Read More »
Breastfeeding is good for you and your baby. It hasn’t always been
en vogue, though. While years of research have proven the many
benefits of breast milk, when I was an infant, it was more ... Read More »