Last post, I listed the weird, unexpected, permanent reminders of
my pregnancies. Today, I will go into the first one: skin tags.
These are perfectly normal, small growths of tissue that can appear
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According to a study published in last month’s Personality and
Individual Differences journal, men are much more forgiving if
their mate cheats on them with another woman than with another
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Here’s a gross topic, but one I felt compelled to write because it
just happened, and it kind of freaked me out. Ever had a really
unusual amount of clotting during your period? I mean the kind
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I have a friend who just turned 40. She is divorced and she and her
ex never had kids. She is really feeling the ticking of her clock,
and I have been discussing options with her: trying to figure
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My most vivid recollection of HIV/AIDS in the mid-1980s was a
billboard with a black backdrop and the word, AIDS, next to a large
picture of a skull and crossbones. Whether there were any other
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Is male reproductive health being ignored? I read with interest
this report and thought we should all take notice: The European
Science Foundation is warning that too little attention and money
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The AIDS epidemic is over 30 years old. It’s hard for me to believe
that there are generations of young adults who have never known a
world without this horrible disease. I remember where I ... Read More »
December is AIDS awareness month, so we all need to remember the 20
million who have died worldwide from AIDS since this pandemic
began. I have worked for 16 years at Los Angeles County-USC Medical
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About a year ago, one of my best friends started feeling lethargic,
gaining weight, not sleeping well. She thought maybe she was having
a thyroid problem, or worse, had some underlying undetected
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Whether we like it or not, the holiday season is upon us. Trees in
shopping malls are starting to go up (it seems this happens earlier
and earlier each year) and Thanksgiving is just around the ... Read More »