Statin users in my generation are the first to be on this drug for
a lifetime, and we are still uncertain about long-term. I want to
know each and every side effect or related health issue it may
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Last week I wrote about the predisposition in my family for heart
disease, and the fact that I have been on medication for sky-high
cholesterol since I was nine. The most common family of drugs used
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In my first trimester of my first pregnancy, my husband and I took
a trip to the mountains. My husband really wanted to ski with some
friends. And although I wasn’t going to ski, I thought it
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Normally I write about infertility and miscarriage. I know more
about both of those subjects than I ever wanted to because they
came into my life, and to better deal with them, I learned about
them.
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I found that when I was going through all my tests, trying to find
a reason for my inability to get pregnant, that I was torn about
getting the results. Part of me wanted the doctors to find
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One of the most helpful tools your doctor has at their disposal,
when dealing with the possible reasons for infertility, is the
laparoscopic camera. If you have already been through the lab
tests,
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I’ve recently written a number of posts about STD’s and their
potential subsequent effect on fertility; due to pelvic
inflammatory disease, adhesions, etc. and how that can in turn,
increase the
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I’ve been writing a lot of posts lately that are specifically
medical in nature. I do a lot of research, from a lot of different
medical journals, and try to summarize those which can be, in the
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An allergy is the overreaction of the body’s immune system to a
normally benign substance. When the body becomes hypersensitive to
something, it treats it as an “invader.” Antibodies are
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