All mammals grow hair, but the head hair of humans is unique. It’s one of the first things we notice about people. Unlike eyes, noses, and other prominent facial features, we have significant control over our hair. We can cut or color it with ease, creating a whole new look on a whim. Your hair…
Urinary Tract Infections
How Do I Know If I Have a Urinary Tract Infection? A urinary tract infection (UTI) isn’t difficult to recognize: You’ll feel a pressing need to empty your bladder every few minutes, though little or no urine may come out, and you’ll feel a burning sensation when you do urinate. You may also have discomfort…
Diet and PMS
How can my diet affect my premenstrual symptoms? What you eat and drink can have a big influence on both the physical and emotional symptoms you may have each month during the week or two leading up to your period. Most experts recommend that women with premenstrual syndrome start by avoiding caffeine and alcohol, which…
Flawed CDC Study Wrongly Concludes COVID Vaccines Safe in Pregnancy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this spring recommended women who are pregnant, recently pregnant, who are trying to become pregnant now or who might become pregnant in the future get the COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC made the recommendation after concluding, in a Jan. 7 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, that data support the safety of COVID…
Warning: Emotional Stress Increases Breast Cancer Risk
The diagnosis of breast cancer is inevitably a very emotional event. As your mind races a hundred miles an hour, dozens of questions come to the surface. You wonder about your course of treatment, what the outcome will be and how you and your family will make it through it all. I deal with these…
Torsion: A Twisted Ovary Story
L.B. was a 45-year-old mother of two boys who was brought to the emergency department by her husband. She was having severe lower pelvic pain, and I was just starting my 24-hour shift. In fact, when I start at 7 a.m., we normally do a 15-minute “handoff” of who is in the hospital and needs…
How Dairy Affects a Woman’s Risk of Breast Cancer
April 23, 2022
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According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), breast cancer has now surpassed lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. If you saw our recent post about how dairy products are linked to men’s prostate cancer, then you may not be surprised to learn that dairy is also a significant risk factor for…
How Hormones Hinder Weight Loss Efforts
April 22, 2022
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The human body is a miracle of form and function that can constantly adjust itself to different foods, temperatures, ailments, and imbalances. And yet, it is also vulnerable, especially in this era of denatured foods, chronic stress, and environmental toxins. Add to that an increasingly lonely and sedentary lifestyle, and you have the potential for…
The Health Issues That Affect Optimal Fertility
One in ten couples has a challenge conceiving. If you have experienced trouble getting pregnant, or lost a pregnancy, it is normal to want to know why. While many couples conceive easily, fertility requires a complex network of systems—in both males and females—to work together. Sometimes, we do not fully understand why infertility or a…
Do You Really Need That Nose Job? Selfies Distort Facial Features, Study Shows
April 9, 2022
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With the advent of smartphones came the rise of selfies, shared daily by “like”-seeking millions across social media. But a small new study suggests that, unlike photos taken with regular cameras, smartphone selfies distort facial features in a not-so-flattering way. And those unappealing — if inaccurate — results may be fueling a hankering for plastic surgery….
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