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You Probably Won’t Get BREAST Cancer
It’s great that every October, efforts are made to increase awareness of breast cancer. To be clear, though, you probably won’t get this illness. In the United States, the estimated lifetime risk...
It’s Scary to Lose Your Bone Health!
As Halloween approaches next month, there’s a women’s health problem that really scares me. We rightfully worry about breast cancer and heart disease. But guess what? Besides these major causes of...
Multitasking – Not What You Think!
Have you been multitasking in order to save time? If you have, then I have some bad news for you: Multitasking is an illusion. It’s a bill of goods we’ve been sold – the promise of getting more done...
Get Your Cells in Shape for Summer
At some point in your life (maybe now), you’ve probably thought about getting yourself in shape. But have you ever thought about getting your cells in shape? What would that even mean? I’m going to...
Testosterone at 20 and 50
In dentistry, you may have heard the saying, “You only need to floss the teeth you want to keep.” In my line of work, you could say you only need to balance the hormones you want to keep. Now, we...
Anti – allergy Tools
I can't believe what I just saw. I walked down the hall in my office building, which has a door at both ends, and there were little white fluffy things scattered on the carpet, the kind that blow in...
Don’t Blame Mom!
Sometimes my kids love to blame me for things, such as who got my mom’s baby blue eyes. Luckily, these kinds of genetic traits don’t affect their health. If you have been tempted to blame your...
Important Women in American Medical History – Part 3
Henrietta Lacks and Florence Nightingale This is my March 2021 series on Important Women in American Medical History. The order of the women I am talking about this year is based only on the order...
Important Women in American Medical History – Part 2
Dr. Rebecca Crumpler and Dr. Marie Maynard Daly This is my March 2021 series on Important Women in American Medical History. The order of the women I am talking about this year is based only on the...
Important Women in American Medical History – Part 1
This is my March 2021 series on Important Women in American Medical History. The order of the women I am talking about this year is based only on the order in which they appear in this photo. I hope...
Women slaves who had GYN surgeries without anesthesia
Surgery without anesthesia Can you imagine having a major surgery without anesthesia, and without even giving your consent? Of course you can’t. Nowadays this is unheard of. But it did happen to...
Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women
For right now, Covid is currently the number 1 killer of Americans. Once the pandemic subsides – which *will* happen – heart disease will resume it’s #1 spot. Heart disease kills more women than...
Know your love language
Good hormone balance is only a beginning for a healthy, satisfying and loving romantic relationship. Understanding yourself and your partner is just as important.Know your love language Knowing your...
The beginning of my anti-racism journey
In honor of Black History Month, I would like to share the beginning of my anti-racism journey. It was June of 2020, three months into lockdown. It was very shortly after the murder of George Floyd....
Done is better than perfect
Inaugurating my “upgraded” e-newsletter last week launched me into a full-blown case of my congenital perfectionism. I try to live by “done is better than perfect”, but it can be challenging. In his...
“Upgrade” is my “Word of the Year”. What’s yours?!?
What a year already! Life circumstances aside, have you picked your "word of the year"? Choosing one word (maybe two) helps you chart a course to navigate for the year, despite what is...
Borrón y cuenta nueva
2020. As in 20/20 at the eye doctor, which means "clear vision." I think 2020 accomplished this, even as we lost so much. We all felt loss this year. Even those of us fortunate to be healthy and not...
Healthy Eating Over the (Pandemic) Holidays
HEALTHY EATING OVER THE HOLIDAYS What a year 2020 has been. For me, and for a lot of my patients, it has been a year of consoling myself with treats. Whether it is baking cookies with our...
Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer
This year, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to go back to basics. When I was in my OB/GYN residency in the early 1990’s, we lamented that “only” about 15% of menopausal women were...
Ethix and Beyond Fistula
https://youtu.be/hsTJhHGsHh8 Over 2 Trillions of dollars are spent every day. What could this world look like if part of the money spent on credit card payments every day went to non-profit groups...
Here is how you can boost your Oxytocin
https://youtu.be/xDKPIW6meGs Boost your oxytocin so you can thrive during these crazy times It feels as though lately people are starting to lose it. I know the real stress started around...
My Weight Loss Story
I specialize in helping people have more energy and less weight. https://youtu.be/pEsIOAA5KM8 Did you know that even modest weight loss can improve or prevent the health problems associated with...
Face masks are not political
There's a wrong way to be independent Not a lot of people know I used to be a registered Republican. Yup. When I was in medical school at UC Irvine in the late 1980’s, I realized that in Orange...
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Dr. Liz Lyster, Midlife Health Expert, writes advice articles to help women and men feel their best so they can do their best.
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