Human Papilloma Virus and Cervical Cancer Since January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, I’m going to write for the first time about a tough topic I’ve been discussing with women for over 30...
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FIVE Things Your Doctor MIGHT Know in TEN Years
FIVE Things Your Doctor MIGHT Know in TEN Years Happy and Healthy New Year to you! It might seem like I’m starting this blog off on a downer but stay with me for some amazingly good health news....
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...
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...
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...
True Risk of Breast Cancer
Have you heard that the average woman’s risk of breast cancer is 1 in 8? This is the risk as understood by most doctors and that I have often quoted to others.
Detecting Breast Cancer: Mammography Vs Thermography
First of all, let me be clear that when I say I still “like” mammograms I am not saying that I “enjoy” mammograms. Nobody relishes the idea of getting their breast squished between two cold plates...
Is Testosterone A Cause of Prostate Cancer?
Here’s a trick question: who mostly get prostate cancer: young men or old men? The answer is of course that, as with most cancers, older men are much more likely than young men to get prostate...
Epigenetics and Your Family History
I am 53 years young. My mom and dad are both alive and well. That makes me lucky. As Mother’s Day and Father’s Day season approaches, I wanted to share with you some latest thinking about a topic...
Both Men and Women Need Testosterone
In the working world, men have an advantage – testosterone. Not only do most men have 10 to 20 times as much testosterone as most women, it isn’t made in their adrenal glands, so their adrenals...
This Is How Vitamin D Kills Cancer
It’s important to know when to die. Especially if you are a cell. You’re going to learn a new word today, a word which I’m not sure you really need to remember, and you can’t really use at a...
Don’t Be Suckered By Scary Medical Headlines
News flash! If you cross the street twice, it DOUBLES your risk of getting hit by a car! Luckily for you, this means that in the U.S. (according to information from the Centers for Disease Control)...
This Hormone Does Cause Cancer
Last month I got a call no doctor wants to get. My patient Helen (never real names of my patients) told me she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It is possible to be lucky with cancer, and we think...
Do I Get A Mammogram Or Not?
If I could wave a magic wand over all midlife women, I would simply want us all to not be afraid. Breast cancer is one of our biggest fears at this time of life, and with good reason. Even though...
“How Long Do I Have to Take Hormones?”
“How long do I have to take hormones?” This question comes up with pretty much every woman I talk to about hormone replacement therapy. I am going to approach my answer from a few different angles....
Your Brain Can Fix “Dis-ease”
Many of us already know that stressful thought can harm our bodies and our health. What we haven't fully wrapped our heads around yet is that the opposite is also true: as well as causing dis-ease,...
Estrogen PREVENTS Breast Cancer?!?
NEWS THAT NEVER MADE BIG HEADLINES Data analysis from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study, first reported in 2002, just keeps coming, even though the study results are not applicable to most...
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