Tag Archives: gynecologist
| Should I follow directions if birth control is for hormones and not pregnancy? |
June 07, 2013
Should I follow directions if birth control is for hormones and not pregnancy? You shouldn't be on the Pill at all, especially for hormones.read more »
| This Doctor Still Wants to See You |
April 09, 2013
Every year, you used to visit your ob/gyn for a Pap test and pelvic exam. Then you’d get your mammogram. Some ladies I know made it a “girlfriends date” and went out to lunch after their mammos.
It was like getting your healthcare searead more »
| Menopause desperation |
January 11, 2013
I started menopause 14 years ago after an accident, from whichI have since recovered and function well, but I have some permanent spinal problems . I have always been naturally very slim, with a flat abdomen, never any cellulite, no stretch marks read more »
| prolapsed uterus |
December 13, 2012
I have had a prolapsed uterus for the past 2 years. Because of some other unrelated medical issues I had, I wasn’t able to pursue this problem until I got through the last one. I am now ready to tackle this next one. However, in the paread more »
| Menopause Mondays: Re-decorate my what? Is hysterectomy the right theme this holiday? |
December 03, 2012
By now, you’ve probably crawled into the attic or dug through the hall closet to retrieve your family’s Christmas decorations to prepare for trimming your home and tree. The holidays are a fun opportunity to let out our inner Martha, and sometimeread more »
| Russian Roulette, Anyone? – Condom Conundrum |
November 26, 2012
WHAT was your worst fear, as young woman, when you were kicking up your heels with your condom-less lover? I’ll bet my weighted hula hoop it wasn’t herpes, HIV, or even VD, as we used to call it. I’ll tell you what my worst fear was... getting read more »
| Menopause Mondays: Ellen’s 5 Steps to Hormone Happiness, Step 2: Find A Menopause Specialist |
October 15, 2012
You may wish your doctor looked like George Clooney or Sofía Vergara, but there are other, significantly more important qualities that your perimenopause and menopause specialist should possess. This week, Ellen tells you how to find a specialist whread more »
| Fifty Shades of Grey: What’s All the Fuss? | Most Liked |
October 08, 2012
I think 50 Shades gives women a sexual voice in a similar way that Sex in the City did. The main character is a woman and the books take readers beyond “vanilla sex” by breaking some boundaries and adding some danger, all within a romantic love sread more »
| Don’t trust vaginal estrogen cream that promises muscle tightening |
August 28, 2012
A new vaginal estrogen cream that promises to make your vagina feel “18 again” shouldn’t be readily trusted and believed, according to medical experts.read more »
| Menopause Mondays: A Menopause Crash Course with USF Dr. Barry Verkauf |
August 20, 2012
We talked to Dr. Barry Verkauf,professor in the University of South Florida Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the USF Menopause Center.read more »
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