There’s a proven way for men and women to slash their risk of dying from heart disease, yet few women…
Those unwelcome, yet all too familiar, signs—vaginal itching and burning, icky discharge, nasty odor—announce that a vaginal bacterial or yeast…
Q: I heard that wearing panty liners can cause irritation to the genitals. Is this true? A: Yes, especially if…
It is extremely common for a woman who feels a lump in her breast to suspect the worst -- only…
Q: The skin below my breasts often gets chafed. What is causing this and what can I do about it?…
Many women who need hysterectomies are told that robotic-assisted surgery—the newest way to surgically remove the uterus—has numerous advantages over…
Have you ever seen a baby who was born too soon? As the mother of premature twins, I recall all…
A test for an insidious, lethal cancer isn’t used very much even though it has been around for years and…
A colleague came into my office the other day to show me a fab jacket she had just bought. That…
What you don’t know really can hurt you. So even though today’s news isn’t exactly welcome, it could ultimately ease…
An unusual form of gynecological health treatment is "gathering steam" around the country -- pelvic steam baths, also known by…
You might think of brittle bones and heart disease as two entirely different, unrelated health problems. The heart is a…
Despite the dictionary’s definition of atrophy as "wasting away," vaginal atrophy (VA) does not mean that anything is withering down…
"You have dense breasts," my doctor said after my last mammogram. This was news to me. I’d had many previous…
Not Always Wise to Play with Hormones A woman's relationship with her menstrual cycle can be complicated, on the one…
