I get asked this all the time by perimenopausal and post menopausal women. And my answer always is…“It depends.” Once upon a time women used to have to suffer with hot flushes, memory loss, loss of libido and sleep disturbances. Then along came the hormone therapy like a white knight on a horse and made …
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If one more patient comes in and tells me she has spent a year with a therapist talking about the pain in her vagina and low and behold she still has the pain…I will get up and scream. Really. I promise. I can’t stand it. I can’t stand the ridiculous notion that “it is all …
Continue ReadingFDA approves the Morning After Pill, over the counter for 17-year-olds.
On Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, the FDA approved sale of the Morning After Pill, over the counter for 17-year-olds. Prior to this, it was available over the counter to people 18-years-old and older. Though this may be a step in the right direction, to increase availability and access to emergency contraception, we must wonder what …
Continue ReadingWant more sex? Make your partner feel beautiful!
Yesterday yet another women told me that one of the reasons she doesn’t want to have sex with her husband is because she’s so self conscious. Sigh. She doesn’t feel great about her body and HE DOESN’T MAKE HER FEEL GREAT ABOUT HER BODY! He makes comments if she gains weight. He makes comments about …
Continue ReadingEver wonder a cervix looks like?
I, like many people are fascinated when television shows surgeries that are being performed or one that takes you inside an emergency room. Anything, where I can take a look inside a human body and marvel at its many functions, working together in unison. It is one thing to see a diagram or chart, a …
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