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A Different Way to Think About Weight Loss
Another New Year, another resolution. And sadly, for most people they don’t work, especially when the resolution focuses on losing weight, which according to a recent survey, accounts for over 20 percent of all New Year’s resolutions. And the success rate of New Year’s resolutions? Only about 9 percent say they have made and successfully kept them.
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Pregnancy and Cravings
We have all heard the stories of crazy cravings during pregnancy. One woman wants pickles and peanut butter, the other ice cream and potato chips. Cravings are perfectly normal during pregnancy, but you also want to keep in mind that you are nourishing your growing baby.
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Coping with Sexual Pain After Cancer Treatment
Women often experience sexual pain after cancer treatment, but far too often they don’t discuss it with their doctor or their pain is dismissed as a psychological rather than physical problem, according to a recent review article by two gynecologic oncologists.
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Some Women with Breast Cancer Choose to Have an Unnecessary Mastectomy
According to one recent study, one in six women with breast cancer chooses to have a healthy breast removed even when there’s no indication that a double mastectomy will improve her odds of survival.
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Pre-Pectoral Reconstruction: A New Technique for Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
One in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and many of these women will undergo a mastectomy to remove one or both breasts followed by reconstruction.
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What You Need to Know About Gallbladder Conditions
Compared to the heart, lungs or brain, the gallbladder isn’t an organ that most people often discuss. However, it still serves a very important function in the body. The gallbladder stores bile, or the digestive fluid, that is created in the liver. The bile is stored until you need it to help break down fat in your diet.
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Why Antibiotics, Blood Thinners & Diabetes Medication May Lead to a Trip to the ER
Did you know that as many as 1 in 100 Americans end up in the emergency room because of the medicine they take?
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5 Tips for Proper Food and Water Safety During Power Outages and Floods
Hurricane season is now underway in Florida. While we hope this season won’t be accompanied by serious storms that make landfall, there’s always the possibility of power outages and flooding this time of year. As I recently told Click Orlando, we can’t get comfortable because past hurricane seasons have been relatively easy for us.
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How to Put a Crimp on Cramps
Every month, it’s the same question. Will your menstrual period be quietly uneventful or will you experience the discomfort of abdominal pain? While some pain during your period is normal, including occasional back pain, a large amount of pain is not.
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Treating Athletes with Lower Back Pain
This blog was written in conjunction with Harrison Youmans, MD.
