We’ve all read or been told at some point in our lives that we need to eat a “variety of foods”. As with many things we learn about food and nutrition, turns out, this isn’t the best advice. First, it most certainly isn’t true in the same meal. Data has long shown that the more […]
Endometriosis is a disease of the pelvic that affects between 1 and 8% of the female population. It can be as high as 50% in women with infertility and is present in as many as 70% of women with pelvic pain. It’s been over a decade since any new treatments for Endometriosis-associated pain have […]
What Happened to the Zika Virus? It’s still around and just as dangerous… The Zika virus epidemic peaked in 2016, fortunately there are less cases each year since. However, it’s still around and it’s dangerous consequences in pregnancy: miscarriage, microcephaly, and still birth, are still very real. Unfortunately, over 80% of Zika virus infection […]
Sprout Pharmaceuticals has won back control of it’s drug Addyi—the first-ever approved drug for low libido in women. After a long and complicated launch a few years ago, Sprout is relaunching Addyi for half the cost. That’s still $400/mo before insurance and/or coupons they offer patients. Addyi was developed as an effective treatment for hypoactive […]
Advances and Updates in Infertility Care It is definitely a better time in history for women who have difficulty conceiving and women who chose to delay childbearing. IVF’s International Success In 1978, a woman named Louise Brown was born. She is the world’s first baby born via a process now known as IVF. Today, […]
As the number of Americans who are overweight or obese continues to rise, there’s a lot of focus on teaching children and young adults healthier eating habits. Exercise is another area that could use some improvement. JAMA Pediatrics recently published a study about how young adults are exercising less as they leave high school […]
Your physician has probably told you many times how great exercise is for your health. Most doctors also point out it’s huge role in mental health. Mostly, when we talk about exercise we’re talking about aerobic activities: running, biking, even Zumba. JAMA Psychiatry just published a large review of over 30 clinical trials which […]
Disorders of Orgasms—Yes, they exit If you’ve ever felt that you don’t quite have “orgasms” as you’ve expected them to be (via the wealth of “education” that’s out there these days), you may be right. First, some medical vocabulary: Orgasm: a sensation of intense pleasure creating an altered consciousness state accompanied […]
After the age of 25-30, most of us reach our peak bone mass. Then we slowly start to lose bone mass. How fast or slow that happens depends on many factors: genetics, gender, diet, exercise and other factors. After menopause, with the decline in estrogen, women start to lose bone mass at a faster rate. […]
The modern vision of working motherhood is not working out for a lot of women. In a big way. The number of babies being born in the US is dropping, to the lowest levels in 30 years! In 2017, 3.8 million babies were born. That’s a huge number, unless you consider that it’s a 2% […]