Can’t Sleep?

T’is the season of merry and many sleepless nights. Many of us who already suffer from insomnia will further wrestle with this villain this holiday season. In celebration of the end of one year and the beginning of another, we will spend without restraint, travel...
This Month is All About the BOOBS

This Month is All About the BOOBS

October is breast cancer awareness month. Or, Breast Awareness Month. In our lifetime, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. That’s a lot of women who will face this devastating diagnosis. Risk increases with age, delayed childbirth, obesity, having more than...

A Note to Women for Father’s Day

My dad quit smoking years ago.  He often fell asleep on the couch while ashes from a lit cigarette fell to the floor.  The fact that his bed once caught afire, did not temper his cravings.  Today, in addition to being a cigarette Nazi, he takes to the treadmill...
Keep the uterus, get rid of the fibroids

Keep the uterus, get rid of the fibroids

A myomectomy is another option for the treatment of leiomyomas (lie-o-my-o-mas), generally known as fibroids.  This too can be done via an abdominal incision, laparoscopically or via the vagina.  The location, size, number of fibroids and the desire to preserve future...