When you think of women’s health, you may think of breast cancer, ovarian cancer or your annual visit to get a pap smear.  But the leading cause of death for women is none of these. Heart Disease is the #1 threat to women’s health. Only 54% of women are aware of this fact. One in three women dies of heart disease each year and since 1984 […]

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Recent changes to the guidance on cervical cancer screening has extended the interval between tests.  Women with no history of an abnormal test can go have three to five years between tests.  As a result, a common refrain we hear in the office is ‘but I want to have a pap test every year’.  The Pap smear test is the most […]

Doctor, Should I Come Back Next Year? With recent changes in the recommendations for how often pap tests and mammograms should be performed, some women are asking whether the annual visit to the doctor is needed. The short is yes. The vast majority of women should have an annual visit with a physician. The annual visit has important purposes besides […]

Whether or not you celebrate Thanksgiving and/or Christmas, if you live in the United States, you have been and will be inundated with thinking about things from October (August?) to the new year.  To help me resist the madness of black Friday, small business Saturday and cyber Monday, I have determined to meditate on the things I already have for […]

It is October and breast cancer awareness month, so many people are thinking about breast cancer.  But in the last few days breast cancer has been front and center in my personal life. By Sunday I felt like I had been crying for three days straight. On Thursday Night I went to see the debut performance of Life in the […]

Articles in the news this week have been seemed tailor made to reinforce the talk I gave last week.  I came across an article today on Alternet where the author beautifully highlights the difference between health insurance and health care as he talks about his experience with malignant melanoma.   (Coming soon to youtube.)  Simply, health insurance is a contract between […]