Dear Dr. Jane, I am 48 years old and experiencing very heavy periods in the last 6 months. My periods are fairly regular, but the first 2 or 3 days I am miserable! I wear super tampons and extra heavy pads and still worry about soaking through. My doctor says I am anemic and I …
Contributed by Barbie Taylor, MD Remember when you were a kid playing Hide and Seek? The kid who was “it” hid his or her eyes and waited for everyone else to go and hide. After counting to ten, he or she hollered, “Ready or not, here I come!” And whether or not you were ready, …
Over 600,000 women annually undergo a hysterectomy. Reasons for having a hysterectomy are uterine fibroids, endometriosis (condition in which cells of the uterus have migrated to pelvic organs where they should not be, causing painful inflammation and bleeding), and uterine prolapse (dropping of the uterus into the vagina). According to the National Women’s Health Information …
My cats, Princess and Po, don’t have any trouble sleeping. Their mistress cannot claim the same. When Perimenopause first came to live at my house, my biggest complaint wasn’t hot flashes or mood swings. Insomnia topped my list. All my life, I’d been a good sleeper, dropping off for seven or eight hours of deep …
When midlife hormone imbalance comes calling, the adrenal glands have much to say about the topic. Relatively unknown to most, these powerful little glands are located right above the kidneys. The adrenal glands have two very distinct areas of function. The outer zone which secretes cortisol, DHEA, aldosterone along with other sex hormones and the …