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9 Key Issues Affecting Girls and Women Around the World

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always “get” the women in my life quite like I do my male friends and relatives—just ask my girlfriend, who is probably convinced I was raised by a...

Let’s Talk About Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Closing out PCOS Awareness Month on a high note. Joining the discussion are my guests: Dr. Bianca Hall - Doctor of Osteopathic medicine and an OB/GYN currently completing a Complex Family Planning Fellowship at Albert Einstein...

Healthy Aging Month – Sept 2021

The phenomenon of aging is a normal life process that, for various reasons, is often approached with apprehension. Many people try to deny the aging process and would gladly prevent it from occurring if they...

Breastfeeding After a Cesarean Section

Whether you have had a vaginal delivery or a cesarean delivery, breastfeeding is essential for you and your baby to bond with each other. However, many cesarean sections (C-sections) are unexpected and pose new challenges...

National Rainbow Baby Day

A “rainbow baby” is a baby born after the loss of a previous baby due to miscarriage (in utero < 20 weeks gestation), stillbirth (in utero > 20 weeks gestation), or neonatal death (shortly after...

Perimenopause: The Women’s Health Issue No One’s Talking About Enough

Arianna Sholes-Douglas remembers the moment her body was in the grips of perimenopause ― though she didn’t recognize it for what it was at the time, despite being an OB-GYN and integrative health physician focusing...

Balancing Your Personal & Professional Life

When I decided to begin my medical career, I knew what I was getting myself into. At every point along the journey, I was reminded by mentors and colleagues alike that medicine is a lifelong...

Successful Women in Business

Tamara Lowe grew up in Zickak, a little community in Portsmouth on the northern side of the Commonwealth of Dominica. As a child, the Portsmouth Public Library was her favorite place and she spent most...

How to Increase the Odds of a Healthy Conception

Planning for pregnancy can be a stressful time for couples. Many women face difficulty in getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term. Struggling with infertility can make the journey even more overwhelming. Executive director of...

Finance Focus Tips to Younger Me

It was the year 2007, my first Christmas as an employed millennial. Do you know what I thought that meant? A “FAT” bank account and access to Christmas sales. Little did I know that the...

What You Need to Know About Chlamydia

In Part I of The ABCs of Sexually Transmitted Diseases series we learned about trichomoniasis – one of the three most common infectious causes of vaginal...

Dangerously Different

It doesn’t take more than a quick Google search to find out that hypothyroidism and weight loss do not normally go together. But they do for...

MOM ● WIFE ● COOK

In my family, the men were predominantly the cooks while the women took care of the other chores. Not quite the norm but there was always...

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Could You Walk a Mile in Her Shoes?

This reflection was submitted to the Global Health Diaries following a medical trip to Uganda sponsored by the University of Vermont Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine and the Western Connecticut Health Network. This was published in the Global Health eMagazine March 2020 edition.

Women & Cardiovascular Disease

  Cardiovascular disease is the umbrella term for all types of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels, including coronary heart disease (clogged arteries...

Rethinking Mental Illness

October 10th marks World Mental Health Day. This year has been a rollercoaster for most individuals with the unfolding pandemic resulting in loss of...

Self Care Sunday

I’m not entirely sure where I first heard the phrase “Self Care Sunday” but immediately it seemed like an excellent concept. At first, I...