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Disparities in health and healthcare are most likely to occur among women of racial and ethnic minority groups, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and underserved rural populations. These disparities continue to affect healthcare despite increasing...
This month, we are emphasizing the importance of nutrition. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), healthy nutrition is profoundly important in keeping Americans in good health throughout their lives. People with healthy patterns of...
About 60 percent of women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point in their life. One of the most widely held beliefs about UTIs is that you can prevent or even cure a UTI by drinking cranberry juice.
Cranberries contain A-type...
Why is my first step out of bed so painful? My heel really hurts first thing in the morning.
Heel pain may be an age-old problem, but it’s comforting to know that it’s not necessarily a sign of aging and it is treatable. It is generally the result of walking...
TURP, PVP, OP, REZUM, TUNA, TUMT – These are not just random assortments of letters. They represent different prostate surgical therapies for symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Some are obsolete and some have their continued place in routine...
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month! Let’s take a look at the importance of cervical cancer screening tests for women.
Cancer of the uterine cervix is the third most common gynecologic cancer diagnosis in the United States. The good news is that the rate...
Becoming pregnant can be an exciting time in a woman’s life. There is a multitude of questions that will arise with this momentous news. Having prenatal care is one of the most important things to think about when you learn that you are pregnant.
Prenatal care is...
This time of year brings many new opportunities. Venturing outside of your comfort zone to create new goals could be something you are ready to take on. If so, there are five steps commonly known as the SMART process to help you get started on the path to success...
The development of a benign multinodular goiter is a normal aspect of aging and a majority of women will develop goiters later in life. Very few of these nodules are cancer. However, as a result of the increasing use of diagnostic imaging involving the neck, more...
There are few diagnoses more difficult to share with a patient than head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer is synonymous with squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCCA). When talking about HNSCCA we are referring to cancer that has developed on a mucosal surface...