As a fully-trained, board-certified, licensed and practicing obstetrician-gynecologist, I have performed and assisted many hysterectomies...

In addition to the omega-3 discussion as a crucial aspect of our nutritional and metabolic health, vitamin D comes up again and again as...

I want to take this week’s blog to discuss hormone terminology as well as the basic physiology (function) of our ovaries. There are a ton...

The more I read about omega 3 fatty acids, the more I realize how crucial they are crucial for women’s health at every step of our lives....

An Update on Breast Cancer and Hormones For decades there has been evidence and subsequent headlines about estrogen causing breast...

We call it Zone 2. If you’re my age or older, you probably have been taught to do “cardio” as a way of losing weight, being healthy, and...

There is a lot of information out there about supplementation without much guidance on what to take, when to take it, and why. One of the...

Why choosing rhythm may ward off chronic disease After several days of being on-call this week as an obgyn, I’m reminded of how important...

It can feel like we will never know the answer to this question. I’d be remiss to let February, American Heart Month, slip by without...

What is GLP1? GLP1 stands for Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, which is a hormone we naturally make in the intestines and to a lesser extent, the...

I was a setup for lower back pain.  I had two pregnancies in three years and I didn’t really try to rebuild my core between them. In my...

Like anything else in the world, our choices are not without risk. Taking birth control pills is no exception. I recently had a friend...

Over the course of the last 15 years, I’ve had multiple stints of using birth control pills for preventing pregnancy.  Eventually I used...

At some point in adolescence or my early twenties, likely in the context of going out and drinking, I heard the phrase “I’ll sleep when...

I had a patient recently see me for the first time for her annual gynecological visit.  She’s a postmenopausal lady and had up to date...

There are three things that guide clinical decision-making, or choices made by your doctor.  These are: guidelines, evidence, and...

My self-care swaps & thoughts. Why am I making these switches?  There’s been more attention recently on exposures in our every day lives...

This is a little departure from my usual subject matter. But as it relates to choices, what happens to us is not a choice. So here's my...

I like to frame things as choices because we make so damn many and while that can feel overwhelming, it means we have incredible agency...

Ok, that's not exactly how the song went. It did say: Let's talk about all the good things and the bad things, that may be I don't think...