Archive for category Women’s Health Topics

How to Stay Healthy at Your Desk Job

In some professions, like teaching or nursing, you don’t have to worry too much about staying chained to a desk all day. Instead, your day likely consists of running back and forth between meetings and helping students and sick people. If, however, you work in an office from 9-5 every day, chances are you sit […]

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Steroids and Hormones: What are they, exactly?

If I said you have a nice steroid hormone, would you hold it against me? Thanks to Groucho Marx for the basis of that wisecrack, but as silly as it sounds, it says something about our understanding of steroids and hormones. We’ve heard a lot about them over the years, but the media coverage is […]

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The Unsung Role of the Medical Student

A former medical student’s point of view ~ When patients go in for help with their medical problems, they expect to see a doctor and they can get pretty snarky when they spend a lot more time with nurses, certified nursing assistants, and medical students. In fact, many patients don’t think much of medical students, […]

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Does Your Health Insurance Provide Cancer Coverage?

Cancer is a disease that no one likes to mention out loud; yet it remains one of our primary concerns when it comes to organizing our health insurance. We need the reassurance of knowing that the policy that we pay into will cover the costs necessary to achieve a speedy diagnosis, getting the right treatment, […]

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5 Ways to Have Fun During Pregnancy

A mom will say that the pregnancy has moments of ups and downs. In the morning when you wake up you may not feel very good, have cramps, headaches, suffer from acidity and of course that increased weight is not always comfortable also. We understand that pregnancy is mostly about an uphill journey, but why […]

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