Retail clinics are controversial in healthcare. Physicians want more control over an industry almost entirely dominated by nurse...

The Moon has a powerful and magical influence over many aspects of life here on this amazing planet. We don't like to lean into this much...

It seems to me that many #midwives are impacted personally by breast cancer. I am not sure if its because we tend to become a bit...

As we age, our ovarian function declines naturally. We produce less estrogen and progesterone, and we stop ovulating. This decline begins...

I've shared previously that a few years ago I did a little work with the Mind Body Institute, in which we learned about ancestral cell...

When I was in my family nurse practitioner training, women presenting with #trichotillomania was not an uncommon finding. I can't say...

It isn't clear what initiates these growths in our uterus. Maybe they are the superhero uterine cells that simply overwork themselves,...

You're probably familiar with the BMI or the body mass index, for which clinicians or even your employer's wellness program or life...

My memory, I am learning more and more, is not typical in that I can remember my childhood like it was last week. I don't have a few...

One in ten women are impacted by endometriosis ( Zondervan et al., 2018 & Coxon et al., 2018 ), or maybe I should be more clear; more...

Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi have more recently announced their struggle with Tourette Syndrome. Lewis Capaldi even shared intimate...

When I was in my post-graduate training, I met a mother who had brought in her two children and a small stack of papers, having spent...

There are a variety of causes one might lose their hair, abruptly or more gradually, and in spots or patches or more throughout the...

Bladder pressure, bladder pain, even pelvic pain can cause chronic and fairly severe pain for about 6 percent of women. This phenomenon...

If you're new here, I love old books, particularly on medicine and midwifery, botanicals and raising a family. Witches were the women...

Upwards of 70 percent of women suffer #migraines associated with their menstrual flow and I can't tell you how grateful I am to not be...

When a connective tissue disorder is suspected there are a number of tests you'll want to have evaluated to confirm the diagnosis, and in...

History has long reported that the symptoms of PMS were nothing more than hysteria and although science has well recognized the...

We have recently moved and our new place as a saltwater #swimming pool. We love this as it allows us to play in the water without...

Androgenetic alopecia is the most common form of hair loss in men and women. It is a normal variant, more often just part of our genetic...