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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers about Living with Nasal Polyps
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers about Living with Nasal PolypsChronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the nose and sinuses that causes soft growths in your sinuses. Although these growths (nasal polyps) donโt usually hurt, they can interfere with your quality of life and cause unpleasant symptoms โ especially for women, who are often hit harder by the condition.…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Nasal Polyps
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Nasal PolypsNasal polyps are noncancerous growths that develop inside the nose or in your sinuses. Although nasal polyps are usually painless, they can produce uncomfortable symptoms like pressure and fullness in the nose and face, a stuffy nose with thick and discolored drainage, breathing issues and a loss of smell and taste. Anyone can get nasal…
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A Conversation with Makeba L. Williams, M.D., About Health Equity and Menopause
Read More: A Conversation with Makeba L. Williams, M.D., About Health Equity and MenopauseMenopause is a near-universal experience for women in midlife. And most women will experience some physical, mental and emotional changes in the years leading up to, and following, the end of their menstrual cycles. While vasomotor symptoms such as night sweats and hot flashes are common for most women, how long they last and how…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sexual Fluidity
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sexual FluidityEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Close your eyes and imagine yourself 10 years ago. What were you interested in? What were some of your preferences? What kinds of relationships did you have? Now open your…
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What You Need to Know About Antiviral Treatment for Covid-19 โ A Conversation with Christina Nguyen, PA-C
Read More: What You Need to Know About Antiviral Treatment for Covid-19 โ A Conversation with Christina Nguyen, PA-COral antiviral medications are helping to turn the tide of the Covid-19 pandemic, lowering the risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death from the virus. When taken within five days after symptoms start, these prescription pills can prevent the virus from multiplying, lessen the amount of virus in your body and help your immune system…
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15 Minutes With: Loretta C. โLeeโ Ford, Ed.D., Talks to HealthyWomen About the Nurse Practitioner Profession and Her Career
Read More: 15 Minutes With: Loretta C. โLeeโ Ford, Ed.D., Talks to HealthyWomen About the Nurse Practitioner Profession and Her CareerNovember 13 – 19, 2022 is National Nurse Practitioner Week. In the early 1960s, Loretta C. Ford, Ed.D., R.N., PNP, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, realized that healthcare for families and children was suffering because there werenโt enough primary care doctors to treat them. So she took action. Ford partnered with Henry K. Silver, M.D., a…
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Will Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Be More Effective at Combating Covid-19? 5 Questions Answered
Read More: Will Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Be More Effective at Combating Covid-19? 5 Questions AnsweredBy Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina On Sept. 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are specifically tailored to combat the two most prevalent omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5. The decision comes just a day after…
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Expert perspectives, healthy aging, Hormone health, Hormones, Medication safety, Menopause, Menopause and hrt, Perimenopause
JoAnn Pinkerton, M.D., Speaks With HealthyWomen About Hormone Therapy for Menopause
Read More: JoAnn Pinkerton, M.D., Speaks With HealthyWomen About Hormone Therapy for MenopauseJoAnn Pinkerton, M.D. is an OB-GYN who is on the board of trustees for the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). She completed time as president and vice president of NAMS in 2009 and 2010. In 2000, she took on the role of executive director, during which time she chaired the 2017 advisory panels for hormone…
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Ask the Expert About Advanced Breast Cancer
Read More: Ask the Expert About Advanced Breast CancerWhat is advanced breast cancer? Who makes up a breast cancer treatment team? Part 1 Who makes up a breast cancer treatment team? Part 2 Who makes up a breast cancer treatment team? Part 3 Who makes up a breast cancer treatment team? Part 4 How is a woman involved in her treatment plan and…
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15 minutes with, Access, Access to health care, Expert perspectives, Health disparities, Racial disparities, Racism
15 Minutes With: Dr. Neel Shah Talks to HealthyWomen About Racism in Healthcare
Read More: 15 Minutes With: Dr. Neel Shah Talks to HealthyWomen About Racism in HealthcareDr. Neel Shah is chief medical officer of Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School and the founder of Costs of Care. Shah is featured in โThe Color of Care,โ an original documentary from Oprah Winfreyโs Harpo productions…
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Rick Bright Talks to HealthyWomen About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Read More: Rick Bright Talks to HealthyWomen About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Rick Bright, Ph.D., is an immunologist who has been working to address emerging infectious diseases for decades. Among his many accomplishments, Bright led and coordinated the U.S. and global medical countermeasure development for the 2014 MERS outbreak (another coronavirus). In 2020, Bright made headlines when he resigned from government service in protest over the Trump…
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Expert perspectives, mental health, Self-Care, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual dysfunction, Sexual health
Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partnerโs Sexual Dysfunction
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partnerโs Sexual DysfunctionMax and Jen sat across from me on the sofa. โWhat brings you in today?โ I asked. Max fidgeted nervously on the sofa. โIโll go first,โ said Jen. โMax has erectile dysfunction. Itโs gotten really frustrating for both of us. He never wants to do it anymore because heโs so worried he wonโt get an…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of Desire
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of DesireEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. “I’ve lost my libido.” “He’s never in the mood.” “I feel constantly rejected.” “It wasn’t always like this. We couldn’t keep our hands off each other in the honeymoon phase.”…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sexual Fantasies
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sexual FantasiesEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Have you ever dreamt of what it would be like to win the lottery? I know I have. It feels good to imagine who youโd share your winnings with, where…
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Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 Edition
Read More: Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough? The 2022 EditionBy Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing a huge spike in covid-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems. Besides urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted, public health officials are recommending that people upgrade from their cloth masks to higher-quality medical-grade masks. But what does this…
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What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Long-Haulers: Q+A with Dr. Jose R. Mercado
Read More: What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Long-Haulers: Q+A with Dr. Jose R. MercadoI recently reached out to Dr. Jose R. Mercado, associate hospital epidemiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, for my story on COVID-19 long-haulers. Dr. Mercado answered my questions via email. We are publishing his complete remarks here. The transcript has been edited for clarity and length. HealthyWomen: Is there a “typical” recovery period for COVID-19? Jose…
