The last thing any woman wants to hear is that her Pap results aren’t normal. Those words can prompt anxiety and fear, and even leave you convinced that your practitioner has gotten you confused with another patient. If your pap test has [...]
Having your blood pressure checked when you visit the doctor or dentist is so automatic that you may never have stopped to think about what is happening, and you may pay no attention to the readings at all. Often, the only time [...]
Updated 06/02/2021 Vitamin D testing isn’t always a part of standard blood work at an annual physical, but Vitamin D deficiency is such a widespread problem that I believe it should be! When women come to see me, I like to have [...]
Updated 10/11/2020 Routine testing often happens on a regular schedule, such as at an annual physical. But all too often, health care practitioners don’t explain what these tests are looking for, or what the results might mean for their patients. My clients [...]
Women are usually very surprised and worried if their Pap smear results are abnormal. They have several questions, and in some cases it’s difficult for them to even know what questions to ask their practitioner. We’ve tried to take some of the [...]
Anticipating Your First Pelvic Exam and Pap Test At our practice, where we integrate conventional and alternative ways of thinking, there has never been any doubt about the importance of annual examinations and regular Pap screenings for our patients. The anticipation of [...]
You may have heard a lot about bone density and the risk of fractures; you might even be limiting your activities because you fear your bones aren’t strong enough to handle the pressure. But that may not be necessary at all - [...]
At the Women to Women clinic we have learned over the years that many laboratories don’t really offer very helpful stool studies. Several patients become discouraged when their stool analysis comes back with a “normal” result while they are miserable with persistent [...]
When a laboratory technician looks at the section of cells that was taken from your cervix during your Pap test, they will be searching for indications of specific changes that occur within the cells (cervical dysplasia). These reveal a variety of discrete [...]
