Detox and Women’s Health
By Frank Lipman, MD A note from Marcelle: There’s a lot of buzz about detox right now, and we’re glad of it. Detox should be part of every woman’s effort to take control of her health. To help you learn how, we’ve [...]
Emotional Eating: What is Your Emotional Relationship with Food?
Updated 12/16/2020 Based on the conversation I’ve had with multiple women lately, 2020 could easily be called “The Year of Emotional Eating.” They’re stressed, so they eat. They’re isolated and lonely, so they eat. They’re bored, so they eat. They’re scared, depressed, [...]
High Blood Pressure — Lowering The Strain
What makes your blood pressure rise to unhealthy levels, and what can you do to bring it back down naturally? Here’s our guide to the prevention and cure of hypertension. What is blood pressure? Conventional treatment for hypertension Risks associated with high [...]
Spice Up Your Life with Turmeric
By now you know how important I believe food is to health and healing. Food is something I discuss with virtually every patient I see at Women to Women. Finding the right balance of high quality proteins, slow-release carbohydrates and healthy fats [...]
Nutritional and Lifestyle Guidelines
Eating is a primitive urge, like sleeping or going to the bathroom. When food sources are abundant, we are hard-wired to eat as much as our body needs to function, survive, and reproduce, but also — more critically — to store against [...]
Health and Vitamins – Who Should Take Dietary Supplements and Why?
Virtually everyone has a family history that includes a chronic illness such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer. You may be concerned that you carry a genetic predisposition to one or more of these diseases. But even if that’s true, recent science [...]
PCOS & Fertility – Answers to Your Questions
Updated 10/04/2020 Ana had been trying to get pregnant for months when she finally received a diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Finally, she had an answer about why it was taking so long – but she wasn’t really sure what her [...]
Get Your Mojo Back Without “Pink” Viagra
I know that changing sexual desire is a big struggle for women as they age. It’s one of the most common complaints I hear from patients at the clinic. Sexual desire is considered to be a life force in many cultures and [...]
Safe (and Enjoyable) Sex in Your Middle Years
If you’ve been waiting in line at the supermarket or browsed a newsstand recently, you cannot help but notice the controversial and attention getting covers of today's women’s magazines. If they are not sharing “the secret to losing weight overnight,” these magazines [...]
Birth Control Methods
This comparison chart provides various birth control methods, along with their reliability factors, pros and cons, and also advantages and disadvantages. The information will give you and your partner knowledge about a variety of conception methods, including intrauterine devices (IUD), hormonal methods [...]