Coping Emotionally with Vaginal Pain – Vulvodynia
I have written about women having pain around their labia, vagina, and genital region, known as vulvodynia, also called vulvar vestibulitis.
Continue readingI have written about women having pain around their labia, vagina, and genital region, known as vulvodynia, also called vulvar vestibulitis.
Continue readingThis is a special guest post by Dr. Suzanne E. Schindler, a neurologist with special interest and training in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease.
Continue readingHeat and humidity combine to cook up a prime environment for several skin conditions related to sweating that can make us very uncomfortable.
Continue readingHypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure (HBP). Both terms mean the same thing.
Continue readingGlaucoma robs us of our eyesight usually without warning signs. Its most common form is called primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and occurs when the fluid within the eye very slowly builds up over time due to clogged drainage systems.
Continue readingThis is the story of an ER nurse who wants everyone to know how different a woman’s heart attack can be from a man’s experience.
Continue readingWomen experience heart disease very differently than men do. Where a man might have crushing chest pain that indicates a heart attack, a woman may only feel a little nauseated or start sweating.
Continue readingWho’d have thought such a tiny gland in your neck could affect so many aspects of your life and health and sometimes cause so much trouble?
Continue readingThis blog was written on January 24, 2020. Much has changed since then. For more, please visit my segment on NBC’s California Live . You can also stay up to date with my daily live Facebook Q and A, by visiting my Facebook Page @NurseBarbDehn.
Continue readingBeing very overweight is often seen as a factor in many health problems, but now is seen as a factor in people’s risk of getting, transmitting, and dying from influenza.
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