by Paula Derry | Sep 17, 2012 | Menstruation
About two weeks ago, I injured my foot. Like many accidents, it was stupid, quick, and avoidable. A heavy storm door was swinging shut, I somehow didn’t get out of its way, and it sheared open the back of my left foot, behind the ankle. Luckily, I didn’t cut an...
by Paula Derry | Aug 27, 2012 | Menopause, New Research
A recent article by Swift et al. looked at the effects of aerobic exercise on heart health. Midlife women with high blood pressure were assigned to one of three exercise groups—a program of exercise that met National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines, one that was...
by Paula Derry | Jul 23, 2012 | Fertility, Hormones, New Research
A scientific paper was recently published which looked at how shifting patterns of daily light and darkness affect pregnancy in mice. The authors were interested in this question because studies have suggested that humans who experience such patterns, such as shift...
by Paula Derry | Jun 25, 2012 | Health Care
On June 13, 2012, the medical website Medscape posted an interview with the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on AAFP’s involvement with the “Choosing Wisely” campaign. “Choosing Wisely,” according to the article, is an initiative of the...
by Paula Derry | May 28, 2012 | Health Care, Menopause
One important idea in a holistic approach to health is that symptoms or uncomfortable physical experiences don’t exist separate and apart from the whole person. For this reason, it is important to know how a unique individual experiences that symptom or experience....
