Gynecology

While you can’t alter your genetics, your age and the simple fact that you’re a woman, there are many risk factors for breast factor that you can influence with a healthy lifestyle and healthy habits. During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Clinic Sofia shares five steps to being your healthiest self.

Girls now start puberty as early as age 8 and often begin menstruating around age 12, so this is a great, thoughtful question. Dr. Donna Block says that unless your daughter is having menstrual or gynecological issues or is sexually active, most girls don’t have their first pelvic exam until later in high school or […]

Girls giggle about the Kegel when discussed in sex education classes and pregnant women perform this exercise to maintain the health of their pelvic floor, yet women worldwide often struggle to Kegel properly. A Kegel is designed to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, which are critical for controlling the flow of urine and holding the pelvic organs in place.

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when an organ such as the bladder, uterus or small bowel drops or prolapses and then pushes against the walls of the vagina. It can feel like you’re sitting on something, a persistent pressure on the vagina, a feeling of fullness in the lower belly or you may notice sudden incontinence.

Like many things in life, you probably don’t think much about your thyroid until it gives you good reason to do so. A butterfly-shaped gland located just below the Adam’s apple, the thyroid secretes hormones, supports brain development and influences metabolism, body temperature and growth – it is one of the body’s master controllers or master glands.

When Angelina Jolie revealed her decision to have a double mastectomy because she carries a mutation in a gene called BRCA1, more women began to ask this same question.  BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor-suppressing genes, and mutations in these genes have been linked to an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Yet only five […]