While there are a number of reasons why many people avoid the doctor and healthcare environments as they get older, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology, many gendered ...

MEDICATIONS. IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, BEFORE WOMEN GO INTO MENOPAUSE IN THEIR EARLY 50S, THEY MAY GO THROUGH WHAT’S CALLED PERIMENOPAUSE. 11 NEWS ANCHOR LACEE GRIFFITH TALKED TO A DOCTOR AT MERCY ...

It's not your imagination-women experience medical gaslighting at higher rates than men. Your very real symptoms and concerns might be dismissed as stress, menopause or "just hormones." Gender biases ...

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. 57 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE HARRIS HAS BOTH ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, OR COPD. I STARTED SMOKING AROUND THE AGE OF 14 OR. 15. AND I COMPLETELY STOPPED MAYBE ...

When did a routine Pap smear become not so routine? Research shows that cervical cancer (which is first detected via a Pap smear) has a higher prevalence in women between the ages of 70 and 79, ...

Menopause affects half the human population, but women and doctors say it is under researched, misunderstood and often ...