Healthcare Blogs

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• The Weight We Carry: How Stress Affects Immunity in Black Women — Stress kills, literally. Here I unpack how stress affects immunity in Black women, explain the weathering effect and lin
• When “Affordable” Means Risk: What Catastrophic Health Plans Could Mean for Black Women — What happens when "affordable" insurance actually costs your health? I unpack Monique's story to show how catastrophic h
• Eating to Shrink Fibroids — Worried about heavy bleeding or pelvic pain from fibroids? In this post I outline evidence-backed nutrition for uterine
• Are You Sitting Yourself Sick? — Can you sit yourself sick and undo your exercise? As a physician I explain a Columbia study that found a 5-minute walk e
• Menopause — Who? What? When? and Why It Matters! — Surprising fact: menopause affects half the population and often starts long before people expect. In this post I clear
• Vaginal Estrogen to Treat Urinary Symptoms — A hospital scare with my 90-year-old mother showed how stopping vaginal estrogen can trigger recurrent UTIs and even sep
• Newest Diagnostic Tests for Ovarian Cancer — Could early ovarian cancer testing soon be practical? I explain two new diagnostic tests for ovarian cancer being studie
• How Menopause Affects Aging — Surprising fact, menopause can speed cellular aging by about 6%. As a physician I explain how menopause affects aging, r
• Vaginal Changes in Perimenopause and Menopause — Facing vaginal changes in perimenopause and menopause? I explain vaginal anatomy, the role of estrogen, and why vaginal
• Got Hot Flashes? Check Your Fasting Insulin Level — Surprising find in a January 2026 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism study. I explain how elevated fasting ins
• Natural breast health during menopause — Noticed breast pain as you near menopause? I explain natural breast health during menopause from a Chinese medicine view
• What causes dizziness and tinnitus in menopause? — Struggling with dizziness and tinnitus in menopause? I explain why perimenopause dizziness and tinnitus often come with
• Ways to Reduce EMF exposure — Feeling fuzzy and sleepless from constant tech? I've tested practical ways to reduce EMF exposure at home, sharing EMF m
• HPV, Cervical Cancer and YOU — Think HPV is something you can ignore? I explain how to know if you have HPV, signs like genital warts, and how Pap test
• Your Hospital Bill Is Probably Wrong. Here Is How to Fight It — and Every Option If You Cannot Pay. — Got a hospital bill that made your stomach drop? I’ve helped thousands fight medical bills since 1994, and this step-by-
• STIs on the Rise. We Need to Have a Conversation About Safer Sex! So Sit Down and Let's Chat — CDC reports STIs on the rise, so let’s talk safer sex. I explain chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, how each spreads, an
• Supporting a Loved One During an Abortion — Want a simple abortion support checklist you can actually use? I walk through practical ways to support a loved one duri
• Facing the Possibility of Incapacity — What if you suddenly couldn't manage your money or medical care? I walk through planning for incapacity, with practical
• Can you retire early without employer health insurance? — Can you retire early without employer health insurance? Read how I bought coverage on the Obamacare marketplace, with ex
• Erectile Dysfunction — Struggling with erections or unsure which erectile dysfunction treatment options fit you? In this post I explain ED caus
• Sports Bra Risks: If You Wear One Often, You Need To Read This — Surprising fact, tight sports bras can trap lymph fluid and cause lumps, a sports bra risk many miss. As a clinical psyc
• Vaginal Dryness Remedies — Struggling with painful sex from vaginal dryness? I explain why it happens, from menopause and hormones to stress and me
• Scientists Make Progress on Potential HIV Vaccine — Hopeful news on a potential HIV vaccine. I explain the Scripps Research Institute study where a vaccine taught muscles t
• Misconceptions About Herpes — Surprising stat: 41 percent thought herpes was deadly. I clear up common misconceptions about herpes, explain oral versu
• Are penises getting smaller? — Are penises getting smaller? I unpack penile shrinkage versus normal variation, show how to measure your penis and check
• Preventative Medicine: Why It’s Talked About More Than It’s Practiced — Preventative medicine is proven to work - so why does healthcare keep defaulting to treatment? We break down the real re
• Earthquake-Proof Foundations — USC Keck stayed open during the Northridge quake because of its foundation. This Practical Engineering video transcript
• Toxic haze — Toronto's sky turned a toxic haze this week. In this post I explain why Toronto ranked third-worst on IQAir's Air Qualit
• Living with chronic illness: psychosocial experiences — Hard truth: people with intellectual disabilities often face delayed diagnosis, diagnostic overshadowing and inaccessibl
• Mammography – helping women with learning disabilities to prepare — Surprising fact: many women with learning disabilities feel unprepared for mammograms. I walk through the new Mammograph
• Mental health needs of people with learning disabilities – are mental health nurses prepared? — Who cares for the emotional health of people with learning disabilities in mainstream services? I look at a systematic r
• Diabetic retinopathy tests inaccessible to adults with learning disabilities — Worried adults with learning disabilities are missing diabetic retinopathy checks? In this post I report a Bradford audi
• Service responses to people with learning disabilities and epilepsy — Shocking fact: epilepsy causes more premature deaths in people with learning disabilities. I walk through a systematic r
• Experience of psychotropic medication and decision-making — Did you know many adults with learning disabilities are prescribed psychotropic medication? I reflect on a multi-stakeho
• Choosing for others when you don't know their attitudes to risk — What should a public health official do when the public's attitudes to risk are unknown? I lay out a simple decision mod
• My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT)
• Them Guts Again — A colonoscopy is a whole thing. I recount my fourth colonoscopy, the brutal prep of no fibre and laxatives, opting for c
• What kind of “fuckery” is this? — Ever wondered what 'fuckery' actually means and where it came from? I trace its journey from a late 19th century brothel
• The Evans Brothers and the ‘Cardigan Cancer Cure’. — I kick off the year with a return to Welsh medicine. I tell the 1907 Weekly Mail tale of Cardigan farmers John and Danie