Contributed by Dr. Verna Brooks McKenzie– Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert  Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or higher. The body mass index (BMI) is a measure of an adult’s weight in relation to his ...

Contributed by Liz Allen– Red Hot Mamas Financial Expert   It’s hot. Really hot. And I’m in Florida so someone is bound to say “Hot enough for ya?” I’ll give them my smirky smile and a half-hearted “ha” because it’s ...

  Dear Red Hot Mamas,   From a young age, my father taught me an important lesson in life, which was the value of listening. I admit that this sometimes was difficult for me, as I am a “champion talker”. ...

“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart”  ~Victor Hugo   Dear Red Hot Mamas, By now we all are looking forward to winter being over.  I personally wish for hot flashes to occur when I’m ...

Dr. Danilyants received her fellowship training in Advanced Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery through the exclusive Johnson and Johnson/Ethicon EndoSurgery (EES) fellowship program. The EES program, which offered less than 10 positions nationally, accepted Dr. Danilyants after completing her residency at the ...

Contributed by MeLanie Modjoros, MD-  Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert/Sexual Medicine Specialist Regardless of whether today’s woman anticipates her menopausal years with hope or dread, she knows menopause is coming. Biologically, menopause is the end of a woman’s reproductive years-she ...

One of the ENDO 2015 abstracts is regarding Diabetes and Vitamin D Deficiency…..Study finds direct correlation between low vitamin D levels, glucose metabolism (This article is re-printed by permission from the Endocrine Society.) People who have low levels of vitamin ...

International Women’s Day is a global day (annually on March 8th), celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past and present. In some countries International Women’s Day is a national holiday:  Bulgaria, China, Russia, and Vietnam. It is ...

“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is the theme for National Women’s Month, March 2015 Weaving ‘Her’ story – women’s stories – individually and collectively – into the essential fabric of our nation’s ‘history’. There are many remarkable American women ...

Charting the Future of Women’s Healthcare Tue, Mar 24, 2015 Location: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Metro chapter presented a women’s healthcare innovation and leadership showcase, a signature event on March 24, ...