Last year, I visited my friends in the great Golden State of California. I had the wonderful privilege of staying at one of those magnificent vineyards in the Calistoga region of Napa Valley. For me, it’s a place like no ...

It’s 11:00pm on a hot July night. Your day has been a particularly busy one including activities like working all day, walking the dog and an hour step-aerobics class. You watch exactly one episode of Sex in the City and ...

New guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS) may help detect breast cancer earlier than current methods. Early detection increases a woman’s chances of survival by allowing physicians to treat the cancer early. If you are a woman with a ...

By: Barbara Lorenzo When I was a young woman focused on my career, I believed the hype about “you can have it all”. I could build the career and then late in life get pregnant and have children. Well, I ...

By Cynthia Niles The delicious smell of hot apple cider, fresh fir trees, cookies and cakes baking in the oven. The wonderful colors that the holiday brings with the backdrop of snow glistening in the cool, brisk air. Looking forward ...

Written by Michael P. Goodman, M.D., FACOG, NCMP, CCD* 1. Give your partner Lots of Space. 2. Tell her often that you love her.  Touch her, hold her, with no sexual innuendo.  Separate touch and massage from sexuality. 3. Ask ...

We all have been touched by the violent tragedy that stunned our nation on April 16th, 2007 at the Virginia Tech shootings. The tragic events will forever be a part of U.S. history. Our hearts are heavy as we mourn ...

The other day, I pulled up to a stoplight with the car window down. I looked over and a man was talking to himself in his car. I usually get a kick out of a person who sings in the ...

Are you aware that tear production tends to decrease as you get older? Well, that is the case. And, when you’re unable to produce enough tears, the clear tissue that covers the opening of your eye (cornea), or parts of ...

“Along with big brains and upright posture that every text of human evolution emphasizes, I consider menopause to be among the biological traits essential for making us distinctively human—something qualitatively different from, and more than, an ape.” -Jared Diamond, 1996 ...