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Vaginal Rejuvenation Procedure Minimally Invasive

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comNovember 25, 2009 0 Comments
Normal Vagina

Cosmetic surgery has grown in popularity throughout the world; however, women remain hesitant to discuss their concerns about vaginal looseness, enlarged or irregular labia or loss of sexual satisfaction.

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Red Hot Mamas Presents Osteoporosis and Menopause Program

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comNovember 11, 2009 0 Comments

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Orthopedic Surgeon Michelle Henderson, MD of Health First Physicians will present “Standing Tall: Osteoporosis and Menopause” as part of the Red Hot Mamas® monthly lecture series offered by Cape Canaveral Hospital.

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Dr. Clayton Has ‘Red Hot Mamas’ Smokin’

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comSeptember 2, 2009 0 Comments
Karen Giblin, Red Hot Mamas President

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Gynecologist Clayton and wife Jan, together with obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Sherri Caplan, are teaming up with Red Hot Mamas, the nation’s largest menopause management education and support program, to bring the latest information on menopause to the ladies of the Space Coast.

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‘Detrusor Overactivity’ Affects Many Women

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comAugust 19, 2009 0 Comments
SPECIAL EXERCISES such as Kegel exercises have a low success rate in treating stress incontinence when performed without the involvement of a physical therapist with unique training in pelvic floor biofeedback therapy.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Stress incontinence is a type of urinary incontinence caused by increases in abdominal pressure. Women with stress incontinence typically have leakage of urine with activities such as swinging a golf club, playing tennis, jumping, bending, coughing, laughing, yelling, or brisk walking.

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Menopause Never Goes Away

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 20, 2009 0 Comments
WOMEN MAY HAVE different signs or symptoms at menopause. That’s because estrogen is used by many parts of your body. So, changes in how much estrogen you have can cause assorted symptoms. But, that doesn’t mean you will have all, or even most, of them. In fact, some of the signs that happen around the time of menopause may really be a result of growing older, not changes in estrogen.

MENOPAUSE, by definition, arrives on the day of a woman’s final episode of vaginal bleeding and never goes away. That woman is forever in menopause.

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Majority of Cancers Occur Due to Acquired Mutation

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 2, 2009 0 Comments
ALICE SPINELLI, NP

ALL CANCER is genetic. However, not all cancer is inherited. The vast majority of cancers (approximately 90 percent) are sporadic, occurring because of an acquired mutation.

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Most Drugs, Legal or Not, Will Eventually Get to Your Baby

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 1, 2009 0 Comments
WEN YOU GET pregnant there are pills you ought to take, pills you should not, and pills you can sometimes get away with taking. The inevitable concern: Is this drug getting to my baby, and, if so, will it do him harm?

THERE ARE PILLS you ought to take, pills you should not, and pills you can sometimes get away with taking. The inevitable concern: Is this drug getting to my baby, and, if so, will it do him harm?

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HPV Vaccine is ‘Effective, Safe’

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comMay 30, 2009 0 Comments
Dr. Sally Sange

Gardasil, the quadrivalent vaccine against HPV, is recommended for girls in sixth and seventh grade. It is 98 percent effective in preventing the serious cellular changes that lead to cervical cancer.

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