In addition to menopause, cancer treatment, prescription medications, and numerous other reasons, many women experience vaginal dryness as a symptom of certain medications, diabetes, and cancer treatment, as well as other health reasons (NIH). Fortunately, there are options available for providing comfort when it comes to the lack of moisture: vaginal lubricants and vaginal moisturizers.…
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The side effects of cancer treatment are traumatic for any patient, and most all those patients who undergo chemotherapy treatment report that “chemo brain” is a very prevalent and annoying side effect they deal with. Other issues those patients on chemotherapy face are decreased neurocognitive function, fatigue, and social issues. Because chemotherapy is toxic to…
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Prostate massage has been practiced since the earliest years of man living on Earth. While it is not a widely accepted method of treatment to help reduce pain, help to drain built up toxins, or to trigger pleasure points- all these things are true, and more! Integrative medicine doctors and Urology specialists are most often…
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Once the diagnosis rolls in, so do the comments. You know the comments: the happy ones, the sad ones, the ones where you really have no safe response because you are not even sure what they just said, and the ones that make you feel guilty. Then there are the comments that make you want…
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In many medical situations, queer women are often disregarded or overlooked for very important cervical screenings that should be happening on a regular basis. If you are a person who has sex or intimate time with other women and are older than twenty-one, you should be being screened for cervical cancer yearly. Anyone who owns…
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If you are an LGBTQIA human, your doctors and medical care team should all be made aware. The conversation you will need to have can be brief and to the point, but if it is not had, you could be missing out on important and beneficial preventative care, treatments, or counseling you may qualify for.…
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Just what is a “flat topper”? This newly coined term describes the LGBTQIA person who had breasts, and for whatever reason or choice, has decided that they are more comfortable in life with a flat chest, or flat top. For many females, transgendered individuals, and gender non-conforming people, having breasts hinders their ability to self-identify…
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When working towards lowering your risk of cancer, protecting yourself and the people you care about is a must. The most common types of cancer to affect men in the United States are lung, prostate, colon, and skin cancer; with growing rates of testicular cancer throughout 2018. When cancers are detected and treated early, this…
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