As children it seemed as if every time you went to the doctor you were getting a shot. It’s no wonder that as adults we tend to slack off on preventative care. Unfortunately our “slacking- off” is affecting the health of our newborn babies. The Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine (T-dap) is one of the vaccines that adults haven’t been keeping up-to-date on. We all know that if we step on a rusty nail or get a deep ...
Continue Reading →A recent article released on CNN in honor of the American Heart Associations Go Red for Women Campaign is a great reminder of just a few simple changes we can make in our lives to decrease our risk of heart disease.
As most of us are aware, heart disease is the leading cause of death in women and men. Fortunately many of us have the ability to reduce our individual risk of dying from heart disease by ...
Continue Reading →Pregnancy is such a beautiful time in a woman’s life both emotionally and physically. The radiant glow that your skin puts off, the perky breasts that look like you’ve paid a fortune for, and the ever-expanding belly that your sweet baby is growing in. It is such a miracle how the female body transforms to grow another human being in such a short period of time.
Of course the joy and beauty of motherhood only gets ...
Continue Reading →October is National Physical Therapy Month. A physical therapist is a health professional whose education and knowledge focus on anatomy, physiology, and muscle function. A physical therapist can be a great partner in your health. Did you know that there are physical therapists who focus especially on female issues? In fact, there are physical therapists here in St. Louis who are Board Certified in Women’s Health Physical Therapy (WCS).
There are multiple times in a woman’s life ...
Continue Reading →INFERTILITY INFORMATION
Everything is based on the first day of your last menstrual cycle (FDLMP). This is Cycle Day (CD) number one. Any bleeding is considered a period. If you are having irregular cycles occurring less than 24 days and/or greater than 35, please contact our office.
Normal office hours are Monday 9am through Friday 1pm for all test results, labs and refills of medication. These can not be done when office is closed ...
Continue Reading →Are you unhappy with your weight and want to shed a few pounds? If so, you are like almost every woman we see in our practice. There are many “quick fixes” and “fad diets” out there that promise to reform your entire physique as well as your life. Often times you may lose weight, but as soon as you return to a normal lifestyle the pounds also return. One of the biggest mistakes women make when they are ...
Continue Reading →Women’s Care Specialists,LLC is pleased to welcome a new physician to the practice;
Dr. Carole McLaughlin is a board certified OB/GYN. She has been in private practice since 1997. She completed her M.D. degree through St. Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. McLaughlin is loved by her patients; “she is a very professional and compassionate physician and provides nothing but excellent care”. We welcome her patients to our practice. Dr. McLaughlin resides in St. Louis County with her ...
Continue Reading →Adoption is likely the most amazing journey to becoming a parent. There are so many obstacles to face, but in the end it is completely worth it. After all, becoming a parent is the most rewarding accomplishment of a lifetime.
Couples/persons pursue adoption to add to their family for many reasons. Some common reasons are infertility, same-sex relationships, ...
Continue Reading →Whether you like Angelina Jolie or not, most women desire to have something that she has. Maybe you want to have arms like her, with or without the tattoos. Maybe you want her fortune and fame. Or maybe you want to be married to Brad Pitt. All of those are desirable attributes of Angelina Jolie. There is one thing she has that most women do NOT want to have and that is her genes, her DNA, not her ...
Continue Reading →Vitamin D seems to be the newest trend in medicine and research. Vitamin D deficiency has been on an increase, likely due to all of the recommendations of wearing sunscreen for skin cancer prevention. However; there is a difference between getting your lab values drawn in the end of the winter compared to the end of the summer, despite sunscreen usage. Only 10 minutes of sun exposure daily without sunscreen is thought to be sufficient in preventing deficiency.
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When do I start coming to the Gynecologist?
This is a tough question for most people. To the general population, annual well-woman exams are thought of as just coming in for a pap smear. The recommendations for cervical cancer screening are to start pap smears when a patient is 21 years old. However, there is much more performed at the well-woman exam aside from pap smears.
Many ...
HPV Types 6 and 11… leading to genital warts.
As we have discussed in the two previous blog entries, HPV is a cutaneous virus, or a skin-to-skin virus that is predominately transmitted through sexual contact via vaginal/penile penetration, digital penetration, oral sex, and shared devices. Although sexual contact is the primary route of transmission, also as mentioned previously there are studies that show the HPV virus may be spread in other ways.
HPV types 6 and ...
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