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Ask Dr. Pat: Help! My Ob-Gyn’s Treatment Isn’t Helping My Menopause Symptoms

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

The patient-doctor relationship is part of the healing process. This relationship requires both a “a good fit” and takes time to develop. Doctors need to listen to the patient’s story and understand that not all gynecological problems are diagnosed by ordering tests or doing procedures.

Ask Dr. Pat: In Her 40s: Menopausal Symptoms After an Endometrial Ablation

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

If you’re convinced that you’ll be tortured by hot flashes and temperature disruptions, then you certainly will be. But if you’re disciplined about taking the steps described, you’ll have non-medical tools to diminish the impact of the hot flashes.

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A Healthier, More Satisfying Second Half of Life: Bone Health

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

This is the eighth in our series (40 Things for Every Woman in Her 40s) of Medical Monday articles intended to be useful to all our readers, but pointed especially toward those in their 40s — that in-between decade in which hormonal change has begun but fertility is still possible. This week the focus is on musculoskeletal health.

General Medical · Health · Menopause

Estrogen and Cognitive Function: Ask Dr. Pat

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

My gynecologist says that with my level of vaginal thickening, if I want to stay on systemic hormone therapy I need a hysterectomy. What should I do?

Health · Sex & Sexuality

Sex Talk: Lubrication, Satisfaction, and Oral Sex, Part 2

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. and Hilda Hutcherson, M.D.

For Part Two, Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Dr. Hilda Hutcherson get down to business, talking about their favorite lubricants and vaginal moisturizers, how to save those expensive bed linens, and why they know that men enjoy performing oral sex on women.

Emotional Health · Sex & Sexuality

Sex Talk: Dr. Pat and Dr. Hilda on Lubrication, Satisfaction, and Oral Sex—for You

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. and Hilda Hutcherson, M.D.

Join Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen—our own Dr. Pat—and WVFC Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Hilda Hutcherson for a freewheeling, multi-part conversation about women, sex, and sensuality over 40. Here’s the first installment.

General Medical

Estrogen Therapy Revisited: Does It Decrease Breast Cancer?

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

By Patricia Yarberry Allen

Now they say estrogen supplements reduce breast cancer? Dr. Pat explains the new findings, and what still needs to be proven.

General Medical

Making It to 92

By Julie M. Danis

All the doctors sang the same tune, “You’re getting older.” Generally, I didn’t think I looked or felt like I was approaching 50, whatever that is suppose to look and feel like. But it’s difficult to feel young when the diagnosis is “old.” I did feel sweaty at night, hot during the day and generally irritable all the time, which…

General Medical · Health · Menopause

Hormone Therapy – Give Me A Definitive Answer Now!

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio This week there seemed to be more information, some of it seemingly contradictory, about hormone therapy. Scientists and physicians have long known that hormone therapy offers many benefits. Here is what we know for sure: It improves bone density. It provides relief for those menopausal symptoms that interfere with the quality of life.…

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Ask Dr. Pat: Help! My Ob-Gyn’s Treatment Isn’t Helping My Menopause Symptoms

Ask Dr. Pat: In Her 40s: Menopausal Symptoms After an Endometrial Ablation

A Healthier, More Satisfying Second Half of Life: Bone Health

Estrogen and Cognitive Function: Ask Dr. Pat

Sex Talk: Lubrication, Satisfaction, and Oral Sex, Part 2

Sex Talk: Dr. Pat and Dr. Hilda on Lubrication, Satisfaction, and Oral Sex—for You

Estrogen Therapy Revisited: Does It Decrease Breast Cancer?

Making It to 92

Hormone Therapy – Give Me A Definitive Answer Now!

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