Augusta University HealthEight years ago, Dr. Alicia Vinyard started her fourth year of medical school. “I always knew I wanted to be a doctor from a very early age,” she said, “and I...
Women have enough to worry about regarding their routine reproductive health—from painful periods to childbirth to menopause. But chronic conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome...
As women, we’re used to taking charge when life throws messes our way. Whether it’s work, family or friends, we negotiate, console, fight and do our best to work it out for the...
Imagine fighting and beating cancer—only to lose your ability to have children. For many years, this was a quiet—and heartbreaking—side effect for young cancer survivors. Due to...
What’s trending for pregnant moms-to-be this year? If you’re planning to paint your nursery walls a soothing gray, have chosen a cool gender-neutral name like James for your baby...
When you’re pregnant, you get used to being tested. A lot. There’s the usual office-visit urine test, blood tests, occasional vaginal exam and—the pretty gross but...
OK, it’s just midweek, and there’s the kids’ sports practice. There’s also a big deadline coming up next week at work, and how can there be no groceries at home? The dishes have...
Before you become pregnant, it seems like the only pregnancy symptom you ever hear anything about is nausea. Girl, you haven’t heard anything yet. Yes, the nausea can be pretty...
Earlier this year, pop music icon Janet Jackson gave birth to her first child, a boy – at age 50. The story used to be “graduate from college, get married and have a baby...
“Painful sex isn’t something people talk about,” said Dr. Barbara Henley, a urogynecologist with Augusta University Women’s Health, “but it’s far more...