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Updated: Monday, February 08, 2021 To our patients – Keeping our patients and staff healthy is our first priority. To achieve this we have taken a number of precautions to make this happen. We have prepared the following frequently asked questions to help guide you:...
Menopause: What To Expect, When It Arrives & How To Cope By: Dr. Michelle Koellermeier Menopause is the time in a woman's life when she naturally stops having menstrual periods. Menopause is the stage in a woman's life which marks the end of the reproductive...
Women’s Health Specialists believes in ensuring easy access to your medical care. To facilitate this, we utilize MyThedacare to provide you 24/7 access to your medical information. MyThedcare has many benefits including: View your secured medical record using your...
Why Living a Healthy and Active Lifestyle is so Important and Tips on How to Make it Happen By: Dr. Kennedy The key to a healthy and active lifestyle can sometimes be difficult with a busy life. However, it is possible with a little bit of creativity. Read on for a...
By Dr. Amy Schmidt Did you know that the guidelines for cervical cancer screening changed in 2012? A Pap smear is a test of the cells of the cervix to check for cancer. The new guidelines changed the frequency of the testing as well as the method of testing. A pelvic...
Infertility can be difficult to talk about, but you’d be surprised to know that about 12% of women aged 15 to 44 in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term (CDC website, 2020). “Infertility is incredibly frustrating. Patients...
Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 To our patients – we wanted to send you all a message about preventative steps we’re taking here at Women’s Health Specialists during these challenging times of COVID-19. Keeping our patients and staff healthy is our first...
Car Seat Safety Did you know...? 4 out of 5 car seats are used/installed incorrectly? The back seat is the safest place for children to ride? Car seats reduce the risk of infant death in a crash by 71%? Buckling up the right way on every ride is the single most...
It can be hard to know the difference between a urinary tract infection (UTI) and a bladder infection. Many of the symptoms can be similar. To help us better understand the difference between the two, we looked to Dr. Pfaffenbach for her expert opinion on symptoms to...
One of the top reasons that women stop breastfeeding is that they are afraid they’re not producing enough milk for their baby. “Some women will swear by supplements, herbs or oils to increase their supply, but there’s no evidence-based research that those methods...
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