Have you ever switched from a name brand medication to a cheaper generic medication and had some problems with the adjustment? Maybe you got a few headaches, maybe you broke out in acne, or maybe you felt like your emotions…
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Cost of MonaLisa Touch Treatments & Quality of Life
Today I’d like to do something most doctors will not do, and that’s to talk about the cost of MonaLisa Touch treatments. We’ve been offering MonaLisa Touch treatments to our patients and are having great success; however, some patients are…
What Doctor is Best to Perform MonaLisa Touch?
Mangrove Women’s Health doctors now offer and perform MonaLisa Touch vaginal laser treatments. It’s our newest branch of service and we are excited for the ladies (and their partners!) who are reaping the benefits. But we are not the only…
MonaLisa Touch Helps Women Who Experience Painful Intercourse
Painful intercourse is exactly what it sounds like— painful! Unfortunately, it’s something that a lot of women experience for a variety of reasons. It could be due to declining estrogen levels, from an undiagnosed or misdiagnosed pelvic issue like Read…
What is Stress and How Do I Reduce Stress?
Our society talks very generally about stress: don’t get stressed out, make sure you’re coping with stress, stress is bad for you. But what exactly do we mean? What is going on inside our bodies when stress occurs, and what…
MonaLisa Touch; Great for Women with Trouble Absorbing Estrogen
If you have tried different types of estrogen replacement therapies and are still experiencing vaginal dryness, burning, itching, painful intercourse, or urinary frequency, MonaLisa Touch Chico can help. Sometimes we encounter a patient who has tried Read More…
Hormonal Balance: Determining high/low Estrogen/Progesterone
Hormonal balance is important to a woman’s system, both physical and mental. Estrogen is especially important to women and plays a role in almost every bodily function. Many of our patients (older and younger) have hormone issues for a variety…
Estrogen and Hashimoto’s Disease
Last week we talked a little bit about thyroid function and dysfunction. Today we are going to talk about one of the medical reasons behind a dysfunctional thyroid. Hashimoto’s diease (ofentimes just referred to as “Hashimoto’s”) is an autoimmune Read…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month; October 2018
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer at some point in her life, but luckily the amount of deaths has been declining each year since 1989. Early detection is a huge part…
Not Enough Estrogen; Vaginal Atrophy and How to Fix It
Estrogen, as you know from reading my blogs, does wonderful things for a woman. It’s important for her physical and mental well-being, and it’s necessary for almost every body system. And as you know, when a woman enters menopause naturally…