Women's Health

As I shared last week, I recently had an abnormal mammogram. When the nurse called to tell me that I needed a diagnostic mammogram, I let out that sigh—the deep, tired, “of course” kind of sigh. I’ve been blessed with dense breasts, and I’ve been considering a breast reduction, so this felt… inevitable. It wasn’t my first abnormal mammogram. But it still landed with weight. It’s not the mammogram itself that gets to me. The squishing? Fine—there’s plenty of tissue to work wit

I was a medical student at the turn of the century (No- not THAT century! I’m not that old!). And during that time, attending physicians told me over and over that hormone replacement therapy was a must. I remember one female doctor going as far as to say that it was malpractice to not put a (peri)menopausal women on estrogen. That was medical school. And then 2002 came and BAM!!!! In the blink of an eye, EVERYTHING CHANGED. The Woman’s Health Initiative (WHI) study was pause