Health Guide

Physician Q&A on Hysterectomy and Alternatives to the Traditional Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingoophorectomy, with Dr. Lyndon Taylor, board-certified gynecologist in Oak Park, Illinois: www.ChicagoLAVH.com

An excerpt from a physical therapy DVD program, created by Tasha Mulligan and PT Partners LLC, aimed at helping women improve or eliminate symptoms of incontinence through pelvic floor strengthening and rehabilitation (www.hab-it.com).

what have you experienced besides the (in)famous hot flashes and what did you do about it? (Apart from SHT hormone therapy which I can’t do) Txs!

Dr. Sunita Maheshwari received her MBBS training at Osmania University. Following this she trained in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology at Yale University in Connecticut. She was the winner of the Young Clinician Award from the American Heart Association and the Best Teacher Award at Yale University. She returned to India in 1999 and is currently a Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist and Head of the Department at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore. Apart from her medical clinical work she is a medical entrepreneur and in 2002 she helped set up Teleradiology Solutions, a one of its kind health care IT company that provides teleradiologic interpretations to hospitals in the US, Singapore, Georgia, Puerto Rico and now in remote areas of India. She is active in the social arena in India where she runs 2 trust funds. People4people puts up playgrounds in poorer sections of Karnataka and funds activities for children. Telrad Foundation provides teleradiology services to poor areas in Asia that do not have access to high quality medical reports. Her other interests include teaching and spreading the word about children with heart disease and what can be done for them as well as writing-she was the Editor of the Pediatric Cardiac Society of India journal and is a regular contributor to Femina and Good Housekeeping on parental issues. She is a doctor, entrepreneur and a socially active human being and was nominated as one of the top 20 women health care achievers in India.

Are you or someone you know showing signs of male menopause? Dr. Andre Berger gives you a comprehensive review of testosterone deficiency syndrome in men or Andropause, symptoms and treatments.

what have you experienced besides the (in)famous hot flashes and what did you do about it? (Apart from SHT hormone therapy which I cannot do) Txs!

African American Women’s Health Forum Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Downtown Marriott 500 East Broad Street Richmond, Va. To Register, visit www.cancerhealthforums.org or call 804.527.3795

Author Lora Inman discusses her struggle with depression and the book she wrote about it. This is a segment in First Coast News’s Women’s Health Week.