Hot Flashes Can Be Fast and Furious
Disrupted sleep, irritability, sweats, rapid heart rate — 67-year-old Nora Barler has battled extreme hot flashes for three decades, ever since having a total hysterectomy in her late 30s to remove her uterus and ovaries. When her hot flashes began, she was working in human resources as a labor and employee relations manager and felt […]
Surgery for Appendicitis? Antibiotics Alone May Be Enough
I remember when my best friend in fifth grade couldn’t make our much-anticipated end-of-the-school-year camping trip because he had just undergone surgery for appendicitis. Now I prevent kids from participating in their school activities for four to six weeks after I remove their appendix. But what is the appendix, why do we have an organ […]
