Pap smears and HPV co-testing provide effective early detection of cervical cancer in women. Recent guidelines clarify that the frequency of such testing can be spaced out in most circumstances. Remember that Pap smears do not provide protection against uterine or ovarian cancer. Dr. George Papanicolau developed the test named after him.
Spring is here, the apples and peaches are getting ready to blossom. It is pruning time, an exhausting but exhilarating period when I recommune with nature and, indirectly, with my role as caregiver and healer to people in Orchard Health Care.
In the midst of the marches against gun violence, the Boston Globe special section pointed out the 78% of Americans don’t own guns, but 3% of Americans own over half of all guns. We do some arithmetic with those numbers.
The OHC website is now “responsive” and should be more easy for you to read on your phone or tablet, providing you understand “Reader View.” Which we explain.
Modest use of marijuana or alcohol is unlikely to be physically harmful, unlike heavy use. Teenagers should not use either. The recreational marijuana statute heightens the concern about how to protect teenagers from marijuana.
So-called “almondmilk” is not milk but an emulsion of a few almonds in water combined with chalk and vitamins. Let’s look through the marketing haze to find the facts.
Frustrated by the apparently simple problem of cleaning the oily residue – that adversely affects coffee flavor – from a stainless steel coffee carafe, I was determined to find an answer. As it turns out, the answer is really simple!
Stairs at home can be dangerous and are a frequent source of significant injury.
Canadian pharmacies sometimes provide needed first-quality drugs at greatly reduced prices. GoodRx helps find drugs inexpensively at local pharmacies.
You can readily irrigate your nose by leaning back in the shower and breathing in.