When you don’t think the impossible is impossible, you go about life differently and it reflects in your work. Just ask Mesa doctor John Elliott, a well-known perinatologist who delivered two sets of quintuplets at Mesa’s Banner Desert Medical Center in a three-week time frame.

More than 300 million people worldwide experience severe or debilitating headaches. Migraines alone affect 9 percent of the U.S. population and cost $1 billion a year in direct medical expenses. The incidence of individuals who suffer migraine headaches has increased by 50 percent within the last 20 years with 75 percent of migraine sufferers being women.

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September is National Menopause Awareness Month

Ever meandered through the pharmacy aisles of Whole Foods, Sprouts, or even Trader Joe’s and wished you knew more about the various supplements and which ones could possibly benefit you? Herbal/dietary supplements (also called botanicals) are plants used for their therapeutic properties, and the roots of herbalism go back to the beginning of humanity. The following list contains some of the more popular herbs that are generally accepted to have psychoactive and/or medicinal properties with positive effects in humans:

Keep a food journal; don't skip meals and avoid going out to eat, especially lunch. That's the advice suggested for post-menopausal dieters after a yearlong dietary weight-loss intervention study of 123 overweight-to-obese, sedentary Seattle-area women ages 50 to 75.

MomDoc Midwives is a fully integrated OB/GYN practice with Dr. Grayson Guzman and four supporting midwives that will provide an alternative to the typical care offered to childbearing women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Guzman, Emily Rose, CNM; Melissa Troncale, CNM; Alexis Gee, CNM; and Kimberly Swift, CNM provide personalized and comprehensive care for women and their families. Services include care to women during pregnancy and birth, primary care to women, well-woman care related to reproductive health, annual gynecological exams, family planning, and menopausal care.

MomDoc Midwives is a fully integrated OB/GYN practice with Dr. Grayson Guzman and four supporting midwives that will provide an alternative to the typical care offered to childbearing women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Guzman, Emily Rose, CNM; Melissa Troncale, CNM; Alexis Gee, CNM; and Kimberly Swift, CNM provide personalized and comprehensive care for women and their families. Services include care to women during pregnancy and birth, primary care to women, well-woman care related to reproductive health, annual gynecological exams, family planning, and menopausal care.

Menopause is a normal transition in a woman’s life  – not a disease that must be medically treated. Transitions, however, don’t always go smoothly. When they don’t, women look to their doctors for help. 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the No. 1 cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. The top risk factors: hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity and smoking, are poorly treated, oftentimes with pharmaceutical drugs. 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the No. 1 cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. The top risk factors: hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity and smoking, are poorly treated, oftentimes with pharmaceutical drugs. 

One in four American women are on prescription drugs for stress, insomnia, anxiety and depression.

One in four American women are on prescription drugs for stress, insomnia, anxiety and depression.

Hotflashes, mood swings, sleep disturbances and irregular menstrual cycles are all signs that a woman is approaching menopause. This is a time of transition, marking the end of fertility and heralding the next phase of a woman’s life.

It comes as no surprise that a great many of the resolutions being considered, committed to and, in some cases, just as quickly forgotten, this time of year are health related.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time for every woman (and man) to reflect on lifestyle changes they can make to promote breast health.

MEDICAL ADVICE

MEDICAL ADVICE

Mention gout, and some people conjure visions of Henry VIII hobbling around his castle with a turkey leg in one hand and a goblet of wine in the other. Gout long was considered an affliction of wealth.

Mary Harada, one speedy septuagenarian, would like to believe her fellow masters track and field competitors would never take anything stronger than, say, Metamucil or Ensure to boost their performance.

Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part column on blood clots. The first was published in the May 4 AFN.

Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part column on blood clots. The first was published in the May 4 AFN.