by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Women's Health
When a woman develops a white discharge and vaginal itching, her doctor often diagnoses yeast infection, even though he may be wrong because every healthy woman has yeast in her vagina and cultures of the vagina almost always grow yeast, even in women who have no...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Women's Health
When men have burning on urination, they usually have a venereal disease. When women have the same symptom, they usually have a bladder infection. If you are a woman who suddenly develops burning on urination, have to urinate frequently and feel terrible discomfort...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Women's Health
When I was in medical school more than 45 years ago, I learned that E. Coli, a common intestinal bacteria, causes recurrent urinary tract infections in women; and that women with these infections should be given 100 ampicillin pills and be told to take one pill four...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Women's Health
Unfortunately, there may not be much you can do; a study from Denmark showed that skin wrinkling with aging is influenced heavily by genetic factors (Age and Aging, January 2006). However, this does not mean that you can smoke or spend many hours in the sun, two...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Women's Health
Cervical cancer is a venereal disease caused by the human papilloma virus called HPV. Nineteen different strains of HPV have been associated with cervical cancer. HPV-16 is the most carcinogenic. As solid cancers grow, they produce angiogenesis factors that increase...
