With most appointments being scheduled during the busy workday, its easy to forget to ask your doctor the things you have had on your mind since your last visit.
For example, have you and your partner been discussing the sensitive issue of not having more children? Are you at an age where you still need [...]

Dr Herb Benson, a Harvard cardiologist, described the “relaxation response” decades ago. He researched the body’s response to long slow deep breathing and found that as few as ten deep breaths in a row can reverse the “stress response” of which we are all too familiar.

To practice this, sit comfortably, with a straight spine [...]

As a way of reaching out to our patients and loyal fans, Women’s Health has introduced themselves to the online community. Participating in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube, WHCMA is making themselves available to you anytime, online.
Each week, WHCMA posts several blogs, Facebook Posts and Tweets, all with a different [...]

Click here to listen to a Podcast on Gestational Diabetes from the Center for Disease Control.
“Gestational diabetes happens in a woman who develops diabetes during pregnancy. Some women have more than one pregnancy affected by diabetes that disappears after the pregnancy ends. About half of women with gestational diabetes will develop Type [...]

“Every 35 minutes, a woman tests positive for HIV in the United States. More and more women have become infected with HIV since it was first reported in the early 1980s. Today, about 1 in 4 Americans living with HIV are women. It’s time for women to get tested.
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day [...]

The CDC still advises all pregnant women or recently post-partum women to receive the H1N1 Vaccine.
The Center for Disease Control (a highly credible source for health information), has a page entirely about H1N1 and pregnancy.
This page includes information about H1N1 during pregnancy, the H1N1 vaccine during pregnancy, and antiviral drug information.
Women’s Health [...]

Today is Friday and it is National Wear Red Day! Be on the lookout for others showing their support to fight Heart Disease by wearing red.
Speak out against Heart Disease – the #1 killer of women – by educating your family, friends and coworkers of Heart Health Month and all the resources available online.

Go Red’s- [...]

Tomorrow, February 5th, is National Wear Red Day.
This important day was established to create awareness for the #1 killer of Women in the United States – heart disease.
Wear red tomorrow (Friday), and motivate friends, family and coworkers to speak out against heart disease!!!
Click on this link to reach the Go Red [...]

February is Heart Health Month

Heart disease, including heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Women, account for close to 50% of these deaths.
The Center for Disease control states the following:
“In 2006, heart disease was the cause of death in nearly 316,000 females.
Heart disease [...]

Women’s Health is happy to announce that we are now offering the H1N1 Vaccine to all of our female patients and their spouses. We have a large quantity of vaccines available for all of our patients who are eligible for receiving the H1N1 vaccine.
Call our office today to schedule your vaccination.
Worcester: 508-755-4861
Marlboro: [...]