Spending Time In Nature is Good for Your Health
Do you ever wonder why vacation is so relaxing, and you feel healthy and rejuvenated? It’s more than just being away from work and day-to-day responsibilities
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Finally, Achieve that New Year’s Weight Loss Resolution with Our Help
Second only to saving money, losing weight is the most common resolution Americans make at the beginning of each year. Resolving to finally slim down and get fit is a good step toward maintaining your health and feeling better.
5 Things You Need to Know About Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while we’re all wearing pink, we also need to review some potentially life-saving facts about this devastating disease. Over 325,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and over 42,000 women will die. Let’s review the facts and then schedule your next mammogram. You can still …
How Mental Health Affects your Physical Health
May is Mental Health Month, and let’s be honest, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is increasing stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues for almost everyone, but women are experiencing increased stress and anxiety at twice the rate of men. There’s a close connection between your psychological and physical health. How your mental health affects your …
See your doctor from your own home
Click here to book your televisit Appointments can be made by going to our online scheduler and choosing your physician. If your physician does not have a telemedicine visit option please email our office. All our physicians and Nurse Practitioners have a telemedicine visit option. You can also call 646-290-9560 during normal business hours. We want to ensure that you …
Top tips for managing menopause
Menopause is an inevitable stage of life. The transition can be physically and emotionally challenging, but you can and will make it to the other side. The team of women’s health experts at Maiden Lane Medical can help you manage your symptoms and protect your wellness. Technically, menopause is the stage of life when your …
Side effects of birth control pills, common and not so common
Birth control pills come in two types, combined oral contraceptives, and progesterone-only forms. Progesterone only pills are not used very often as they are reserved for special circumstances. Therefore the combined pills will be the focus of this discussion. All combined pills have the same estrogen in them, just at different doses. The progesterone in …
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Never Miss a Mammogram
It’s October, that time of year when things get spooky and pink ribbons abound. What’s so scary about pink ribbons? Well, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and pink ribbons are the symbol of breast cancer awareness, a disease that takes the lives of over 40,000 women every year. Here at Maiden Lane Medical, we’re …
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Top 5 Women’s Health Issues You Need to Know About
While women face several health issues specific to their gender such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine fibroids, the main threats to your health are so commonplace, you might not think about them at all. For example, heart disease affects all genders, but it’s typically associated with men. Women often experience different symptoms than …
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Why IUDs Are Such a Popular Birth Control Option
While intrauterine devices (IUD) have been available since the early 1900s, they’ve become a far more popular choice for birth control in the last 15 years. For example, in the 1990s, only 1.5% of women* used an IUD, and now 7.8% of American women use IUDs for birth control. In fact, since 2016, the insertion …
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