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Spotting Mid Cycle - Articles
Spotting and other Variations in Bleeding
by
Dr. Fred Licciardi
Posted
Sat 06 Jun 2009 11:31pm
Spotting.
Really frustrating. Where does it come from? We first look for an anatomical reason (a problem due to some sort of growth that we can see usually with the ultrasound). The most common reason is that there is a polyp inside the uterus. A polyp is a benign growth inside the uterus, kind of like a skin tag on the inside. They are ea ...
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The Patient, Square in the Middle of Doctors’ Blind Spot
by
Barbara Ficarra

Posted
Mon 22 Mar 2010 12:55pm
Guest Post By Alan Greene, MD
Participatory Medicine and the e-Patient
The Blind Spot
Right before our eyes there’s a dark hole in what we see. Not only don’t we see some of what’s right in front of our face, but we don’t even notice the gap. Our illusion of a seamless visual world is so strong that scientists used to think tha ...
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Polyps
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Dr. Fred Licciardi
Posted
Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm
It looks like vacation is over and I have a little catching up to do. I will try to get to as many questions as I can. The first question was about polyps, so here we go.
First a little story. I had a patient whose uterus looked fine on her initial ultrasound and HSG. She started an IVF cycle and lo and behold, a day before her hCG, a couple ...
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Not Pregnant
by
Tina
Posted
Fri 08 May 2009 11:39pm
So we are really not sure what is going on. I called the doctor on Thursday afternoon to tell them that I was spotting. A little back story, I thought I had a light period back in December, but it was just the beginning of the 3 weeks leading up to the ruptured ectopic. So I really worked myself up thinking that something could be wrong with lig ...
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Natural Guide for Menstrual Health
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Hethir R.
Posted
Thu 01 Apr 2010 11:45pm
1 Comment
Having a healthy menstrual cycle is instrumental to having abundant fertility. The menstrual cycle can tell us a lot about what is happening in the body, if the uterus is getting enough circulation, if hormones are imbalanced, if you are ovulating and so much more. Our monthly cycle IS our fertility.
Also determining what is ‘normal’ or wh ...
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Growing Greens Mid-Winter – Part One
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Lindsey G.
Posted
Fri 20 Jan 2012 9:19am
Young lettuce and swiss chard
While visiting a neighboring mama for tea on a mid-winter morning, I marveled at her kitchen window alcove filled (filled!) with lettuce greens. They were growing out of rustic boxes she built herself. Not only were they in the perfect spot for thriving, but they were in the perfect sp ...
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Centurion Canada - 172k Cycling Race
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LARRY BRADLEY
Posted
Wed 21 Sep 2011 5:15pm
Not going to lie; rolling into my first Centurion my cycling confidence was not exactly in the right place for the daunting task I had signed up for. After a horrible effort at Tour de Terra Cotta (DNF) and a few back of the pack results in earlier attempts, I was wondering how I was going to pull off my longest ride while keeping pace with some ...
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Florida Cycling State Road Race
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Marni R.

Posted
Fri 05 Nov 2010 9:17am
This past weekend was the last official cycling race of the Florida Cycling racing series. What a LONG season. Karel typically races in early Feb and then takes a short break in mid summer and then finishes up the cycling season in the fall.
This year Karel finished his last official race a week after I did IMWI. Karel had an excellent race, fi ...
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More On Luteal Phase Defect
by
Edward Ramirez, MD
Posted
Mon 11 Jan 2010 12:00am
After the January 10th Q & A regarding Luteal Phase Defect while on Clomid, I received another question which I would like to include to further enlighten those who struggle with this problem and are not receiving an adequate explanation or treatment for it..
Question:
Hi Dr. Ramirez, My question is that I have a LP (lutea ...
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