Women's Health
Is Menopause Affecting Your Physical and Sexual Health? Laser Treatment May Be the Answer
With Alyse Kelly-Jones, MD, FACOG, IF, Tryon Medical Partners
Although...
Exercise for Menopause: 3 ways to Adapt Your Workouts after 40
With Philomena Salvemini Hilton, MD, FACOG, Tryon Medical Partners
Menopause...
There Are New Treatment Options for Uterine Fibroids
With Jennie Jarvis Hauschka, MD, FACOG
Are you one of...
Beat the Burn: How to Manage Acid Reflux
With Lindsay Ostergaard, MSN, AGNP-C, Tryon Medical Partners
In a...
Healing Mind, Body, Spirit: What Is Osteopathic Medicine
With Michael Farwell, D.O., Tryon Medical Partners
At Tryon Medical Partners, clinicians like Dr. Michael Farwell strive to expand their patients’ understanding of how their primary care provider can help them meet their health goals. As a doctor of osteopathic...
Five Things You Need to Know About Menopause
With Dr. Chris Morris, Tryon Medical Partners
Women go through two major hormonal changes in life: puberty and menopause. Both changes are important times to talk to someone to help navigate the ins and outs of a changing body. During...
When Does My Daughter Need to See a Gynecologist?
With Dr. Erin Stone, Tryon Medical Partners
Growing up comes with a lot of firsts. Your first job, your first kiss and, for teenage girls, your first visit to the gynecologist. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends...
A Primer on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
With Dr. Erin Stone, Tryon Medical Partners
Polycystic ovary syndrome (often called PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that occurs in women during their reproductive years. While research is ongoing, doctors estimate that anywhere between 10-15% of reproductive age women (those...
Thin or Thinning Hair? Do Hair Supplements Work? We Ask a Dermatologist.
Do hair supplements work? Guidance from a dermatologist
With Dr. Erin Hodges, Tryon Medical Partners
While hair loss can affect people at any time, it typically becomes more common as we age. As we get older, our hairs become finer and...
A Gynecologist Explains 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Vaginas
With Dr. Jennie Hauschka, Tryon Medical Partners
If a product isn’t pink and scented, is it even for women? Society’s attempt to force austere language and modesty on femininity often means real information gets muddled. Let’s get beyond flower euphemisms...
The Most Difficult Time of the Year: 6 Ways to Cope with Grief at the Holidays
With Dr. Robert Brownlee, Tryon Medical Partners
Pictures of roaring fires, turkey dinners and presents spark our imagination around the holidays. While these opportunities to get together with those you love are often blanketed in warmth and happiness, the holidays...
45 Is the New 50. 4 Things to Know before a Colonoscopy
With of Dr. Amit Aravapalli and Dr. Eric G. Hilgenfeldt of Tryon Medical Partners
As we age, colonoscopies are a right of passage. The procedure screens for colorectal cancer and the polyps that can become cancerous over time. And they’re...
How Often Do You Really Need a Pap Smear?
With Dr. Jennie Hauschka, Tryon Medical Partners
Speculating on how often you need to embrace the speculum? Even if you’ve been having Pap smears for years, new recommendations could mean changes to the way you should be getting tested.
As personal...
Your Heart Health Starts Young. Here Are 4 Practices to Implement Today
With Dr. Sanjay C. Patel, Tryon Medical Partners
As COVID-19 continues to proliferate, you might feel like we’ve been weathering this pandemic for a long time. But Tryon Medical Partners cardiologist Dr. Sanjay C. Patel would argue we’ve been enduring...
The Pros and Cons of Cologuard®: Is It Right for You?
With Dr. Amit Aravapalli
You may be interested in the convenience that Cologuard® advertisements tout, but is it right for you? Here are the pros and cons every person should know about Cologuard.
Statistics show that colorectal cancer is the third...
Would My Doctor Recommend Acupuncture?
With Tryon Medical Partners
Many patients assume conversations about “alternative” medicine are not a fit for their primary care provider. So should a treatment like acupuncture have a place in your health routine? We asked Tryon Medical Partners to weigh...