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Does the Vaginal Estrogen Ring Cause Breast Cancer?

Dr. Lissa Rankin addresses common medical questions from Pinkies in her medical blog based on her upcoming book What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, which you can preorder here. If you have a question you'd like Dr. Lissa Rankin to answer in her blog, please join the What's Up Down There posse in our Owning Pink community.

Q: I’m postmenopausal, and I’ve been experiencing vaginal dryness and irritation that makes sex uncomfortable. So a few months ago, I started using a local estrogen ring. But I recently heard on the news that hormone therapy use and breast cancer are likely linked. Obviously, I’d rather just stick with lube if the alternative will up my risk for breast cancer. Should I stop using the ring?
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Things You Don't Tell Your Doctor (But Should)

How many times have you filled out the form at the doctor’s office and lied? Everyone raise their hands (Bueller? Bueller?). Yeah, me too. And I’m a doctor.  Why do we do this? Hey, there are some very personal questions on these forms!  And you want your doctor to like you and not judge you.  You may be engaging in behaviors you know are risky to your health but don’t want to face. You may have secrets you’ve never told anybody before and don’t feel like sharing now.  You may be too embarrassed to mention something.  You may be afraid your partner or your boss or your mother or your insurance company will find out something about you you’d rather they not know.  I hear you.

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Introducing The Woman Inside Project

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Jade, a UCSF medical student, honoring one of the women inside at the opening reception at Commonweal

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Owning Breast Cancer Awareness: Do the Pink Glove Dance

Check this out, Pinkies! This video clip features pink Medline gloves, and when this clip gets a million hits, Medline will donate money to this Portland hospital and offer free mammograms to the community. In light of the scary new mammography guidelines, I'm all for supporting this project. Make your click count for something worthwhile.

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Owning Our Boobs: An Integrative Medicine MD's Thoughts on the New Mammography Recommendations

feel-your-boobies-breasts2Hiya Pinkies. I already posted something for today, but a bunch of you have come to me begging me to don my white coat and comment on the new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Task Force about mammography in young women, so here goes.

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Owning Life and Celebrating Mojo: The Owning Pink/Nancy's List Love Fest

 

Pink Goddesses Susan Zelinski and Nancy Novack with Lissa
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Owning Your Health: Why One Doctor Doesn’t Buy Food in Cans and Plastics

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Please welcome back to the mainstage Dr. Jo Perron, OB/GYN, Wellness Coach, Yogi, survivor, Pink Goddess and postdoctoral fellow in the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at UCSF, here with some important information and tips on keeping dangerous stuff out of our space.

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