September 2011 Blog Posts (10)

You love your Smartphone, your laptop, your car’s navigational device, your programmable oven, TV, and all the rest of your modern day devices. They make life so much easier in so many respects! You can communicate with anyone anytime, by phone, by text, by videochat. You can Google all sorts of information instantly! You can compare prices online for virtually any product at any time of day or night. You can figure out which TV programs you want to record weeks ahead of time. You wish your…

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Two new studies being presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reveal several predictors of female hair loss. Of course genetics play a role, but other outside factors are also shown to contribute to hair loss. One of the studies examined 84 female identical twins and found that the number one predictor of hair loss was their marital…

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A new study that appeared in the American Medical Association from researchers out of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston found that the chances of losing sexual function after prostate cancer treatment varied widely. Some of factors that could help determine where a man would fall on the spectrum were weight,…

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There is a deeply embedded idea floating around in relationship circles, that men are emotional klutzes when it comes to the expression of deep feeling. And this idea is not without some merit. As women, we’ve witnessed men scratch themselves in public, and give huge pats on the back or behind (depending on the culture) when affirming each other in some sport. Men have screamed, laughed and even cried together at the outcome of some game or the other. Obviously, to men, there seems to be…

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Talk about your perfect weekend news report. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studied the medical records of 13,894 nurses who were middle-aged in the… Continue

Dear Dr. Trina

I cheated on my husband and don’t know whether I should tell him. I think it’s better to not say anything and let it be water under the bridge.

Cheater Still in Love



Dear Cheater Still in Love,

In the short term not telling would seem like the best solution: don’t ask, don’t tell and everything stays status quo.… Continue

A new study out of Northwestern University showed that testosterone levels for men who had become fathers dropped between 26 percent and 34 percent. The study followed 624 young men in the Philippines for over 4.5 years, some were married and others had long-term relationships with girlfriends. The drop in testosterone… Continue

When you're talking about the benefits of breast-feeding, the studies pile to the clouds. In a new study, researchers in Britain gathered data on more than 50,000 children ages 8 to 12 in 21 countries. The researchers assessed the prevalence and severity of eczema with skin examinations of the children, family medical histories and questionnaires about past symptoms. The study… Continue

I know that some of you, especially males, are going to think that it’s decidedly presumptuous of me to even think that I know what a man wants. But I’m no Johnny or Jane come lately. Having been married to the same man for over twenty-five years and the fact that I live in a house with four males, gives me the distinct advantage of getting up close and personal with…

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You’re going along hunky-dory through your day. You’ve had the occasional work-challenge: a co-worker who was late with their side of things, so you had to scramble. Your boss laid an unexpected deadline on you – yikes! - but you rose to the occasion and handled the situation with a good attitude.



And you were quite forgiving when the dry-cleaners mixed up your clothes with someone else’s batch, and had to wait, twiddling your thumbs (cell battery dead, phooey),while they sorted it… Continue