BY Victor S. Sierpina, MD, ABFM, ABIHM, Director, Medical Student Education Program, WD and Laura Nell Nicholson Family Professor of Integrative Medicine, Professor, Family Medicine University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor An excellent resource has just become available to answer that tough question. With more than 15 million cancer survivors in our country, those of us in primary care as well as in oncology have long needed guidance as to evidence-based methods to guide our...

BY Zuleica Santiago, Resident Physician, Family Medicine, UTMB-Health Menopause is a biological transition that all women go through; however, studies have found that the culture and lifestyle have influence upon the severity of the symptoms and the significance of this new change in a woman’s life. Research shows that Mayan women looked forward to this moment, since it provided newfound freedom and status. The idea that menopause is a disease rather than a transition desired...