Everyone knows the importance of practicing healthy habits during pregnancy but making sure you’re in the best health possible beforehand can improve your chances of getting pregnant and reduce the risk of complications. At The Ob-Gyn Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the team provides a full range of services using innovative techniques and technologies to…
You’ve worked hard, lost the baby weight, and are feeling proud of your recent weight-loss accomplishments. If only that stubborn belly fat responded to target-toning exercises, or you could do something about your jiggly arms and thighs. At The Ob-Gyn Center, our team of obstetricians and gynecologists offer an ideal way to finish off your…
You’ve always done everything you’re supposed to when it comes to your health. You eat your veggies. You get your yearly physical and your annual gynecological exam. So, it almost feels like a betrayal when you get the call saying there might be something wrong and you need to come in for a colposcopy. Not…
As you readied yourself for the menopausal experience, you may have prepared for hot flashes, mood swings, and sleepless nights. But you may not have expected the dryness, sensitivity, and other vaginal changes that can make sexual intercourse dissatisfying and sometimes downright painful. Medically identified as vaginal atrophy, vaginal changes associated with menopause tend to…
In light of December’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, we would like to take the opportunity to remind our readers of the importance of maintaining up-to-date vaccinations during the holidays. According to recent studies, few people remember to get vaccinated once December 1 hits, leaving potentially millions of adults and children susceptible to the flu throughout…
Change seems to be occurring in the field of medicine as fast as in the field of technology. One area where we are seeing significant changes is in vaccine protocol. While there are always those who are concerned about the use or overuse of vaccines in modern medicine, I believe that with proper use, vaccines…
Get a Healthy Start to the New School Year Now that the kids are back in school and you’ve (almost) gotten yourself back into the swing of things, it is important to remember that preparing your child for a successful school year is about more than just back-to-school shopping. With each school year, it seems…
Information to help couples understand infertility We know that deciding to have a child is a huge step for couples, however 10-15% of reproductive couples are affected with the inability to conceive. We see patients with concerns about getting pregnant at the Las Vegas ObGyn Center. Failure to conceive can be frustrating and cause couples…
April is “National C-section Awareness Month”, so we’d like to express our appreciation and gratitude to all the hard-as-nails mothers who have endured this procedure. The first ever recorded cesarean procedure was purportedly performed on a live patient in (around) the year 1500 in Switzerland by a pig-gelder named Jacob Nufer. He performed the procedure…
We at Las Vegas ObGyn Center know that preparing for getting older age is not just the responsibility of the elderly, as muscle loss due to age begins to set in after 35 and only worsens over time. Don’t get depressed, there are things you can do to mitigate these changes. In an article published…