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Making it easier to be healthy: Health Education classes at Harvard Vanguard

As part of our focus on your total health needs and finding ways to make it easier to be healthy, Harvard Vanguard offers a wide variety of health and wellness classes and support programs on topics that are important to … Continue reading

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You’re Not Alone: Breast Cancer Support and Resources

The month of October and the color pink are closely associated with breast cancer awareness month.  According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the US … Continue reading

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Centering Prenatal Appointments

Harvard Vanguard is pleased to offer Centering Prenatal Appointments, based on the nationally-recognized model, CenteringPregnancy®.  Each of the 8 appointments begins with your regular, private prenatal check-up, and then you meet with other pregnant women for a 60-90 minute discussion … Continue reading

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Thinking about hormone therapy

In 1966, a revolutionary book was published entitled Feminine Forever. This book defined menopause as a deficiency disease that fed into the then-current stereotypes of older women as past their prime, unattractive, slightly crazy, and asexual. But there was good … Continue reading

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Talking about the impact of menopause on libido

There are many difficult discussion topics for women who are in the years leading up to their last menstrual period (perimenopause), and for women who have completed their periods (menopause or post-menopause). In my practice, I have found that shared … Continue reading

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A “Bad Mother” – who decides?

This was the hot topic of conversation at one of Harvard Vanguard’s Centering Prenatal Appointment meetings recently. Centering appointments are group prenatal appointments at which you receive your regular, private, prenatal check-up, but then meet with other pregnant women for … Continue reading

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