Health & Age Management

As women age, will we all experience issues or conditions where we will need to see an urogynecologist?

WellHealth Medical Group is an integrated network of doctors, nurses and medical specialists ready to provide the best in healthcare. While regular checkups are recommended, information is also important to maintaining overall good health.

Leonardo da Vinci imagined and created the concept of a contact lens in 1508. But it wasn’t until 1887 that the first contact lens was actually produced from glass, and it was very uncomfortable. The first plastic contact lens, created in 1939, fit the entire eye, but subsequently was designed to fit only on the cornea.

As people age, many struggle with changes in the body that reduce the desire for sex. For women, lack of sexual desire is the most common complaint in the office of the sex therapist.

Though several causes of an abnormal pap smear may be cited, the single most prevalent and important cause of an abnormal pap smear is the human papillomavirus otherwise known as HPV.

As Douglas Geinzer, CEO of Las Vegas HEALS (Healthcare | Education | Advocacy | Leadership | of Southern Nevada), stated, “Good health care is coming to Southern Nevada. Actually it is here already, we just don’t have enough of it. We have some of the most amazing providers in the world that chose to practice here, including doctors that have trained at Yale and Johns Hopkins.”

For 100 years, Planned Parenthood has provided information, education and health care as well as advocated for a woman’s right to make informed, independent decisions about health, sex and family planning.

WellHealth Medical Group is an integrated network of doctors, nurses and medical specialists ready to provide the best in health care. While regular checkups are recommended, information is also important to maintaining overall good health.

For a patient that has pre-diabetes, the best measure to prevent progression is lifestyle intervention. Enrolling in a formal Diabetes Prevention Program has been scientifically shown to have the best success.

It is common for adolescents to begin to transition their care to a primary care doctor. It should be a choice that is made between the parent/child and the provider they would like to see. However, some primary care providers may not choose to see anyone under the age of 18.