By: Lauren Ayr-Volta, PhD, and Siddika Mulchan, PsyD By the time your child enters their teenage years, they should be getting ready to take charge of their own health. The more confident they feel speaking up at doctor’s visits, the better. It gives their doctor more...
This story was contributed by Elizabeth Lucal, MD, System Vice Chair of Women’s Health Services, Nuvance Health. Your questions about fibroids, answered Fibroids are very common. Here is what you need to know about fibroids, including different treatment...
This story originally appeared on The Local Moms Network. Our kids have gotten very good at handling a barrage of pressures; they’re likely overscheduled and grinding out their studies and extra curricular with high expectations for now and the future. But the...
How old are your kids and how long have you lived in Westport? I have 2 daughters – ages 15 and 13. We’ve been in Westport 15 years. How did you end up where you are now in terms of your job, or whatever passion project it is you might be doing? There has been a huge...
Learn About Sleep Disruptions Anxiety can disrupt a healthy sleep cycle. A teenager who worries excessively may focus on negative experiences, a specific fear, or the possibility of being faced with uncomfortable situations in the future. These worries could...
This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with Alla Vash-Margita, M.D., Chief of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. A board-certified OB-GYN who has been practicing for 24 years, she recently launched a specialized Adolescent...