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Peri-menopause
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Peri-menopause

Women in my peer groups tend to be high-functioning, multi-tasking people. They’re used to having things under control, and they’ve got enough experience to know what’s coming.  All of this makes the unpredictable years of the peri-menopause incredibly inconvenient, if not downright infuriating.  We want answers! We want ice cream! We want it to go away!

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Diabetes
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Diabetes

Fatal Taint Infection just sounds like a punchline, but for diabetic people reading the fine print on their prescription information, it probably doesn’t seem particularly funny!

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Kids books about sex
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Kids books about sex

Let’s talk about my favourite sex ed books for youth ages 4 to young adult.

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For Little Keira: IPV & Abuse
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

For Little Keira: IPV & Abuse

I imagine that many of you have stories about how IPV has impacted your own lives, or hurt your loved ones. We can start to make change by recognizing patterns of abuse and learning how to reassert reality.

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The heartbreak of itchy vulva
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

The heartbreak of itchy vulva

Some people notice itching that doesn’t go away with yeast treatment. They tend to be referred to me as “chronic yeast infection” but their vaginal swabs are normal. Many of these people do not have candida problems at all. They have a condition called Lichen Simplex Chronicus (LSC).

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Auto-immune disease
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Auto-immune disease

You might be a person living with an autoimmune disorder. If not, you’ve definitely got a friend or family member who does. 5-10% of people in the developed world have an autoimmune disease like hypothyroidism, type 1 diabetes, colitis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis caused by an overactive immune system. It’s a bit of a medical mystery but lets talk about why these diseases are so common.

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Abortion
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Abortion

In Canada we don’t have abortion laws, for the same reason we don’t have appendectomy laws. When Canadians need healthcare, they make decisions with their care providers and we keep politicians out of it.

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Testosterone
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Testosterone

f you’re a person with testicles you may have seen ads from online stores like UPGUYS and JACK.HEALTH promising that you can “turn back time” and “be The Guy again” by getting “your energy, muscle and love life back”

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Colon Cancer
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Colon Cancer

9 out of 10 colon cancers can be cured if they’re caught early, and in Canada we have a whole system in place to help you meet that goal.

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Vaginal Estrogen
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Vaginal Estrogen

Doctor Fail: The medication I can’t get my patients to take

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Pain
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Pain

People with pain, especially from marginalized groups, often feel dismissed by their care providers and indeed often leave the encounter without a plan for resolving their symptoms. I don’t have a solution to end gender bias across societies, but what I can offer is a framework for describing pain to your physician to help us accurately diagnose your issue.

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D-score
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

D-score

German and Danish researchers have created a questionnaire to measure what they call “D” - a tendency to ruthlessly pursue one’s own interests, even when this harms others (or even for the sake of harming others), while having beliefs that justify these behaviours.

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Menstruation is optional
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

Menstruation is optional

As a young woman growing up in the 80s, I read that our monthly menses connected us to our ancestors and the earth. Embracing womanhood meant reveling in the monthly flow. As a science undergraduate student in the 90s, I realized that our ancient ancestors were either pregnant or lactating through most of their lives and wouldn’t have had periods anyway.

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A vaccine, but for cancer
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

A vaccine, but for cancer

Cervical cancer is a vaccine-preventable disease. All of this worry, all of this pain, all of this death, is completely preventable with the HPV vaccine.

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School sex ed
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

School sex ed

Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar can make you act against your own guiding principles. This month everyone is talking about misinformation and school Sex Ed.

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HSV
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

HSV

The good news is that herpes simplex virus will likely never make you sick. For the vast majority, the worst that might happen is a cold sore, either on your mouth or down below.

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STIs
Kim Alexander Kim Alexander

STIs

Are you heading into a hedonistic summer? The possibility of pregnancy or STIs can make sexual encounters risky. There are a few important methods of decreasing risk after an unprotected encounter.

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