Wendy Wolfson appears in the following:
Around The World, When It Comes To Health Advice Mom Knows Best
Sunday, June 19, 2016
A Young Man With A Disability Goes Missing: How Do You Find Him?
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Before Zika Virus, Rubella Was A Pregnant Woman's Nightmare
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Before the Zika virus outbreak, which appears to be causing serious birth defects in babies in Brazil, there was rubella, also known as German measles, which terrified the pregnant women of my mother's generation.
In the 1964-1965 rubella pandemic, an estimated 50,000 pregnant women in the United States were exposed ...
When You've Got The Blues, You Have A Hard Time Seeing Blue
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Feeling blue as summer ends? If your world seems colorless, it could be more than just a metaphor.
Numerous studies have hinted that what you see influences what you feel. But it looks like feelings can influence how we see colors, too. Earlier research linked depression to a decreased ability ...
Are Statins Bad For Me? Personalized Medicine Can't Yet Say
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
About 25 to 30 percent of people prescribed statins dump them within a year. I flunked Lipitor after a few wretched months.
Statins are prescribed to lower cholesterol in people who show risk factors for cardiovascular disease or diabetes, or who already have them. Side effects can include muscle weakness, ...
Playing The Odds With Statins: Heart Disease Or Diabetes?
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Last year my cholesterol shot up despite living nowhere near a decent barbeque joint. I was totally stressed. I wasn't overweight. But I was pretty sedentary. My doctor prescribed a high dose of Lipitor, a powerful statin.
For women of a certain age, statins are supposedly the best thing since ...
I Thought It Was Just Stress, Until It Broke My Heart
Saturday, September 27, 2014
That Friday, I was dizzy and sick to my stomach with what felt like food poisoning, only sometimes my chest throbbed. I declined my husband's offer of a ride to the emergency room because I had to prepare for a crucial school meeting on Monday.
Our six-year-old son, a gifted ...