Everyone has heard about it. Few people understand it. What is iron and what functions does it have in the body? Is iron checked on routine blood tests? The purpose of this article is to give the reader a basic understanding about iron. Iron is a very important mineral that is needed by the human body for many purposes. The most commonly known purpose is for production of hemoglobin which is a major component of red blood cells and is responsible for carrying oxygen to the bo

Menopause is the time of life we always hear about and dread. "The change" is expected to cause things like hot flashes or night sweats, but there are so many other things that we never hear about. The big one that we are often surprised to experience is vaginal dryness. Now, I am not talking about just a little minor dryness either. Sometimes the Sahara Desert doesn't even -egin to describe the type of dryness that some women experience. And intimacy? Just forget about it! M