Articles about Ob/Gyn
Postpartum Depression: Lifesaving Support for New Moms On December 5, 1999, Ruth Rhoden Craven took her own life – just two-and-a-half months after the birth of her first son. Postpartum depression destroyed a family and left a baby without a mother. Ruth’s family and friends turned their grief into action, creating the Ruth Rhoden Craven […]
Painful Periods. Uncomfortable Pelvic Pain. Infertility. These are just some of the more common symptoms of endometriosis – a condition affecting roughly 5 percent to 10 percent of women around the world. While it’s true that endometriosis can be a leading cause – or symptom, depending on the way you look at it – of […]
Dr. Frankel has been in private practice since 1998, ultimately opening her own practice in Mount Pleasant in 2005. She is the mother of three young children and the wife of a brain surgeon. How does she find time to attend to the patients at her own obstetrics and gynecology practice? “I manipulate things to […]
“I wanted to go into medicine from a very young age,” Dr. Eleanor Oakman, MD tells me, explaining that medicine runs in the family. “My grandfather and an aunt are both doctors.” She found it all very interesting and fascinating, so there was no doubt she’d follow in their footsteps. After attending George Washington University’s […]
It was a different world 40 years ago. There was no home pregnancy test to give you immediate results within days of conceiving. Instead, we waited on the physical manifestations to appear (or not appear, such as the absence of our monthly visitor) and let the doctor make the diagnosis. We donned large tent-like clothes […]
Being a woman is complicated. From hormones to pregnancy to weight loss, our bodies are always a work in progress. Helping women through various stages of life is a mission for Dr. Loren Frankel of Palmetto Women’s Health. A mom of three, Dr. Frankel understands the work/life balance. A decade ago, she opened her own […]