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byWAG subjects, alums and columnists are on the move.
WAG subjects, alums and columnists are on the move.
We at WAG are fortunate to count among our contributors, friends and alumni a number of authors releasing new works. Just in time for…
I know, I know, we have pretty much had enough of diets and the never-ending, constantly contradictory advice we get from our loved ones…
Recently, while doing a TV interview about sex and my upcoming book, the interviewer, a lovely man, seemed stumped when I said both men…
This coming week WAG is out and about – big time. Join Wagger Dr. Erika Schwartz Monday, April 7 at Neiman Marcus, The Westchester…
Join WAG’s own Dr. Erika Schwartz for a special wellness presentation at Neiman Marcus, The Westchester in White Plains April 7 at 6 p.m….
By Erika Schwartz, MD When my editor gave me the topic for this month’s column, I thought it funny. Doesn’t everyone know how hormones…
By Erika Schwartz, MD When I was in medical school and then in training in Brooklyn at Kings County Hospital, I saw the most…
If we all had voices, medical care would be a lot better for us and the outcomes would be more positive and far less…
By Erika Schwartz, MD I like working out. It’s always been one of my favorite activities, even before it was popular or cool. The…
I always wondered how my mother’s generation dealt with hot flashes. My mother never mentioned having one and neither did any of the women…
When I think about animal magnetism, I think about sex that is not attached to feelings of love or romance. When we refer to…
Imagine this: Going to the doctor and finding the doctor’ office is a place of solace, a haven from fear and danger. Does that…
In our age of Google and sound bites, reality TV and vanishing old-fashioned storytelling, you have to wonder if there’s still any place left…
Today, more young women than ever are dazzled by the idea of becoming doctors. They dominate medical schools as they do many other professional schools and higher education in general. It’s a far cry from 150 years ago when Elizabeth Blackwell made history as the first woman admitted to an American medical school. And it’s a far cry from the early 1970s when I applied to medical school in the midst of a changing society.
When I was 5 years old in Bucharest, my uncle, a physician and researcher, took me to his lab. What I saw there ignited in me the burning desire to become a doctor, a desire that has never been extinguished.
My career in medicine has taken me from trauma to critical care, from internal medicine to anti-aging and hormones and it all pretty much happened geographically in Westchester. That is until one day about 12 years ago when I became a Manhattan doctor.
Kudos to WAG’s own anti-aging expert Dr. Erika Schwartz, who recently did a people-on-the-streets-of-New York segment for “Extra” that focuses on foods and practices…