PATIENT EDUCATION

DR. O'HANLAN PROVIDES EXTENSIVE LITERATURE ARTICLES for your review in the waiting area, anticipating that you will want to educate yourself about your health to prevent disease and live well. In addition, she has co-authored a book of healthy aging for women called Natural Menopause: The Complete Guide (Addison Wesley, 1996). This book, combined with the specific literature notebooks in the lobby bookshelf (see binders) on breast cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer, endometriosis, weight management, sexuality, and hormone therapy provide you the best references of up-to-date, state-of-the-art prevention and therapy.

Becoming educated on your own will enable you and Dr. O'Hanlan to fine-tune your health picture in a collaborative fashion that will work for you. Feel free to arrive early or stay late after your appointment to read the many women's health articles provided.

PDFS FOR DOWNLOAD:
What do I need to bring to my consultation with Dr. O'Hanlan?
Surgery planning and recovery information.
What do I need to understand about Radical Hysterectomyfor cervical cancer?
What do I need to understand about Radical Vulvectomy?
If I am BrCa + or have a strong family history of breast or ovary cancer, should I have my uterus removed along with my ovaries?
Should I be getting an annual Ca125 and sonogram?
What do I really have to do and to take to have an optimally healthy life?
What is Adenomyosis and how is it treated?
Can endometriosis become cancerous?
Are vaginal estrogens entirely safe?