Kristie McNealy, MD

Tomorrow, we’ll be getting back to our regularly scheduled programming. We appreciate everyone’s patience with the recent problems with the site, including outages, and pages loading extremely slowly. We’re 99.9% sure we’ve got the problem solved, so things should be back to normal from here on out.
In the meantime, here’s a little roundup [...]

What is it?
The cervix, which is sometimes referred to as the mouth or opening or the womb, is the narrow part of the uterus which connects the uterus to the vagina. The cervix has a small opening, which allows sperm to enter the uterus, and allows menstrual blood to flow out of the uterus. [...]

Cervical dysplasia is a common and frightening condition, affecting more than a third of all women who have an abnormal pap smear in the US each year. Also known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), cervical dysplasia is caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). While it is treatable, typical treatment for the condition [...]