Speaking of Women's Health

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the special “best” Daddies that help guide their children to Be Strong. Be Healthy. And Be in Charge! 🌻

06/20/2026

Congratulations 🎉 to Dr NaYoung Sung Cleveland Clinic Center for SWH graduate. She completed a 2 year fellowship. Her family and friends and colleagues are very proud of her hard work, dedication and accomplishments in women’s health. 🌻

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

Dr. Holly Thacker walks through summer health essentials, then goes deep on tick-borne illness and the fast-growing concern of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that can follow a bite from the lone star tick and other species.

🎧Listen: https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/podcasts/alpha-gal

06/15/2026

How much daily sun exposure do you need to maintain adequate amounts of vitamin D?

Find out: https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/askthenurse/sun-exposure-and-vitamin-d

06/14/2026

Happy .
exciting summer with America’s 250th Birthday celebration.
How is your family celebrating?

06/10/2026

Chronic pelvic pain can be life-altering, and the hardest part for many people is not just the symptoms, but the confusion, the misdiagnoses, and the feeling of being bounced from office to office without anyone putting the full puzzle together.

SWH Podcast host Dr. Holly Thacker sits down with Ashley Gubbels, MD, a board-certified OB-GYN and internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and pelvic pain management, to define what chronic pelvic pain actually is and why it is so often overlooked.

🎧Listen to the new episode: https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/podcasts/chronic-pelvic-pain

06/07/2026

Can a vegan diet improve your health?
The main benefit of following a vegan diet is that it will likely decrease the saturated fat and increase the fiber in your diet. On average, people who consume a vegan diet consume 21g of saturated fat and 41g of fiber a day.

Learn more: https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/column/can-a-vegan-diet-improve-your-health

06/05/2026

The recommended daily amount of vitamin B12 for both women and men is 2.4 mcg.

If you are low in B12, your doctor may recommend oral or injectable supplementation. Vitamin B12 supplements are considered safe - your body absorbs what it needs and any excess is excreted in your urine.

Learn more: https://speakingofwomenshealth.com/column/vitamin-b12-energy-mood