Posts by Dr.Ottenheimer

The heartbreak of Herpes

So let’s start with Herpes type 1. It is estimated that 50-60% of Americans are infected and about 50% are asymptomatic carriers. Usually type 1 is found orally and is usually contracted in childhood from exposure to an infected adult through nonsexual contact. However, if you don’t already have Herpes 1, you can get it genitally from oral sex...

Do I Look Normal?

Why are women suddenly insecure about the way their labia look? I have to wonder if this has come about as pubic hair removal has become more widespread and more dramatic. Twenty years ago a bikini wax was just enough to remove the hair that might peak past your bathing suit bottom. Now most women choose to remove all...

Cold weather is coming and so are roofies

Victims will have gone out with a bunch of friends to a bar where they feel safe ….not a dive, not a loud/dark music venue, but a neighborhood bar or an upscale cocktail place. She will remember some cute guy, saying good bye to her friends, and not feeling particularly drunk. The rest is a blank until she wakes...

Healthcare System Basics: How does your insurance work?

In case you had any doubts, our insurance system is what it is through a series of piecemeal programs and pieces of legislation that were not planned in advance, and so lead to the intricate and often inscrutable maze that we now have to navigate as consumers and providers. The basic premise of insurance of any kind is that...