Gynecology

Healthy body, healthy lifestyle. At Tanner Healthcare for women, we work with you on weight management.

It is important to take care of your body and live a healthy lifestyle. Medication alone doesn’t make someone lose weight and effectively keep it off. Our providers help you with lifestyle changes that address the many factors that result in weight gain among women, including stress and depression.

Our providers can provide nutrition and exercise guidance — and if appropriate, medication — to help take care of weight loss effectively.

We recommend that you have a screening mammogram each year after the age of 40. Every woman is at risk for developing breast cancer, and the best chance for successful treatment occurs when cancer is discovered early.

Mammograms detect more than 90% of all cancers. Because more than 70% of women who develop breast cancer have no known risk factors, it’s important to know what some of those factors are:

• Menstruation at an early age
• A personal or family history of breast cancer
• Being overweight
• And age

At your annual exam appointment, speak with your doctor and we can schedule your mammogram with Tanner Breast Health.

You help you find the method that is best for you. There are many different types that are available to you, such as birth control pills, patches or an intrauterine (IUD) device like Mirena, Liletta, Paragard or Nexplanon.

All methods have a chance of failure. When a method is used correctly each time, failure rates are lower. Any method of birth control described here can work well if it is used correctly.

We’ll help you choose a method you will be able to use on a regular basis. If your method fails, you may want to consider emergency contraception.

No matter which method of birth control you choose, be sure that you know how it works, how to use it and what side effects may occur.

Even with methods that do not need a prescription, you need to learn how to use the method. The more you know about birth control and your own needs, the easier it will be to choose a method that's right for you.

Schedule an appointment with our providers to see which option would be best for you.

A simple, painless test can allow our physicians to evaluate any problems that your bladder may have storing or emptying urine.

Some of the reasons why this test may be offered include:

• Leaking urine
• Bladder not emptying completely
• Frequent or constant urge to urinate
• Persistent urinary tract infections (UTIs)

This is one of the latest advances in OB/GYN and something we can offer right here in our office.

This doesn’t always cause symptoms — and it usually is not dangerous — but it can cause pain and other problems. Some women are diagnosed when trying to get pregnant and cannot, and sometimes women have terrible pain and cramping.

Our providers will help you decide what treatment option or combination of treatments would best address your symptoms.

We not only offer routine screenings to find cancer in its earliest stage — as part of Tanner Health System, we’re also an integrated part of Tanner Cancer Care.

We’re part of your treatment team if cancer is found, working alongside other cancer specialists to give you team-based care that rivals any provider in the Southeast.