Advanced Women’s Healthcare proudly announces that one of our very own has been named one of D Magazine’s Best Doctors in Dallas for 2017. Dr. Amy Sigman was chosen as one of the Best Doctors in Dallas for Gynecology-Obstetrics. In private practice since 1999, Dr. Sigman was the first female doctor to join Advanced Women’s […]
It is with great pride that we announce two of our very own physicians have been honored with DFW Child’s 2017 Mom-Approved Doctor award. Dr. Amy Sigman and Dr. Michelle Heintges, of Advanced Women’s Healthcare, have been selected by local moms in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as some of their favorite physicians. A Mom-Approved Doctor […]
Holiday season is right around the corner. From Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Years, there are plenty of opportunities for your stress meter to get tapped out. School functions and work parties can be exciting and fun, but jumping from one commitment to the next can leave you feeling overwhelmed, stressed out, and just plain […]
Every year, it is becoming more important to make your well woman exam a priority. A lot of women may see this appointment as just a routine visit to get your annual refill on your contraceptive pills, but the truth is that this annual exam is a fundamental part of your health care and should […]
When making a concerted effort to get pregnant, an understanding of basic reproduction can help couples have more success. In order for pregnancy to occur, there must be an egg from the mom and sperm from the dad in the fallopian tube of the uterus at the same time. Once the egg and the sperm […]
There are some alarming statistics about the percentage of unintended pregnancies in the U.S. Namely, about 50% of pregnancies are unintended. More importantly, of those unintended pregnancies, about 43% percent occurred in women who were using some sort of birth control at the time they became pregnant although maybe not consistently or correctly. It is striking that a […]
HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus. These viruses are the most common sexually transmitted diseases. There are more than 14 million new cases of HPV in the U.S. each year. It is estimated that every sexually active man or woman will acquire or be exposed to a genital HPV infection at some point in their […]
I wish the answer to that question was a simple “yes.” In that perfect world, we could perform an easy blood test or swab that provided a definitive answer about a person’s short term and long term likelihood of getting cancer and use that information to formulate a strategy to decrease her risk. Unfortunately, as […]
There I was, freshly fallen down the hump protruding directly between thirty and forty years old; “middle-aged” (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration) and just into the second trimester of this third, and by far, hardest pregnancy. For 30 days and nights I had been starving my body of all things carb, making a most valiant […]
Endometriosis is the leading cause of infertility. It is estimated to occur in 10% of women and may be seen in families. It occurs when the lining of the uterus (endometrium) grows in places it is not suppose to be. It grows between the bladder and the uterus, the rectum and the uterus, on ovaries […]