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Helen Rhodes is an obstetrician-gynecologist.

Don’t give up on private practice just yet

Helen Rhodes, MD
Physician
September 15, 2022

The medical landscape for practicing physicians is changing. Seemingly the option of “hanging one’s shingle,” being your own boss, setting your schedule, and providing personalized care in a warm and cozy environment, “Marcus Welby style,” isn’t a viable option anymore.

Rather, graduating physicians are choosing between the options of becoming a hospital-employed physician, hospitalist, employed physician in a large multispecialty group, joining the faculty at an academic institution, or, sadly, electing …

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Don’t give up on private practice just yet

Birth control and cancer: What you should know

Helen Rhodes, MD
Conditions and Diseases
January 10, 2012

Does your birth control pill put you at risk for cancer? Or, does it actually protect you from the disease? Recent headlines might have you wondering.

Here’s what we do know: oral contraceptives — better known as the pill — may impact a woman’s chances of developing breast and gynecologic cancers. In some cases, that means a bigger chance of cancer. In others, it means protection against cancer.

The reason? Most oral …

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Birth control and cancer: What you should know

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