Women First Gynecology

09/11/2025

Vaccine access under the new order
The standing order, signed by Virginia State Health Commissioner Dr. Karen Shelton on September 10, 2025, allows pharmacists to vaccinate the following groups without a prescription:
Adults aged 65 and older
Adults aged 18 to 64 with at least one underlying medical condition that increases their risk for severe COVID-19.
For individuals aged 18 to 64 without an underlying condition and those under 18, a prescription from a healthcare provider is still needed. For those with underlying conditions, major pharmacies like Walgreens will rely on a patient's self-attestation and will not require proof.

08/01/2025

August 1, 2025
Dear Patients and Colleagues,
I would like to thank you for the trust that you have given me over the years as your physician. Taking care of you has been an honor. I wish I could personally contact each of you individually.
I am writing to inform you that I will be closing my practice due to ongoing health issues with long term implications. My last day of seeing patients in the office will be September 16, 2025. If you are an active patient and are in need of an appointment please contact us in the next 2 weeks as space is limited. If you will need a refill of medications, please have your pharmacy send a refill request and I will make sure a 12 month refill is available, if medically appropriate, as I understand that establishing with a new OBGYN will require time.
You may contact your insurance provider for a list of physicians within your network that are accepting new patients or you may contact the physician referral service at Wi******er Medical Center at 540-536-8000.
Our website www.womenfirstva.com contains an authorization form to release a copy of your medical records. Upon receipt of this signed form, I will forward a copy of your medical records to the physician that you designate or we can send an encrypted email to your personal email containing your medical records at no charge to you. Paper record requests are subject to Virginia code governing charges for such records.
If you have not elected a new physician by the time my practice closes, you can obtain acute, critical or emergency care at urgent care or the emergency room.

Sincerely,

Dr Heather Reese MD FACOG

As a solo Gynecology only office located in Wi******er, VA. I am now able to focus on each patient without distractions from long waits that plague OB offices.

06/19/2025

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06/06/2025

Dr Reese is happy to discuss this exciting news at a problem based appointment. This cannot be accomplished with an annual exam https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/05/menopause-drug-duavee-may-help-prevent-invasive-breast-cancer-clinical-trial-finds/.

A drug already approved by the FDA to treat menopause symptoms may also help prevent invasive breast cancer, according to new findings from a multi-center phase 2 clinical trial led by Northwestern Medicine.

02/12/2025

Our office will open at noon today, Feb 12.

01/25/2025

Look up your household
Cleaners to see if they are effective against Norovirus. You will be surprised how few household cleaners are…

EPA Registered Hospital Disinfectants Effective Against Norovirus (Norwalk-like virus)

01/25/2025

Read ingredients! Do not buy products with added sugar or high fructose corn syrup. Here is the history of how we all were duped into accepting this manipulation to our food:

Back in the 60’s the sugar industry ran ads to fool people into believing that sugar was a diet food…

“Nibble on a cookie an hour before lunch”
“Have a soft drink before your main meal”
“Think of sugar as extra willpower”...“Only 18 calories per teaspoon”

They went on to pay Harvard scientists who said it wasn’t the sugar in our diets causing heart disease, but actually the fat.

These scientists didn’t disclose their industry funding, while they secretly pocketed the equivalent of $50,000 (in today’s dollars) from a sugar industry trade association.

Americans were TRICKED into eating more and more sugar...and it worked! The food industry started adding it to everything.

Now that we know the truth, it’s so hard to stop eating it.

Sugar is addictive, makes us fat, destroys our skin, and taxes our organs.

Americans now eat more than 100 pounds of sugar per person each year.…
A gigantic increase from the mere 2 pounds that Americans ate 200 years ago. 🤯

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01/22/2025

Norovirus facts: alcohol gels and all wipes (except true bleach wipes) won’t kill it and you are infectious for 2 weeks after you feel better. It can remain in the air for 2 hours after vomiting/coughing/sneezing and can live on surfaces for 2 weeks. It can survive normal laundering so use hot water and hot dry cycle and bleach if fabric is white.
When caring for someone with norovirus gloves, mask and eye protection is needed if the person is actively vomiting/coughing/sneezing.

Correct disinfection can help prevent the spread of norovirus in the home. Learn whether Lysol can kill norovirus, other cleaning products to use, and more.

01/20/2025

Women First is closed today, Jan 20. We will resume office hours tomorrow at 745am.

01/20/2025

The FDA says women who are taking Veozah may need more frequent blood testing to check for markers of liver problems.