Health Tip: When Menopause Begins

The onset of menopause signals more than just an end to a woman’s menstrual cycle.Read more

Women’s Alcohol Use Tied to Delayed Childbearing

Alcoholism is associated with delayed childbearing in women, according to a study that compared women’s and men’s lifetime history of alcohol dependence and their age when they had their first child. Read more

Women’s Alcohol Use Tied to Delayed Childbearing

Alcoholism is associated with delayed childbearing in women, according to a study that compared women’s and men’s lifetime history of alcohol dependence and their age when they had their first child. Read more

Couples in Good Relationships Sleep Better

(HealthDay News) — Happy at home and sleeping well? New research shows that relationship satisfaction and sleep quality might be linked. Read more

Fibroids in Uterus??

My wife recently had abortion at her 3rd month of conception probably due to fibroids at fundal region. Can any one suggest me the measures to avoid further miscarriages due to this and also to eliminate these uterine fibroids. Read more

Males of All Species are Becoming More Female

Various studies are indicating that unregulated chemicals released into the environment are causing male animals and humans to take on feminine characteristics. Read more

Shop ‘Til You Drop: You May Feel Better

HealthDay News) — When dealing with financial worries, some women may actually overspend to try to cheer themselves up, a British survey shows. Read more

Women Who Run May Benefit From Extra Folic Acid

(HealthDay News) — High-dose folic acid supplementation improved vascular function in young female runners who stopped menstruating (amenorrhea) because their caloric intake was lower than their energy output, researchers say. Read more

Drug Treatment of Vaginal Infections Linked To Premature Del

Pregnant women should not be routinely screened and treated for an infection that is associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery, new study findings suggest. Read more

Provocative Online Portrayals Can Get Teen Girls in Trouble

(HealthDay News) — Teenage girls who picked provocative representations of themselves and put those online were more likely to be approached sexually and to meet the individuals who approached them, a new study has found. Read more

Provocative Online Portrayals Can Get Teen Girls in Trouble

(HealthDay News) — Teenage girls who picked provocative representations of themselves and put those online were more likely to be approached sexually and to meet the individuals who approached them, a new study has found. Read more

More Single Women Are Having Babies

(HealthDay News) — The number of unmarried women having children has risen sharply in the United States and several other countries, according to U.S. health officials. Read more

Health Tip: After Baby is Born

(HealthDay News) — When baby arrives, he or she may impact your entire life. And while the birth of a son or daughter can bring you and your partner closer, the stress of parenting and lack of sleep can be a challenge for many couples.
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this advice on how [...]

Douch Therapy For Abnormal Pap Smears, Fibroids, Yeast

Alternating douches of Atomidine and Glyco-Thymoline are used for abnormal conditions in the female reproductive system, including abnormal pap smears, yeast infections, cervical polyps, uterine fibroid tumors, and more. Read more

Health Tip: Why a Hysterectomy May Be Needed

(HealthDay News) — A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to partially or completely remove a woman’s uterus.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine says the surgery may be recommended for:

Uterine tumors, such as those caused by uterine fibroids or endometrial cancer.
Cervical or ovarian cancer.
Endometriosis that is quite painful and doesn’t improve with other treatments. [...]

Infertile women may be helped by stem cell breakthrough

Chinese researchers have discovered that stem cell technology can be used in the creation of eggs, potentially giving hope to infertile woman. … Continue Reading

Why some women go back to their abusers

Many may ask why someone would return to a violent relationship after leaving, but therapists who treat both abusers and victims say it’s common. full story

Health Tip: Birth Control Pill Side Effects

(HealthDay News) — Birth control pills contain hormones that prevent the woman’s ovaries from releasing eggs — a process called ovulation.In many women, the pill causes side effects, which often clear up in two or three months, says Planned Parenthood.
It lists these common side effects of birth control pills:

Bleeding between periods.
Sore breasts.
Nausea and [...]

Health-Care Costs Go Up, and Stay Up, for Abused Women

(HealthDay News) — Women who are physically or psychologically abused by their partners spend more each year on health care, even years after the abuse stops, a new report says.
The long-term study of more than 3,300 women in the Pacific Northwest revealed that women in ongoing abusive relationships spent about 42 percent more a year [...]

"Bioidenticals" – a safe, proven alternative to synthetic replacement-hormone therapy

“Bioidenticals” – natural progesterone – have been proven in hundreds of studies to be at least as effective as synthetic replacement-hormone therapies for alleviating symptoms of menopause, and proven to be safer. … Continue Reading