Women Health

Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that occurs when cells in the breast becomes so over-active that they won’t stop multiplying. All women are at risk for getting breast cancer. So, it is better to have breast cancer information for right treatment. Breast cancer refers to a wide variety of cancers that occurs in [...]

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that infects the cells of the human immune system, thus permitting opportunistic infections to eventually cause fatal diseases. Actually, most of the people consider HIV as the “AIDS virus.” But HIV is a very tiny that is not easy to catch but once it enters the human body, [...]

When you are planning to have sex, even if it is for the first time, you need to think about contraception. Contraception is also known as birth control or family planning. Contraceptives are the methods used for preventing pregnancy and other sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, genital warts, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID) and [...]

Ovaries are part of the female reproductive system which you can find in the pelvis, each on either sides of the uterus.  Once in a month, during your normal menstrual cycle, a cystic structure known as a follicle forms Actually, the follicle produces hormones such as estrogen and progesterone that helps release a mature egg [...]

Hepatitis A is a serious viral infection of the liver caused by the virus called Hepatitis A Virus (HAV). It is also known as infectious hepatitis. It is a most common viral hepatitis type all over the world. It generally causes temporary liver inflammation (to swell) and stops functioning of the liver properly. Liver is [...]

Lupus is also referred to as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects your immune system, which fights against the organisms that cause infections to your body. It has been found that about nine out of ten people who have lupus are women. If you are with lupus disease, then [...]

Chemotherapy is the use of anti cancer drugs for the treatment of cancer. Chemotherapy usually comes in many forms including: pill, injection, or catheter. Chemotherapy drugs enter the bloodstream and passes through the body targeting the most quickly dividing cells. Although chemotherapy for treating cancer is often successful in killing the malignant cancer cells, it [...]

With the discovery of the X-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (A German physicist), the powerful rays were being used effectively in treating cancer. However, today, you can get treated successfully and effectively, with very little side effects and protecting normal tissue, by means of radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is one of the treatments used to [...]

Giving birth to a child is a wonderful experience to any female. Sadly, there are women who suffer from infertility problems. Infertility refers to the inability of a person to conceive a child through sexual intercourse. It is a condition that occurs in one out of every six women. However, previously, infertility was thought to [...]

Hepatitis refers to an inflammation of the liver, a major part of your body that helps digest food, store energy, and also remove toxins. Hepatitis is a sexually transmitted disease that can spread through sexual intercourse with an infected person. The other sexually transmitted diseases are syphilis, bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, HPV virus, warts, trichomoniasis and [...]