Women Health

Sometimes, you experience irregular or missed periods for several months at the ages of 20s, 30s and 40s. This can be the symptom of premature ovarian failure. Premature ovarian failure (POF) is the condition used to illustrate the dysfunction of the ovaries or reduction of the follicles in your body before the age of 40. [...]

A new promising enzyme target for a specific type of breast cancer (breast cancer types). Brk, has been identified in research. In a specific subset of breast cancer patients, the tumor cells produce high levels of the protein ErbB2 (also called HER2) which pushes the cells to proliferate without limit, a characteristic common of all [...]

Traditionally, the effective treatment for fibroid tumors is removing the entire uterus in a surgical procedure called as hysterectomy (hysterectomy procedure). Most of the physicians continue to suggest hysterectomy as a standard technique for treating uterine fibroid tumors. But, there are some potential drawbacks associated with hysterectomy. They include: General anesthesia that is given at [...]

The cost-effectiveness of vaccination in the United States against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be optimized by achieving universal vaccine coverage in young adolescent girls, by targeting initial “catch-up” efforts to vaccinate women younger than 21 years of age, and by revising current screening policies, according to an analysis [...]

Have you decided to have a baby? The most important thing which you have to know is how to take good care of yourself when you are pregnant. Taking good care of yourself can help you a lot in giving birth to a healthy baby. Pregnancy is an ideal time for you to take good [...]

Women at elevated risk for  breast cancer (breast cancer types) – or a recurrence of the disease – increasingly are choosing double mastectomies as a protective measure against cancer’s rebound, doctors said. Emmy Award-winning actress Christina Applegate, who underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer earlier this month, announced yesterday that she also chose a preventive [...]

As a woman, it is very essential for you to maintain good physical fitness to resist many health conditions that you face further in your life. Lack of proper fitness mainly interferes with your healthy lifestyle and makes your life a mess. If you don’t have exact idea about how to maintain proper fitness in [...]

Younger women who smoke have more than double the risk of stroke (stroke warning signs) compared to nonsmokers, with the heaviest smokers among them having nine times the risk, according to a U.S. study. The research assessed stroke risk in women 15 to 49 years old who smoked cigarettes. Current smokers were 2.6 times as [...]

Douching is cleansing or rinsing out the vagina by squirting water or other water related solutions like baking soda, vinegar or commercial douching solutions. The commercial solution or water is taken into the container and are squirted through a tube or nozzle. Why most of you prefer vaginal douching? Usually, most of you like to [...]

According to a research, Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women. The findings are based on the blood analysis and pain scores of almost 7000 45 year old men and women from across England, Scotland and Wales, all of whom were born during one week in March 1958. Smokers, non-drinkers, the [...]