Women Health

Hot flushes, night sweats or painful joints may be good news for women taking hormone-based drugs for breast cancer — it may mean their tumors are less likely to return, researchers said. Women with any of these menopause-like symptoms after taking AstraZeneca’s breast cancer drug Arimidex or generic tamoxifen were 30 percent less likely to [...]

Are you aware of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)? How much do you know about STDs? Now-a-days, sex education has become widespread, so many of you no longer believe in certain misconceptions about STDs. But there are few people who still fail to distinguish between the fact and fiction. If you want to avoid the health [...]

Often we consider testosterone as a male hormone. But, in fact, it also produces in low levels in the female body by the reproductive organs—the ovaries. Normally, female body has three major sex hormones circulating in the blood — estrogen, testosterone and progesterone, which helps drive sexual activities in women. The production of testosterone is [...]

A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that elderly women can increase muscle strength as much as young women can, indicating that decline in muscle function is less a natural part of the aging process than due to a decline in physical activity. The research compared strength gains of inactive elderly women [...]

Pelvic floor mainly refers to group of muscles that form a sling or hammock across the opening of your pelvis. These muscles, along with other surrounding tissues, keep your pelvic organs in place so that the organs function properly. When these pelvic muscles and their connective tissues become weak or injured, it results in pelvic [...]

If you are suffering with irregular periods, it clearly indicates that your menstrual cycle has lost its balance. Actually, most irregular periods are benign and don’t cause any complications for your health. Hormonal imbalance as a cause of irregular periods Too frequent periods, missed periods, spotting or bouts of heavy bleeding and clotting usually occur [...]

In overweight or obese women (obesity effects), physical activity, even at light or moderate intensities, lowers the risk of cancer of the lining of the uterus, according to findings from the American Cancer Society’s prospective Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort study. Dr. Alpa V. Patel and colleagues at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta [...]

Women with endometriosis are at increased risk of also having irritable bowel syndrome or pelvic inflammatory disease, according to findings from a large study conducted in the UK. Dr. Karen D. Ballard, identified 5,540 women aged 15 to 55 years who were diagnosed with endometriosis. They matched these “case” patients to 21,239 control women without [...]

A new study shows that respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a significant predictor of insomnia in women with breast cancer and confirmed that longer nocturnal wake episodes were associated with a flatter diurnal cortisol slope. Results of this study confirmed a relationship between frequent awakenings and abnormal cortisol (a steroid hormone that regulates blood pressure), [...]

Today people are integrating yoga into their fitness exercise routine and gaining more and more benefits. This regimen promotes a sense of well-being, particularly for women with breast cancer (breast cancer types). For women, the cancer that most commonly affects and leads to death is breast cancer, which forms in the ducts and lobules of [...]