Women Health

When you reach menopause, you can experience various changes in your body and the symptoms associated with menopause can disturb your routine lifestyle. Many alternative approaches are available to manage menopause symptoms. Alternative approaches for menopause Using phytoestrogens: These are the substances that occur naturally in certain foods. Basically phytoestrogens are classified into two types, [...]

As a woman’s menstrual cycle shortens with advancing age, her odds of becoming pregnant decreases, Swedish investigators report. Dr. Thomas Brodin of Malarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and colleagues analyzed successful pregnancy and delivery rates in 6,271 in vitro fertilization cycles in terms of menstrual cycle length. Their objective was to determine if cycle length could [...]

Weight and appetite experts from around the world discuss sex differences in obesity (obesity effects). One line of discussion looked at factors leading to women’s weight gain during menopause (menopause weight gain), and how it might be avoided. “One of the most interesting things that came out of the conference – with applicability to large [...]

Urinary incontinence is the most common and often embarrassing problem for many women. The severity usually ranges from occasionally leakage of urine when you cough or sneeze to experiencing sudden, unexpected episodes of strong urinary urgency. For some women, urinary incontinence can become an emotional and embarrassing disorder that can eventually lead to social isolation [...]

Higher levels of estrogen during ovulation may explain why women with cystic fibrosis tend to fare worse than men with the respiratory disease, researchers at the University of North Carolina report. The authors of the study suggest that drugs that reduce estrogen levels, such as tamoxifen, might be helpful in fighting this devastating disease. The [...]

Endometriosis can affect every girl and woman of reproductive age. Even though there is no perfect cure for endometriosis, various medications such as pain killers are available to get better relief from the painful Endometriosis symptoms. Various alternative treatments and complimentary therapies are showing effective results in the treatment of endometriosis, including acupuncture. How acupuncture [...]

Whether you are experiencing severe menstrual cramps or mood swings, PMS (premenstrual syndrome) can get in the way of every woman’s routine life. Almost 85% of menstruating women has some form of PMS symptoms and about 8% suffer with severe PMS symptoms. However, you can reduce the severity of the symptoms with simple diet changes. [...]

Here’s another reason not to smoke, if you’re a woman: PMS. Women 27 to 44 years old who smoke are twice as likely to develop premenstrual syndrome over the next two to four years, especially hormonally-related symptoms like backaches, bloating, breast tenderness, and acne, Dr. Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst [...]

Fibroids are not cancerous and usually grow slowly. They cause various problems like heavy or long periods, swollen belly, frequent miscarriage and also discomfort during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia). Most of the doctors usually prescribe medications or surgery for the treatment of fibroids. However, there is no known cure to completely cure fibroids, but you can [...]

A new technique to study genetic changes that can lead to breast cancer (breast cancer types) could be one step closer. The aim of the research is to identify the many undiscovered genes thought to be involved in the early stages of breast cancer. Ian Ellis, Professor of Cancer Pathology said to develop a technique [...]