Not All STIs Need Intercourse To Spread
In recent years the number of people with sexually transmitted infections, STIs, has increased, a rise of more than three percent. Most infections can be avoided by the safe use of a condom; however some can be passed on during oral sex. Genital herpes only requires skin touch to spread to others. The most common [...]
The Abortion Pill: How Effective It Is And How Will It Impact The Child When It Does Not Work?
The abortion pill has an over 95% success rate; medical abortion is generally considered very effective. However the abortion pill is not without its share of possibility of complications and in the event it does not work, the pregnancy would have to be terminated by a surgical or aspiration abortion. If the abortion pill does [...]
The Abortion Pill: Which Is Safer, Oral Or Vaginal?
One of the complications arising from the abortion pill was noted to be a bacterial infection that resulted from the pill being administered vaginally. Now it has been found that administering two abortion pills, both orally, the second one within 24 to 48 hours of the first one can drastically cut down the rate of [...]
Why Is Anemia A Women’s Disease?
Have you ever noticed that you seldom hear of men having anemia? It’s true. Anemia more frequently and commonly affects women. When men have lost blood due to trauma, they bounce back faster than women do. These things are tied together. There is a physiological reason why anemia is a women’s disease. Anemia is, strictly [...]
Study Says Few Birth Control Pills Are Safe
Recent studies in Denmark and Netherlands determines that some birth control pills are safer than other and neither studies received any funding from companies that manufacture oral contraceptives. European researchers say that the composition of woman’s birth control pills influences her risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. Earlier studies already made it clear that oral [...]
Interventional Radiology Treatment Proven Safe For Uterine Fibroids
Recent reports of The New England Journal Of Medicine suggests that Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) is an appropriate and safe non surgical treatment for women to kill tumors and painful uterine fibroids. Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., FSIR, an interventional radiologist who co-authored the journal, says that UFE is safe, effective and also minimally invasive option [...]
Arm Workouts May Cut Lymphedema Risk In Breast Cancer Survivors
Recent studies found that breast cancer survivors who practice weightlifting exercises are less likely to develop lymphedema symptoms than those non weightlifting peers experiencing debilitating symptoms . Researchers found that slowly building upper body strength with weightlifting and arm exercises can relieve some of hand and arm swelling that takes place in breast cancer survivors [...]
The Sunshine Vitamin: Vitamin D And Your Health
For a long time we have known how important it is to eat a varied and healthy balanced diet. We have also known that a multivitamin and mineral supplement is a good way to make up for any deficiencies in your diet: think of it as a nutritional insurance policy. One of those vitamins that [...]
Drinking Beer Can Help Women Ward Off Osteoporosis
A new research has shown that beer can stop your bones from going brittle. The study found that women who drink beer regularly have strong bones that means they are less likely to suffer from osteoporosis. But, according to the journal Nature reports, wine does little to protect from osteoporosis. High silicon levels in beer [...]
Understanding Home Pregnancy Tests
Most women at one point or another in their lives find themselves asking, “Am I pregnant?” Fortunately, the answer to this question is as close as your nearest drug store. Home urine pregnancy tests are readily available and inexpensive. The technology used in home tests is virtually identical to that of tests used in medical [...]
