Women Health

The Healthy Imagination blog posed this interesting question; Do women make better doctors than men? The question was once asked earlier in a New York Times article which spoke of a female doctor being told by her male patient that he preferred to consult with lady doctors who are more mother like and tend to [...]

Stress causes the body to trigger the kind of hormonal responses that lead to fat storage in the body and consequent weight gain. Studies have found that women who gain weight because of stress and other lifestyle related issues that cause excess production of cortisol; tend to put on weight in the midsection or abdominal [...]

While it may come as no surprise that abused women are more at risk when it comes to poor mental health; it may be somewhat surprising that verbal abuse is even more detrimental or harmful than physical abuse as demonstrated by a study. The study found that those women who suffered only verbal abuse were [...]

For a while now, experts have understood the connection between a person’s stress levels and their weight. Women who have weight issues or are trying to lose weight will find in particular that stress will cause them to have difficulty in losing those extra pounds. There are many reasons why stress can lead to weight [...]

Mother’s day celebrated yesterday (2nd Sunday of May) kicked off the Women’s Health Week, which seeks to bring about awareness among women about their health; urging them to take charge of it. Between home, children, work and a myriad other issues, women tend to make their own health a last priority. By making some simple [...]

Every month, women experience premenstrual syndrome a few days before their menstrual period starts. Commonly known as PMS, it is a cluster of uncomfortable symptoms that occurs seven to ten days before a woman starts her period. Premenstrual syndrome symptoms are now believed to be caused by a hormone imbalance before menstruation. Here are the [...]

Thermography is a type of infrared imaging science. Breast thermography is a kind of screening for breast cancer; a clinical diagnostic procedure which is thought to be very effective for detecting breast cancer by some experts. Here very specialized infra red cameras are used that detect and measure heat sources including those emitted by the [...]

It brought with it a revolution when the birth control pill was first made available 50 years ago. It was supposed to make each child a wanted child, and offer reproductive freedom to couples and choices for women not available previously. Apart from birth control, the pill is prescribed to help with painful periods, fight [...]

Women’s mental health is not something that is paid a whole lot of attention to. It tends to be rather low on the priority list of women themselves, so tend to put their family and home and the needs of others first, before attending to their own. In the bargain, sometimes a woman’s personal wellbeing [...]

Many women feel that they have to resign themselves to illness and infirmity as they age but that need not inevitably be the case. Prevention is better than intervention; and since the health care system is focused more on interventions rather than prevention, it is up to us to do that latter job. According to [...]